Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Mullen was born in 1845, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Mullin, was 24 and his mother, Lucinda Hill, was 15. He lived in West Wheatfield Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860.
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Family Time Line
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- Thomas Mullen in household of John Mullen, "United States Census, 1860"
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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.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maoláin ‘descendant of Maolán’, a byname meaning ‘tonsured one, devotee’ (from a diminutive of maol ‘bald’). The variants Ó Maoileáin and Ó Maoilín result in a variety of vowels in the Anglicized forms.
Dutch (Van der Mullen): variant of Van der Molen (see Molen ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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