Mary McCarthy

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary McCarthy was born on 11 October 1883, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States, her father, Daniel Stephens Mccarthy, was 41 and her mother, Ella Kimbrough Pendleton, was 23. She died on 6 May 1893, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, at the age of 9.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Stephens Mccarthy
1842–1922
Ella Kimbrough Pendleton
1860–1958
Jane Jennie Holliday McCarthy
1881–1969
Ella McCarthy
1891–
Mary McCarthy
1883–1893
Edith Pendleton McCarthy
1887–1962
Daniel Stephen McCarthy, Jr.
1893–1954
Eleanor Barbour McCarthy
1897–1986

Sources (9)

  • M McCarthy, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Mary Mccarthy, "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912"
  • Mary McCarthy, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"

World Events (3)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

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

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Liam, Cormac, Niall, Aileen, Brigid, Conor, Declan, Dermod, Dermot, Finbar.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cárthaigh ‘son of Cárthach’, a personal name meaning ‘loving’. This was the name of a ruling family in Munster. In Ireland major branches were distinguished by the following epithets: mór ‘great’ in Kerry, riabhach ‘brindled’ in Carbery, west Cork.

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

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