Brief Life History of Marcus Francis
When Marcus Francis Driscoll was born on 26 March 1918, in Jewett City, Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States, his father, Marcus Henry Driscoll, was 32 and his mother, Eleanor V Brennan, was 29. He lived in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States for about 20 years. He died on 27 May 2004, in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Saint Michael Cemetery, Pawcatuck, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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- Mark Driscoll in household of Mark Driscoll, "United States Census, 1940"
- Marcus Francis Edward Driscoll, "Connecticut, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
- Marcus F Driscoll, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1926 · Sergeant Stubby Dies
During WWI there was a dog from Connecticut that made a name for himself, his name was sergeant stubby. He was considered the official mascot of the 102nd infantry. He saved his regiment from suprise mustard attacks, comforted those that had been wounded, and even caught a German soldier and held him there until troops found him. He had his own uniform and everything.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Donovan, Brendan, John Patrick.
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEidirsceóil ‘descendant of the messenger’, from eidirsceól ‘go-between, interpreter, intermediary, news bearer’ (a compound of eidir ‘between’ + scéal ‘story, news’). Bearers of this Irish surname claim descent from a single 10th-century ancestor.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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