Brief Life History of Matthew Henry
When Matthew Henry McCloskey Jr was born in 1893, in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States, his father, Matthew H. McCloskey Sr., was 33 and his mother, Mary Estelle McNeil, was 20. He married Helen T Dudley on 21 February 1916, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Merion Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America in 1930 and Merion Station, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. He died in 1973, at the age of 80, and was buried in West Conshohocken, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Matthew McCloskey, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
- Matthew H McCloskey, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Matthew McCloskey, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Aileen, Brendan, Bridie, Dermot, Seamus.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bhloscaidh ‘son of Bloscadh’, a personal name probably derived from blosc ‘resounding noise, blast’. This surname is the name of a family from County Derry descended from the O'Kanes; it is also found in Scotland, mainly in Glasgow.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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