When Rebecca Ruby Michael was born on 27 February 1921, in Tyanee, County Londonderry, Ireland, her father, Robert Thomas Michael, was 48 and her mother, Jemima Morrell, was 42. She died on 19 December 2007, in Tyanee, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, at the age of 86, and was buried in Tamlaght O'Crilly, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Irish Civil War between the Free State army and IRA.
First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
The UK becomes a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
English, German, Dutch, Jewish, and Greek: from the personal name Michael, ultimately from Hebrew Mika’el ‘Who is like God?’. This was borne by an archangel in the Bible, the protector of Israel (Daniel 10:13, 12:1; Rev. 12:7). In Christian tradition, Michael was regarded as the warrior archangel, conqueror of Satan, and the personal name was correspondingly popular throughout Europe, especially in knightly and military families. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages, e.g. Hungarian Mihály (see Mihaly ), Czech and Slovak Michal , Assyrian/Chaldean or Arabic Mikhael and Mikhail , and also patronymics and other derivatives from these names, e.g. Greek Papamichael , its cognate Papamichalis, and Michaelides , Serbian Mihajlović (see Mihajlovic ), and Slovenian Mihelčič (see Mihelcic ). Compare Mikeal .
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