Margaret Ann Breau

Female16 February 1879–17 August 1965

Brief Life History of Margaret Ann

When Margaret Ann Breau was born on 16 February 1879, in Old Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States, her father, John Phillip Breau, was 25 and her mother, Mary Ann Hanley, was 31. She married George Orr Mann on 18 May 1898, in Old Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1920 and Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 17 August 1965, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

George Orr Mann
1879–1956
Margaret Ann Breau
1879–1965
Marriage: 18 May 1898
Elmer George Mann
1900–1926

Sources (23)

  • Margaret M Shackleton, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Margaret Shackelton, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Margaret Breau, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 May 1898Old Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 2

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

    Age 12

    Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

    1902 · So Much Farm Land

    Age 23

    A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: French Ulysse, Alcide, Antoine, Aurore, Girard, Leonide, Mederic, Ovila, Raoul, Yves, Yvon.

    American French: variant of Breaux , and an altered form of its French cognates Braud and Brault .

    French (Bréau): variant of Breuil (see Dubreuil ).

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

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