Margaret Finn

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Finn was born in October 1932, her father, Michael Finn, was 30 and her mother, Mary Gibney, was 27. She died on 19 April 2010, in Warrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 77.

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Michael Finn
1902–1973
Mary Gibney
1905–1980
Margaret Finn
1932–2010

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    World Events (8)

    1939 · Britain Enters World War II

    Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.

    1940

    Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.

    1953

    Queen Elizabeth II crowned at a coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Aidan, Bridie, Brigid, Declan, Dierdra, Eoin, Keelin, Maeve, Niall, Seamus.

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Finn ‘descendant of Fionn’, a byname meaning ‘white’ or ‘fair-haired’; it is often found Anglicized as White . This name is borne by several families in the west of Ireland.

    English and Scottish: from the Middle English personal name Fin(n) (Old Norse Finnr, Fin, originally ‘Finn’), used both as a byname and as a short form of various compound names with this first element.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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