When Beatrice Irene O'Brien was born on 8 June 1905, in Neillsville, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, her father, William Henry O'Brien, was 24 and her mother, Anna Bell Krejci, was 22. She married Lyle Wilbur Sischo on 23 November 1927, in Neillsville, Clark, Wisconsin, United States. She lived in York, Clark, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years and Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. She died on 11 August 2002, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Dermot, Liam, Brigid, Declan, Donovan, John Patrick, Kieran, Colm, Donal, Brennan, Caitlin.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Briain ‘descendant of Brian’, a personal name probably based on the element bre- ‘hill’, with the transferred sense ‘eminence’, i.e. ‘exalted one’. See also Bryan . In Ireland there has also been some confusion with O'Byrne (see Byrne ).
History: This name is borne in particular by one of the greatest of Irish septs, descendants of Brian Boru, who rose to the high kingship of Ireland in 1002.
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