Brief Life History of Mary Ethel
When Mary Ethel Carr was born on 22 November 1883, in Ohio, United States, her father, Alexander Carr, was 36 and her mother, Sabrina Ellie Matson, was 33. She married Henry Mortimer Boring on 16 January 1904, in Perry, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Harrison Township, Perry, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. She died on 27 October 1976, at the age of 92, and was buried in Crooksville Cemetery, Crooksville, Perry, Ohio, United States.
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- Mary E Boring, "United States Census, 1950"
- Carr, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Mary Carr, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’, a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’, explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname, Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair, a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop, otherwise unknown.
Irish: in Galway, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire, see Keary .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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