Cornelius Breen Jr

28 August 1892–1955 (Age 62)
Iowa, United States

The Life of Cornelius

When Cornelius Breen Jr was born on 28 August 1892, in Iowa, United States, his father, Cornelius Breen Sr, was 34 and his mother, Maaritje Fraaken, was 32. He married Blanche Leah Terpstra on 16 February 1916, in Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Baxter, Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Elk Creek Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1955, in Jasper, Iowa, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Jasper, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Cornelius Breen Jr
1892–1955
Blanche Leah Terpstra
1895–1954
Marriage: 16 February 1916
Una Rae Breen
1931–2005

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
16 February 1916
Iowa, United States
children

(1)

    Una Rae Breen

    Female1931–2005Female

Parents and Siblings

    Cornelius Breen Sr

    Male1858–1930Male

    Maaritje Fraaken

    Female1859–1942Female

siblings

(10)

    Sophia Mae Breen

    Female1879–1965Female

    Jane Breen

    Female1880–Female

    Mary Ann Breen

    Female1883–1941Female

    Brain

    Female1883–Female

    Cornelia Breen

    Female1886–1967Female

+5 More Children

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 4

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 6

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1909 · The NAACP is formed

Age 17

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

Irish: either a shortened form of McBreen or an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Braoin ‘descendant of Braon’, a byname meaning ‘moisture’, ‘drop’.

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Cornelious Brun Jr., "United States Census, 1930"
  • Cornelius Brain in household of Harman Zwark, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Cornelius C Breen in household of Cornelius Breen, "Iowa State Census, 1895"

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