Brief Life History of Margaret Gertrude
When Margaret Gertrude Harrington was born on 22 July 1887, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Daniel Harrington, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth McCarthy, was 42. She had at least 2 sons and 6 daughters with James Francis Ward. She lived in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Canton Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. She died on 13 November 1952, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Margaret Ward in household of James Ward, "United States Census, 1930"
- Margaret Harrington, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Margaret Gertrude Harrington Ward, "Find A Grave Index"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .
Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.
Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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