Brief Life History of John James
When John James Meehan was born on 8 November 1868, in Gorteen, County Sligo, Ireland, his father, John Meehan, was 38 and his mother, Anne Devany, was 33. He married Katherine Carden on 20 October 1898, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in County Sligo, Ireland in 1868 and Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States in 1930. He died on 11 October 1960, in New York, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States.
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- John J Meehan in household of John Conway, "United States Census, 1930"
- John Meehan, "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881"
- John Meehan, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
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, Aileen, Caitlin, Conan, Cormac, Donal, Donovan, Patrick Michael.
Irish:
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhacháin or Mac Miadhacháin ‘descendant (or son) of Miadhachán’, a diminutive of Miadhach, a byname meaning ‘honorable’. Compare Mee .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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