When John Craven Casey was born on 22 October 1845, in Tobyhanna, Coolbaugh Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jeremiah Francis Casey, was 25 and his mother, Anna W Craven, was 28. He married Maretta Della York on 26 February 1866, in Le Sueur, Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Bird Island, Renville, Minnesota, United States in 1880 and Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 20 January 1915, in Anoka, Anoka, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Anoka, Anoka, Minnesota, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1856: Le Sueur, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Ciaran, Dermot, John Patrick, Liam, Aileen, Cait, Caitlyn, Conor, Eamon, Joe Pat.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cathasaigh ‘descendant of Cathasach’, a byname meaning ‘vigilant’ or ‘noisy’. Compare Caissie .
English and Irish (of Norman origin): from Old French Cauceis, denoting someone from the Pays de Caux in Normandy.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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