Mary Anne McCarthy

Brief Life History of Mary Anne

When Mary Anne McCarthy was born on 12 November 1890, in East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, her father, Michael Peter McCarthy, was 30 and her mother, Catherine Agnes Mahoney, was 27. She married Gustave Adolph Hoertel Jr. on 4 July 1916, in East Saint Louis Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in East Saint Louis Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States for about 20 years and Centreville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1930. In 1950, at the age of 60, her occupation is listed as secretary in East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States. She died on 28 June 1966, in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Belleville Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gustave Adolph Hoertel Jr.
1889–1934
Mary Anne McCarthy
1890–1966
Marriage: 4 July 1916
Mary Hoertel
1925–1925
Suzanne Marie Hoertel
1925–1999
Doris Jean Hoertel
1927–2017
Robert Emmet Hoertel
1929–1995

Sources (14)

  • Mary McCarthy, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mary McCarthy, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Mary McCarthy, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Liam, Cormac, Niall, Aileen, Brigid, Conor, Declan, Dermod, Dermot, Finbar.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cárthaigh ‘son of Cárthach’, a personal name meaning ‘loving’. This was the name of a ruling family in Munster. In Ireland major branches were distinguished by the following epithets: mór ‘great’ in Kerry, riabhach ‘brindled’ in Carbery, west Cork.

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

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