Thomas MacConnell

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas MacConnell was born on 20 March 1879, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Thomas J McConnell, was 34 and his mother, Matilda Johns Gross, was 25. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Katharine Evans Jennings. He lived in United States in 1949 and Allegheny City, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. He died on 2 June 1950, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas MacConnell
1879–1950
Katharine Evans Jennings
1886–1963
Col Thomas MacConnell III
1913–1989
Katharine Jennings MacConnell
1915–1978
Richard Jennings MacConnell
1921–2002

Sources (15)

  • Thomas Macconnell, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Thomas Macconnell, Jr., "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
  • Thomas Mac Connell, "Pennsylvania, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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

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.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: see McConnell .

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

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