Martin Edward O'Malley

Brief Life History of Martin Edward

When Martin Edward O'Malley was born on 11 January 1908, in Bay Saint Louis, Hancock, Mississippi, United States, his father, John Edward O'Malley, was 23 and his mother, Leanora Louise Carrigan, was 26. He married Miriam Janette Thompson on 25 January 1935, in Newport News, Warwick, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Bay St Louis, Hancock, Mississippi, United States in 1910 and Newport News, Virginia, United States for about 30 years. He died on 7 April 1995, in Newport News, Warwick, Virginia, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Martin Edward O'Malley
1908–1995
Miriam Janette Thompson
1914–2007
Marriage: 25 January 1935
Phyllis Jean O'Malley
1939–
Richard Edward O'Malley
1942–1993

Sources (15)

  • Martin E O'Malley, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Martin Edward O'Malley, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Martin E O'Malley, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (8)

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility

Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War  the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Ronan, Colm, Cormac, Brigid, Cahal, Colum, Conal, Conor, Delma, Donal, Eamon.

Irish (Mayo and Galway): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Máille. This is of uncertain derivation. Woulfe suggests a Celtic source maglios ‘prince, champion, poet’. There is a Gaelic adjective mall ‘slow, stately’, and another, málla, meaning ‘sedate, pleasant’, and an abstract noun máille ‘stateliness’; the source could be any of these.

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

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