Brief Life History of Delia
Delia Driscoll was born in 1902, in Ireland. She married Stephen Sweeney on 19 April 1931, in Tompkinsville, Richmond, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Richmond, Richmond, New York, United States in 1940 and Richmond, Ontario, New York, United States in 1950. She died on 28 September 1961, in Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Saint Peter's Cemetery, West New Brighton, Richmond, New York, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Delia Sweeney, "United States 1950 Census"
- Delia Driscoll, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
- **Find a Grave Memorial for Delia Driscoll Sweeney**
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Donovan, Brendan, John Patrick.
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEidirsceóil ‘descendant of the messenger’, from eidirsceól ‘go-between, interpreter, intermediary, news bearer’ (a compound of eidir ‘between’ + scéal ‘story, news’). Bearers of this Irish surname claim descent from a single 10th-century ancestor.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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