Brief Life History of Marjorie Keenan
When Marjorie Keenan Shannon was born on 28 September 1898, in Grand Forks, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, her father, Cyrus Nutt Shannon, was 35 and her mother, Margaret Jane Keenan, was 38. She married Robert George Mawhinney in 1920, in Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Bemidji, Beltrami, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years and Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1930. She died on 15 December 1993, in Tustin, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 95.
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Sources (10)
- Marjorie S Mawhinney in household of Robert G Mawhinney, "United States Census, 1930"
- Marjorie Shannon Mawhinney, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Mrs R G Mawhinney in entry for Mrs Elsie S Hargreaves, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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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.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
Irish:
shortened form of Shanahan .
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Seanáin ‘descendant of Seanán’, a personal name based on a pet form of seán ‘old’. This Irish surname became established in Scotland in the 14th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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