Brief Life History of Nellie May
When Nellie May Farren was born on 8 March 1867, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Amos C. Ferren, was 41 and her mother, Malvina Webster, was 37. She married Nathan O. Magoon on 25 June 1890, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. She died in 1947, in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Nellie H Magoon, "United States Census, 1930"
- Nellie M. Farren, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Nellie May Ferren, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment
As one of the Reconstruction Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment addresses the rights and protections that all citizens of the United States have. The amendment also limits actions of state and local officials in all states.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Faracháin ‘descendant of Farachán’, a personal name perhaps derived from Ánrothán (see Hanrahan ) with the addition of an initial F-.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearáin, from a diminutive of fear ‘man’ or from Ó Fearadhaigh and the personal name Fearadhach (see Ferry ).
English: from either Middle English fair(e), far(e) ‘fair’ (see Fair ) or fear(r) ‘steer, ox’ + hin(e) ‘servant’, either as a nickname for a good or attractive servant, or as an occupational name for a servant who looked after oxen (see Farr ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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