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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- 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"
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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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