Brief Life History of Sadie M
When Sadie M Troy was born on 19 November 1888, in China Township, St. Clair, Michigan, United States, her father, William M Troy, was 45 and her mother, Mary Ellen Shea, was 36. She married Phillip A O'Brien on 8 June 1915, in Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States in 1910. She died on 4 October 1978, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 89.
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- Sara Troy in household of John Mast, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sarah M Troy, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
- Sarah M. Troy, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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World Events (8)
1889 · The first Skyscraper in Detroit
The Hammond Building was a high-rise building completed in 1889 and was 151 feet tall. It's considered the first skyscraper in the city and was the tallest in Michigan after it was built. The Hammond Building was demolished in 1956 to make way for the National Bank of Detroit Building.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
Irish (Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Troighthigh ‘descendant of Troightheach’, a byname meaning ‘foot soldier’.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Troyes in Aude, France. There was also an Anglo-Norman family of this name in Ireland.
Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish or German surname, most probably Treu .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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