Ellen Larkin
1899–7 March 1990 (Age 91)
Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
The Life of Ellen
When Ellen Larkin was born in 1899, in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland, her father, Mathew Larkin, was 46 and her mother, Mary Cormican, was 40. She died on 7 March 1990, in Clontuskert, Ballinasloe, County Mayo, Ireland, at the age of 91.
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Family Time Line
Mathew Larkin
1853–1935
Mary Cormican
1859–1915
Peter Larkin
1882–1932
Bernard Larkin
1884–1965
Martin Larkin
1886–1937
Mary Anne Larkin
1888–1988
John Larkin
1890–1975
Mathew Larkin
1893–
Michael Larkin
1896–1960
Ellen Larkin
1899–1990
Patrick Larkin
1900–1998
Parents and Siblings
Mathew Larkin
1853–1935Male
Mary Cormican
1859–1915Female
siblings
(9)
Peter Larkin
1882–1932Male
Bernard Larkin
1884–1965Male
Martin Larkin
1886–1937Male
1888–1988Female
John Larkin
1890–1975Male
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1919
Age 20
Irish War of Independence against Britain ending in the Anglo Irish Treaty.
1920
Age 21
In the Government of Ireland Act 1920, Ireland was partitioned, with the unionist-dominated north east becoming Northern Ireland.
1926
Age 27
De Valera founds the new Fianna Fail party.
Name Meaning
1 English: from a medieval personal name, a pet form of Lawrence , formed with the addition of the Middle English suffix -kin (of Low German origin).2 Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Lorcáin ‘descendant of Lorcán’, a personal name from a diminutive of lorc ‘fierce’, ‘cruel’, which was sometimes used as an equivalent to Lawrence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Ellie Larkin in household of Mathew Larkin, "Ireland Census, 1911"
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