Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Breslin was born on 3 June 1876, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Charles Breslin, was 28 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Ryan, was 26. She married John McCaigue on 27 November 1901, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America for about 10 years and Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1934.
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- Annie Mccaigue in household of Head John Mccaigue, "United States Census, 1930"
- Anna Breslin, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Annie J. Breslin, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
Irish (Donegal and Fermanagh): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Breisleáin ‘descendant of Breisleán’, a diminutive of the personal name Breasal (see Brazil ). This is the name of a widespread ecclesiastical family in the north-west of Ireland, formerly chieftains in Donegal.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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