Brief Life History of Edward Eugene
When Edward Eugene Carey was born on 29 November 1868, in Girardville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Michael J. Carey Sr, was 33 and his mother, Catherine Deane, was 28. He married Mary Ann Moran on 29 June 1898, in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 2 September 1938, in Girardville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Annunciation Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Edward Corey, "United States Census, 1880"
- Edward E Carey, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Edward Eugene Carey, "Find A Grave Index"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
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: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciardha, a midland surname meaning ‘descendant of Ciardha’, a personal name derived from ciar ‘dark, black’. See Kerry .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhiachra ‘son of Fiachra’.
English: from Carey Barton in Devon or Castle Cary, Lytes Cary, Cary Fitzpaine, or Babcary, all in Somerset, named for the rivers on which they stand; both river names probably derive from the Celtic root car- ‘love, liking’, perhaps with the meaning ‘pleasant stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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