Brief Life History of John McMillan
When John McMillan Hayes was born on 18 September 1866, in Belfast, Ireland, his father, John Hayes, was 33 and his mother, Ann Mc Mullen, was 31. He married Mary Ellen Fenton on 3 August 1887, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 31 March 1950, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John M Hayes, "United States Census, 1900"
- John M Hayes, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- John Hayes, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’. Compare McCoy . In some cases especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.
English: variant of Hay , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: topographic name from the plural form of Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (see Hay ), sometimes used as a collective noun for a farm, especially in Devon, where it is a frequent minor placename. Compare Hain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John McMillan Hayes
Written by his daughter Margaret Stoll Hayes Stromness John McMillan (or McMullen) Hayes was born in Belfast, County Down, Ireland, September 18th, 1866, the son of John Orr and Ann McMullen Hays. Hi …
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