Isabella Brady

Brief Life History of Isabella

When Isabella Brady was born on 2 March 1802, in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Walter Brady, was 26 and her mother, Hannah "Anna" Auchmuty, was 22. She married John Wayne Jr. in 1827, in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 19 October 1870, in Lower Augusta Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Lower Augusta Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Wayne Jr.
1799–1858
Isabella Brady
1802–1870
Marriage: 1827
William Thomas Wayne
1826–
George B. Wayne
1828–1896
Hiram Alexander Wayne
1834–1907
Samuel H. Wayne
1836–1884
Harriet Elizabeth Wayne
1841–1918

Sources (6)

  • Isabella Wayne in household of Samuel Wayne, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Isabelle Wayne, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Isabella Wayne in household of George B Wayne, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (7)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

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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