Owen D Byrne

Brief Life History of Owen D

Owen D Byrne was born in April 1866, in Ohio, United States. He had at least 5 sons and 1 daughter with Dora Ellen Ricker. He lived in Union City, Jackson Township, Darke, Ohio, United States in 1940 and Darke, Ohio, United States in 1961. He died on 13 June 1961, in Nashville, Darke, Ohio, United States, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

Owen D Byrne
1866–1961
Dora Ellen Ricker
1867–1939
Joseph Elmer Byrne
1887–1972
Charles L Byrne
1889–
Leslie Byrne
1890–
Harry R Byrne
1892–
Claud Verl Byrne
1894–
Dora E Byrne
1905–

Sources (8)

  • Owen Byrne, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Owen D Byrne, "Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"
  • Owen Byrne in entry for Joseph Elmer Byrne and Katrina Mikel, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

World Events (8)

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Eamon, Aidan, Liam, Niall, Declan, Eamonn, Fergus, John Patrick, Keelin, Kieran, Siobhan.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin ‘descendant of Bran’, a personal name based on bran ‘raven’. Bran was the name of a son of the King of Leinster, who died at Cologne in 1052, and also of the hero of an 8th century voyage tale.

Irish: in some cases, possibly from Ó Birn ‘descendant of Biorn’, Irish form of the Old Norse personal name Bjǫrn.

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

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