Marjorie Ruth O'Brien

Female16 November 1904–24 July 1988

Brief Life History of Marjorie Ruth

When Marjorie Ruth O'Brien was born on 16 November 1904, in Wallingford, Rutland, Vermont, United States, her father, John Gilson O'Brien, was 32 and her mother, Amy Josephine Wilbur, was 24. She married James Reginald Heffernan on 13 August 1930, in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Maywood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States in 1935 and Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States in 1940. She died on 24 July 1988, in Albany, Albany, New York, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

James Reginald Heffernan
1906–1993
Marjorie Ruth O'Brien
1904–1988
Marriage: 13 August 1930
James Wilbur Heffernan
1931–1985

Sources (15)

  • Marjorie R O'Brien in household of John Brown, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Marjorie O Heffernan, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Marjorie Ruth O'Brien, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    13 August 1930Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    Age 2

    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    1911

    Age 7

    The Standard Oil Company had reached a point of almost complete monopoly, managing over 90% of oil flows in the United States. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was a large, integrated association that produced, transported, refined, and marketed the product. In 1911, the Supreme Court declared that the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. As a result, it was split into 34 smaller companies.

    1927

    Age 23

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Dermot, Liam, Brigid, Declan, Donovan, John Patrick, Kieran, Colm, Donal, Brennan, Caitlin.

    Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Briain ‘descendant of Brian’, a personal name probably based on the element bre- ‘hill’, with the transferred sense ‘eminence’, i.e. ‘exalted one’. See also Bryan . In Ireland there has also been some confusion with O'Byrne (see Byrne ).

    History: This name is borne in particular by one of the greatest of Irish septs, descendants of Brian Boru, who rose to the high kingship of Ireland in 1002.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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