When Emma Brady was born on 1 October 1883, in Tonto Basin, Gila, Arizona, United States, her father, Francis Marion Brady, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Gilleland, was 23. She married Fred McDonough Phelps on 10 February 1903, in Maricopa, Arizona, United States. She lived in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States for about 10 years and Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States for about 10 years. She died on 3 January 1970, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
A hydroelectric power plant was built on the Crosscut Canal which provided power for the first electric streetlights in Mesa. The power was then sold to bring electricity to businesses in the area.
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Ciaran, Colm, John Patrick, Kieran, Seamus, Aidan, Conal, Patrick Michael, Aileen, Assumpta, Brigid.
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Brádaigh or Ó Brádaigh ‘son (or descendant) of Brádach’, a personal name meaning ‘proud, spirited’. In this case Ó Brádaigh is merely a variant of Mac Brádaigh.
Native American (Cheyenne): from a shortened and altered English translation of the Cheyenne personal name Nemo'eehe meaning ‘Braid(ed) Locks’ or ‘Wrapped Hair’, from -nemo'eehe ‘wrapped braids/hair’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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