When Jeremiah Delaney was born on 28 January 1873, in Franklin Township, Houghton, Michigan, United States, his father, Patrick Shawn Delaney, was 40 and his mother, Mary Flynn, was 26. He married Winifred L. Berry on 29 October 1901, in Afton, Union, Iowa, United States. He lived in Glengary Township, Fillmore, Nebraska, United States in 1880. He died on 4 November 1905, in United States, at the age of 32.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
After the second state capitol had been destroyed, Michigan Governor Henry P. Baldwin initiated the passing of a bill that would cover the costs for a new building. The bill was adopted and raised over $1 million by a six year state income tax. Architect Elijah E. Myers' design named Tuebor, or I will defend, was selected and he was commissioned to design the new capitol building. The renaissance revival brick and sandstone building soared 267 feet from the ground and was dedicated on January 1, 1879.
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Aileen, Cormac, Clancy, Colm, Conley, Conor, Dermot, Donal, Eamon, Eamonn, Finbar.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Laney with fused preposition de.
Irish: Anglicized form, influenced by the Norman name, of Gaelic Ó Dubhshláine ‘descendant of Dubhshláine’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ + slán ‘challenge, defiance’. MacLysaght, however, suggests that this element may be from the Sláinge river.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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