Brief Life History of Virginia Catherine
When Virginia Catherine Donahue was born in 1837, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Alfred Donahue, was 25 and her mother, Mariah Rosetta Payne, was 24. She married John Jackson Brown in 1854. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Blairs Mills, Morgan, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Magisterial District 6 Schochoh, Logan, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died on 31 October 1917, in Morgan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Blaze, Morgan, Kentucky, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Kate Brown, "United States Census, 1910"
- Virginia Catherine Donahue Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
- Kathleen Donahue in entry for Tillman A. Brown, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
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World Events (8)
1837
Historical Boundaries - 1837: Morgan, Kentucky, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Aidan, Siobhan, Aileen, Conan, Fidelma, John Patrick, Kieran, Parnell.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donnchadha ‘descendant of Donnchadh’, a personal name (sometimes Anglicized as Duncan in Scotland), composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + cath ‘battle’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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