Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Kennedy was born on 26 December 1846, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Michael Kennedy, was 44 and her mother, Mary Ann Bender, was 36. She married John W. O'Brien on 21 August 1881, in Dawson, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Munster Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Newlon, Richland, Montana, United States in 1900. She died on 27 May 1904, in Dawson, Montana, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Sidney, Richland, Montana, United States.
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- Elen Kennedy in household of Philip Noel, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ellen Kennedy - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 26 December 1846; Carrolltown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States
- Eleanor O'Brien, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1864 · Montana Territory
Montana was made a territory by President Abraham Lincoln on May 26 1864. The capital was Virginia City and remained the capital until 1894, when Helena became the capital.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceannéidigh ‘descendant of Ceannéidigh’ (from ceann ‘head’ + éidigh ‘ugly’); or from the Scottish Gaelic Mac Cinnèidigh, consisting of mac ‘son’ with an equivalent name. Compare Canaday , Cannady , Cannedy , Kannady , and Kenedy .
History: Kennedy ancestral lands are found both in Ireland and in Scotland, where the family's medieval ancestral seat is sited on the Ayrshire coast, facing the Irish Sea. — The great-grandparents of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–63) came to North America as immigrants from Ireland in the 1840s. His paternal great-grandparents were Patrick Kennedy (1823–58), born in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland, and Bridget Murphy, who was born probably in Owenduff, County Wexford, Ireland c. 1827; they came to Boston, MA, in 1849. His maternal great-grandparents were Thomas Fitzgerald (1823–85), who was born in Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland, and Rose Anna Cox, who was born probably in Tomregan or Kinawley, County Cavan, Ireland, c. 1835; they came to Boston, MA, in 1857. — An early Scottish Kennedy forebear of a quite different family was British colonial official Archibald Kennedy (1685–1763), the son of Alexander Kennedy of Craigoch, who emigrated to NY c. 1710.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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