Elizabeth Farnan

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Farnan was born on 30 November 1835, in County Westmeath, Ireland, her father, Matthew Farnam, was 36 and her mother, Mary Ann Halpin, was 25. She married Farrell Costello on 15 February 1863, in Buchanan, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 23 June 1892, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Saint Columba Cemetery, Conception, Nodaway, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Farrell Costello
1834–1909
Elizabeth Farnan
1835–1892
Marriage: 15 February 1863
Catharine Costello
1863–
Mary Anne Costello
1865–
Terrence William Costello
1869–1948

Sources (5)

  • Elizabeth Farnan, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Elizabeth Farnan Costello, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Farna in entry for Catharine Costello, "Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935"

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World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1843

Historical Boundaries 1843: Nodaway was created from Non-County Area 31.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Farannáin ‘descendant of Forannán’, a personal name possibly based on forrán ‘attack’. The family bearing this name was connected with the church of Ardstraw in Ulster.

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

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