Catherine Aloysius Doyle

Brief Life History of Catherine Aloysius

When Catherine Aloysius Doyle was born on 17 November 1842, in Fergusons Falls, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, her father, Robert Edmund Doyle, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Smith, was 22. She had at least 7 sons and 1 daughter with John Joseph McGee. She immigrated to United States in 1865 and lived in Jefferson Township, Butler, Iowa, United States in 1900 and West Point Township, Butler, Iowa, United States in 1920. She died on 14 December 1921, in Allison, Butler, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Allison Cemetery, Allison, Butler, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Joseph McGee
1835–1903
Catherine Aloysius Doyle
1842–1921
Edmond McGee
1862–1935
Charles McGee
1866–
Joseph C. McGee
1868–1940
Robert Byron McGee
1871–1949
Lambert Clare McGee
1871–1934
John F. McGee
1875–
Frank Leonard McGee
1877–1968
Mary Matilda McGee
1882–1884

Sources (22)

  • Catherine Mcgee in household of John G Mcgee, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Katherine Doyle McGee, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
  • Catherine Doyle in entry for Charles Leo McGee, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Iowa is the 29th state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Sean, Kieran, Seamus, Aileen, Dermot, Liam, Niall, Brennan, Brigid, Conal, Conan, Donal.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhghaill ‘descendant of Dubhghall’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ + gall ‘stranger’. This was used as a byname for Scandinavians, in particular to distinguish the darker-haired Danes from fair-haired Norwegians. Compare McDougall , McDowell .

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

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