Jeannette Augusta McCool

26 May 1858–7 June 1939 (Age 81)
Hannibal, Hannibal, Oswego, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Jeannette Augusta

When Jeannette Augusta McCool was born on 26 May 1858, in Hannibal, Hannibal, Oswego, New York, United States, her father, Archibald McCool, was 40 and her mother, Jane Chrysler, was 38. She married Manfred James Holmes on 2 June 1892, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Hannibal, Oswego, New York, United States in 1860 and New York, United States in 1870. She died on 7 June 1939, in Normal, McLean, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Manfred James Holmes
1863–1949
Jeannette Augusta McCool
1858–1939
Marriage: 2 June 1892
Ruth Jeannette Holmes
1893–1990
Parker Manfred Holmes
1895–1982
Elizabeth Holmes
1905–1987

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 June 1892Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
    Age 3
    Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
    1863
    Age 5
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 23
    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.

    Name Meaning

    Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Comhghaill ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) Comhghall’, a personal name, possibly an intensive of gall ‘stranger’, borne by an early Irish saint.Irish (northern) and Manx: possibly an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dhubhghaill. See McDowell .

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

    Possible Related Names

    McCole
    McDowell

    Sources (18)

    • Gennett A Mc Cool in household of Archibald Mc Cool, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Jeannette A. Mccool, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
    • Janette M Holmes in household of Manfred J Holmes, "United States Census, 1930"

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