Brief Life History of Mary E.
When Mary E. O'Brien was born on 19 June 1884, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Michael Thomas O'Brien Sr., was 31 and her mother, Mary Denny, was 27. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Spencer C. McCardwell. She lived in Gratz, Owen, Kentucky, United States in 1910 and Lockport, Henry, Kentucky, United States in 1920. She died on 31 October 1922, in Owen, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Mount Minish Cemetery, Gratz, Owen, Kentucky, United States.
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- Mary E Obrien in household of Mike O'Brien, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mary E. McCardwell, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary O'Brien in entry for Tom S Mc Cardwell, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Dermot, Liam, Brigid, Declan, Donovan, John Patrick, Kieran, Colm, Donal, Brennan, Caitlin.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Briain ‘descendant of Brian’, a personal name probably based on the element bre- ‘hill’, with the transferred sense ‘eminence’, i.e. ‘exalted one’. See also Bryan . In Ireland there has also been some confusion with O'Byrne (see Byrne ).
History: This name is borne in particular by one of the greatest of Irish septs, descendants of Brian Boru, who rose to the high kingship of Ireland in 1002.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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