Mary Ellen Halloran

Female14 May 1879–15 January 1957

Brief Life History of Mary Ellen

Mary Ellen Halloran was born on 14 May 1879, in Cork, County Cork, Ireland as the daughter of Jeremian Halloran and Catherine Foley. She died on 15 January 1957, in New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Jeremian Halloran
–
Catherine Foley
1848–
John Halloran
1873–
Patrick A. Halloran
1876–1937
Mary Ellen Halloran
1879–1957

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  • Mary Ellen Halloran, "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881"

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Siblings (3)

World Events (3)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 2

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

Age 3

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.

1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World

Age 34

At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAllmhuráin ‘descendant of Allmhurán’, a personal name from a diminutive of allmhurach ‘foreigner’ (from all ‘beyond’ + muir ‘sea’).

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

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