Bridget Ellen Kearns
20 September 1887–28 September 1969 (Age 82)
Cambridge, Mass, USA
The Life of Bridget Ellen
When Bridget Ellen Kearns was born on 20 September 1887, her father, Martin Kearns, was 37 and her mother, Ellen Carney, was 34. She lived in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. She died on 28 September 1969, at the age of 82.
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Family Time Line
Martin Kearns
1850–
Ellen Carney
1853–1938
Patrick Kearns
1880–1965
Patrick Kearns
1880–1968
Thomas E F Kearns
1884–
Martin Joseph Kearns
1886–1930
Bridget Ellen Kearns
1887–1969
Nellie Kearns
1888–1971
Elnore Constance Kearns
1890–1968
Mary J Kearns
1892–1972
Margaret Kearns
1894–
Parents and Siblings
Martin Kearns
1850–Male
Ellen Carney
1853–1938Female
siblings
(9)
1880–1965Male
1880–1968Male
Thomas E F Kearns
1884–Male
Martin Joseph Kearns
1886–1930Male
1887–1969Female
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 3
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
Age 3
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 22
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Céirín ‘descendant of Céirín’, a personal name from a diminutive of ciar ‘dark’, ‘black’. English patronymic -s has been added superfluously.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Ellen A Kearns in household of Martin Kearns, "United States Census, 1900"
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