Anna Barry

Female22 February 1894–11 August 1923

Brief Life History of Anna

When Anna Barry was born on 22 February 1894, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Thomas H. Barry, was 47 and her mother, Marie M Reynolds, was 44. She lived in Cherry Valley, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1910. She died on 11 August 1923, at the age of 29.

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Family Time Line

Thomas H. Barry
1846–1910
Marie M Reynolds
1849–1912
John Peter Barry
1879–1940
Maria J Barry
1880–1959
Eliza J. Barry
1882–1896
Thomas A Barry
1885–1900
Joseph Livingston Barry
1888–
Anna Barry
1894–1923

Sources (3)

  • Anna M Barry in household of Maria Barry, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Barry, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Anna Barry in household of Thomas Barry, "United States Census, 1900"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 2

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.

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 4

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

Age 9

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Aidan, Ciaran, Eoin, John Patrick, Kaitlin, Kieran, Murphy, Aileen, Brigid, Caitlin.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Beargha ‘descendant of Beargh’, a byname meaning ‘plunderer’.

Irish and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Báire ‘descendant of Báire’, a short form of either of two Gaelic personal names, Bairrfhionn or Fionnbharr, both meaning ‘fair-topped’. This may also be the source of the Manx name Barry, whose family's main seat was Ballavarry in Kirk Andreas.

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

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