Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Kirby was born in December 1842, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, her father, Isaac Kirby, was 46 and her mother, Elizabeth Carpenter, was 28. She married James Poole in 1868. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Dunklin Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1900 and Martin Township, Anderson, South Carolina, United States in 1910. She died after 1910.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Hattie Pool in household of James Pool, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mattie Kirby in entry for Joseph Edward Poole, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- Mattie C Poole in household of Jas Poole, "United States Census, 1900"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
1861
South Carolina is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + bȳ ‘farmstead, village’.
Irish: adopted for Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of Cíarmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare Kerwick .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Geirble ‘son of Geirble’, a personal name of uncertain origin. The name is preserved in the townland name of Carrowkeribly in County Mayo.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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