Brief Life History of Anna Catherine
When Anna Catherine Myers was born on 27 January 1872, in Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Chester P. Meyers, was 26 and her mother, Ellen Anna Barney, was 19. She married Frank Blakeslee on 15 November 1893, in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 24 October 1944, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Shawnee Cemetery, Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Catherine Grover in household of Charlotte Wolfe, "United States Census, 1940"
- Catherine Myers, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Anna Catherine Myers Blakeslee, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1871–1911 Male
1872–1944 Female
Children (4)
1898– Male
1900– Male
1901–1952 Female
1907–1997 Male
Parents and Siblings
1847–1905 Male
1852– Female
Siblings (1)
1872–1944 Female
World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 3
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Age 5
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 24
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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