Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Tuohy was born in 1857, in Minnesota, United States, her father, Michael John Tuohy, was 32 and her mother, Catherine McCanna, was 27. She had at least 3 sons with Michael Towey. She lived in Freeman Township, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States in 1870 and Olmsted, Minnesota, United States in 1880. She died in 1895, in Freeborn, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Twin Lakes, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States.
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- Ellen Towey in household of Michael Towey, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ellen Tuohy Towey, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ellen Twohey in entry for Thomas F Towey, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"
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1858
Historical Boundaries: 1858: Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Dermot, Niamh, Seamus.
Irish (Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tuathaigh ‘descendant of Tuathach’, a byname meaning ‘chief, lord’ (i.e. ruler over a tuath ‘tribe or territory’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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