When Bridget (Betty) McKenna was born on 6 February 1906, in County Kerry, Ireland, her father, James McKenna, was 61 and her mother, Ellen "Nellie" Daly, was 48. She married Michael Shea on 26 June 1935, in Sacred Heart Parish, Jackson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Lack, County Mayo, Ireland in 1911. She died on 13 August 1996, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 90.
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The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Angel Island served as a western entry point for hundreds of thousands of U.S. immigrants, mainly from China, from 1910 to 1940.
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Aidan, Caitlin, Eamon, Eamonn, Seamus, Siobhan, Aileen, Colum, Donal, John Patrick.
Irish and Scottish: variant of McKinney 1. McKenna (Gaelic Mac Cinaedha) was the surname of an Irish chieftain family in northwest Monaghan, barony of Trough.
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