When Mary Muriel Moran was born on 27 June 1909, in Huntley, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, her father, Thomas Edwin Moran, was 46 and her mother, Bridget Mary McDermott, was 33. She died on 18 February 1957, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 47.
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Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
From 1955-1956, around 17,000 workers for General Motors went on strike. They wanted a pay raise, more secure working conditions, and a health plan half paid by General Motors. The strike lasted 148 days.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Kieran, John Patrick, Aileen, Eamon, Dermot, Seamus, Aidan, Cathal, Colm, Colum.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Móráin ‘descendant of Mórán’, a personal name meaning ‘great’, ‘large’; the stress is normally on the first syllable.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Moghráin, earlier Ó Mughróin ‘descendant of Mughrón’, a personal name derived from mug ‘slave’ and rón ‘seal’. It may also be a shortened form of McMorran , based on the same personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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