Theresa Rachel O'Day

Brief Life History of Theresa Rachel

When Theresa Rachel O'Day was born in September 1873, in Galland's Grove, Shelby, Iowa, United States, her father, Thomas O'Day, was 43 and her mother, Margaret O'Connor, was 34. She married Byron Collins on 25 July 1910, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Cuming City Township, Washington, Nebraska, United States in 1950. She died in July 1953, at the age of 79, and was buried in Blair, Washington, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Byron Collins
1884–1920
Theresa Rachel O'Day
1873–1953
Marriage: 25 July 1910
Lois Margaret Collins
1911–1991
John Sloan Collins
1914–1970

Sources (14)

  • Teresa Houston, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Theresa Rachel O'Day - Published information: birth: September 1873; Galland's Grove, Shelby, Iowa, United States
  • Teresa O'Day, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

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

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Eamon, Sean Patrick, William Kevin.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh, ‘descendant of Deaghadh’, a personal name of uncertain origin. It may be a compound of deagh- ‘good’ + ádh ‘luck, fate’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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