Brief Life History of Emma
When Emma Fanning was born on 29 June 1842, in Boonville, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, David Fanning, was 45 and her mother, Mary Langford Hoyt, was 41. She lived in San Rafael Judicial Township, Marin, California, United States in 1900. She died on 16 December 1846, in Henry, Marshall, Illinois, United States, at the age of 4.
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Sources (5)
- Emma Barney in household of Charles Barney, "United States Census, 1900"
- Emma Barney in entry for Charles S Barney, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
- Emma Fanning, "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997"
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World Events (1)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Fenning .
Irish: from Ó Fionnáin ‘descendant of Fionnán’, a diminutive of Finn (see Fannin ). It is also a variant of the name of a Norman family in Munster, otherwise called Panin (a diminutive of Pagan ), Gaelicized as Fainín. The family was located at Fanningstown, formerly Ballyfanning, Limerick. Compare Fagan 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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