Brief Life History of Maurice J
When Maurice J Moran was born on 11 September 1912, in Wheaton, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States, his father, John Moran, was 35 and his mother, Mary Ellen Leonard Moran, was 27. He lived in Clear Creek Township, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States in 1930 and Blaine, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States in 1940. He died on 7 January 1986, in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 73.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Morse Moran, "United States Census, 1940"
- Maurice J Moran in household of John Moran, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Kieran, John Patrick, Aileen, Eamon, Dermot, Seamus, Aidan, Cathal, Colm, Colum.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Móráin ‘descendant of Mórán’, a personal name meaning ‘great’, ‘large’; the stress is normally on the first syllable.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Moghráin, earlier Ó Mughróin ‘descendant of Mughrón’, a personal name derived from mug ‘slave’ and rón ‘seal’. It may also be a shortened form of McMorran , based on the same personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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