John Francis O'Hara

Brief Life History of John Francis

When John Francis O'Hara was born on 6 December 1869, in Williamstown, Oswego, New York, United States, his father, Patrick O'Hara, was 33 and his mother, Alice Foy, was 31. He married Laura Ann Wadsworth on 26 November 1912, in Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Oneida, New York, United States in 1920 and Utica, Oneida, New York, United States in 1930. He died on 11 September 1931, in Marcy, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Saint Marys Church Cemetery, Florence, Oneida, New York, United States.

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John Francis O'Hara
1869–1931
Laura Ann Wadsworth
1871–1957
Marriage: 26 November 1912
Mary Alice O'Hara
1916–2013

Sources (9)

  • John Ohora in household of Patrick Ohora, "United States Census, 1880"
  • John F O'Hara, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
  • John F O'Hara, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"

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World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Michael Patrick, Seamus, Brennan, Brigid, Cathal, Clancy, Colm, Conor, Donovan, Eamonn.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEaghra ‘descendant of Eaghra’, a personal name of uncertain derivation. Sometimes later confused with O'Hare . Compare Harrah . — Note: The population figure published by the US Census Bureau does not distinguish between the surnames O'Hara and Ohara .

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

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