Brief Life History of Nora
When Nora Kelley was born in 1854, in Ireland, her father, James Kelley, was 35 and her mother, Ellen Walsch, was 35. She married John William Branagan on 6 November 1873, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Antelope Election Precinct, Cheyenne, Nebraska, United States in 1880. She died in 1896, in Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 42.
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- Nora Branagan in household of John Branagan, "United States Census, 1880"
- Nora Kelley in entry for John William Branigan, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1854
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
Irish (Offaly) and English: variant of Kelly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Nora Kelley Branagan funeral
MRS. BRANNIGAN'S FUNERAL. A large number of friends of the late Mrs. John Brannigan met the body of the dead lady at the depot this afternoon upon arrival of the train from the west. Mr. Brannigan an …
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