Brief Life History of Martin J.
When Martin J. Gildea was born on 27 August 1872, in Moriah, Moriah, Essex, New York, United States, his father, Martin Gildea, was 29 and his mother, Mary Ellen Burgess, was 28. He married Anna J Brennan on 25 September 1909, in Essex, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Essex, New York, United States in 1920 and Moriah, Essex, New York, United States in 1925. He died on 29 June 1944, in Port Henry, Moriah, Essex, New York, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Moriah, Moriah, Essex, New York, United States.
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- Martin Gildea, "New York State Census, 1892"
- Martin J Gildea, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Martin Gildea, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Eilis, Fergal, Sinead.
Irish (Donegal): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Dhé ‘son of the servant of God’, from Dia ‘God’. The name originated with a monastic family in Donegal in the 11th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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