Brief Life History of Mary A
When Mary A Barry was born on 28 September 1885, in Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Richard Joseph Barry, was 26 and her mother, Hannah J Sullivan, was 21. She died in 1974, at the age of 89, and was buried in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Mary A Barry, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mary Barry, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
- Mary A Barry, "United States Census, 1940"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1901 · St Nicholas Orthodox Church and Rectory
St. Nicholas Orthodox church and rectory was built in 1908. It is a wood framed building with a cross shaped spire, built for immigrants from Eastern Europe. It would years later that the rectory was built on it
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Aidan, Ciaran, Eoin, John Patrick, Kaitlin, Kieran, Murphy, Aileen, Brigid, Caitlin.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Beargha ‘descendant of Beargh’, a byname meaning ‘plunderer’.
Irish and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Báire ‘descendant of Báire’, a short form of either of two Gaelic personal names, Bairrfhionn or Fionnbharr, both meaning ‘fair-topped’. This may also be the source of the Manx name Barry, whose family's main seat was Ballavarry in Kirk Andreas.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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