Anna Neary

Brief Life History of Anna

When Anna Neary was born in 1849, in County Kilkenny, Ireland, her father, John Neary, was 30 and her mother, Catherine Shortall, was 26. She married James Kerrigan on 27 August 1871, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 15 May 1904, in New Castle, Delaware, United States, at the age of 55.

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Family Time Line

James Kerrigan
1850–
Anna Neary
1849–1904
Marriage: 27 August 1871
Anna Theresa Kerrigan
1880–1943
James Kerrigan
William Kerrigan

Sources (19)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Honor Neary - Church record: birth-name: Honor Neary
  • Annie Neary Diamond, "Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961"
  • Annie Karrigan, "Delaware, Wilmington Vital Records, 1847-1954"

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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Seamus, Siobhan.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Náradhaigh ‘descendant of Náradhach’, a byname meaning ‘modest’.

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

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