Brief Life History of William Patrick
When William Patrick Moher was born on 27 July 1899, in Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States, his father, John Moher, was 37 and his mother, Mary Cain, was 24. He married Dorothy Pound on 24 July 1926, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Detroit Ward 17, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 5 years and Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 1 years.
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Sources (12)
- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Wm Patrick Moher, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
- William Moher, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"
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Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1903 · Ford Motor Company
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
1930 · The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel
The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel is a highway tunnel that connects Detroit to Windsor and is the second busiest crossing between Canada and the United States, after the Ambassador Bridge. Motorcycles are prohibited from using the tunnel.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Siobhan.
Irish (western County Waterford and eastern County Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mochair ‘descendant of Mochar’, from mochar ‘place overgrown with brushwood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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