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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- 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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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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