Brief Life History of Joseph J
When Joseph J Brodigan was born on 17 January 1899, in Massachusetts, United States, his father, James Brodigan, was 34 and his mother, Bridget Anne Kelledy, was 38. He married Alice M. Greene in 1942, in Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 40 years. He registered for military service in 1918. He died in 1956, in Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 57.
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- Joseph J Brodigan, "United States 1950 Census"
- Joseph J Brodigan, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Joseph James Brodigan, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1905 · Squaw Mountain Fire Lookout
In 1905, a fire lookout tower (among the first of its kind) was constructed in Piscataquis County on Squaw Mountain. Due to Maine's abundance of lumber and paper mills, it was essential that a system be developed to help spot fires as quickly as possible.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Bradigan , found chiefly in counties Meath and Louth.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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