Daniel Casey

Brief Life History of Daniel

Daniel Casey was born on 10 September 1892, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States as the son of Patrick D. Casey and Bridget Breen. He lived in Boston Ward 9, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1920. He died in December 1976, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 84.

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Daniel Casey
1892–1976
Helen Gertrude Clough
1897–1950

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  • Daniel Casey in household of Patrick D Casey, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Daniel Casey, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Daniel W Casey, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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World Events (8)

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.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Ciaran, Dermot, John Patrick, Liam, Aileen, Cait, Caitlyn, Conor, Eamon, Joe Pat.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cathasaigh ‘descendant of Cathasach’, a byname meaning ‘vigilant’ or ‘noisy’. Compare Caissie .

English and Irish (of Norman origin): from Old French Cauceis, denoting someone from the Pays de Caux in Normandy.

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

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