Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Rafferty was born in 1892, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, her father, James Rafferty, was 36 and her mother, Mary Monaghan, was 37. She married James McCrystal in 1910, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in 1955, in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 63.
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1896 · Opening of the Glasgow Subway.
The Glasgow Subway opened on 14 December and is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world. It is one of very few subways that have a running gauge of 4 feet, but its twin circular lines were never expanded.
1902 · The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition was organized and led by William Speirs Bruce. Him along with Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery Expedition completed an exploration of Antarctica. They established the first manned meteorological station, the Orcadas, in 1903 and discovered new land east of the Weddell Sea. The expedition was described as the most cost-effective and carefully planned scientific expedition of the Heroic Age. The Orcadas weather station has been in continuous operation ever since.
1913 · Leith dockers strike 1913
The Leith dockers strike was a strike that brought the town of Leith to a standstill after dock workers demanded an increase in pay, better working conditions, and shorter hours. The strike had an effect on the local community by not allowing trade to flow smoothly out of the docks. There totaled around 4,600 people a part of the strikes and riots but it ended near the middle of August with no demands met. since then two more strikes would happen at the same location, once in 1983 and, most recently, in 1989.
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Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Clodagh, Conor, Dermot, Donal, Eoin, Niall, Ronan.
Irish (Tyrone and Armagh): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rabhartaigh (earlier spelling Ó Raithbheartaigh) ‘descendant of Rabhartach’, a personal name meaning ‘flood tide’, hence ‘abundance, prosperity’. Compare McGroarty .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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