Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Dunkirk was born about 1870, in Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland. She had at least 5 sons and 1 daughter with Patrick Kenney. She lived in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and West Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States for about 10 years. She died about 1950, at the age of 82.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- Mary Kenny in household of Mary Kenny, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mary, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Mary Kenny in household of Patrick Kenny, "United States Census, 1910"
Spouse and Children
World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
From Latin Maria via Old Welsh Meir. See Mary .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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