When John Henry Kearney was born on 26 April 1885, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, his father, James Austin Kearney, was 25 and his mother, Ann Alpharette Browning, was 19. He married Harriett Ethel Harrop on 21 December 1907, in Fremont, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Lorenzo, Jefferson, Idaho, United States in 1930. He died on 13 July 1963, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Little Butte Cemetery, Annis, Jefferson, Idaho, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1901: Fremont, Idaho, United States 1913: Jefferson, Idaho, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Seamus, Caitlin, Declan, Dermot, Donovan, Eamonn, Liam.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catharnaigh ‘descendant of Catharnach’, a personal name meaning ‘warlike’. Alternatively, it may be from Ó Cearnaigh or Mac Cearnaigh (from cearnach ‘victorious’) or from Ó Ceithearnaigh ‘descendant of Ceithearnach’, a personal name meaning ‘foot soldier’.
History: Most present-day bearers of this name are descended from Tadhg Ó Catharnaigh, killed in battle in 1084. He was nicknamed An Sionnach ‘the Fox’, and for this reason the Irish surname was sometimes Anglicized as Fox . Denis Kearney, born in Oakmont, Ireland, in 1847, was a US labor movement leader.
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