When Jane Elizabeth Bermingham was born in 1859, in County Dublin, Ireland, her father, Patrick Twiss Bermingham, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Catherine Rutledge, was 27. She lived in New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1880 and Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States in 1905. She died in 1937, in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 78.
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Some characteristic forenames: Irish Liam, Sinead.
Irish (of English origin): variant of Birmingham . This form of the surname is found mainly in Ireland.
History: The Bermingham family take their surname from lands held at what is now a great city in the West Midlands of England, but it was brought to Ireland as early as the 12th century. The Norman baron Robert de Bermyngeham was a follower of Strongbow (see Clare ); his name is found on a number of Irish charters between 1175 and 1179. The family was also known as Mac Fheorais (see Corish ) in Ireland, named for Piers (Gaelic Feoras) de Bermyngeham, the father of Robert.
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