Myra Essie Barry

Brief Life History of Myra Essie

When Myra Essie Barry was born on 27 September 1876, in Steuben, Indiana, United States, her father, James Barry, was 26 and her mother, Josephine M Reed, was 22. She married William Bear in 1897. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Oak Grove Township, Franklin, Nebraska, United States for about 30 years and Bloomington Township, Franklin, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 1 January 1963, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Cambridge Election Precinct, Furnas, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Bear
1860–
Myra Essie Barry
1876–1963
Marriage: 1897
Orra Elmer Bear
1899–1992
Myrtle Alta Bear
1901–2001
Gladys Marie Bear
1908–1987
Lula Ruth Bear
1910–1985
Clarence Henry Bear
1919–2008

Sources (16)

  • Assa Barry in household of James Barry, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Essie Barry, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • Myra Essie Bear, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Aidan, Ciaran, Eoin, John Patrick, Kaitlin, Kieran, Murphy, Aileen, Brigid, Caitlin.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Beargha ‘descendant of Beargh’, a byname meaning ‘plunderer’.

Irish and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Báire ‘descendant of Báire’, a short form of either of two Gaelic personal names, Bairrfhionn or Fionnbharr, both meaning ‘fair-topped’. This may also be the source of the Manx name Barry, whose family's main seat was Ballavarry in Kirk Andreas.

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

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