Brief Life History of Francis Jeremiah
When Francis Jeremiah Cooney was born on 21 May 1898, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, John J Cooney, was 21 and his mother, Winifred Durack, was 28. He died on 2 May 1962, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63.
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- Francis Cooney, "United States Census, 1940"
- Francis Jeremiah Cooney, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
- Francis Cooney in household of Winifred Cooney, "United States Census, 1920"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1900 · The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
Historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River. It reverses the direction of the Chicago River, which now flows out of Lake Michigan rather than into it. It is one of two canals that helps navigation to ships traveling between the Great Lakes Waterway and the Mississippi River system.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Aileen, Bridie, Brigid, Caitlin, Dermot, Eamonn, Seamus, Siobhan.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cuana ‘descendant of Cuana’, a personal name either based on cú ‘hound’ or derived from cuanna ‘elegant, comely’. This name is particularly common in Cavan.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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