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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The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
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.
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
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.
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