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Ulysses S. Grant (Possibly Irish, Scotch-Irish, English & Scottish) 18th President, 1869–77: The home of his maternal great-grandfather, John Simpson, at Dergenagh , County Tyrone , is the location for an exhibition on the eventful life of the victorious Civil War commander who served two terms as President.
t. e. People of Irish descent form the largest ethnic group in the city of Philadelphia and its surrounding counties. [1] The Irish have lived in Philadelphia since the pre- American Revolution period. Irishmen had participated in pro-Revolutionary activities in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War. [2]
Irish women attained admirable reputations as schoolteachers, which enabled some to pursue professions of even higher stature. Nuns. Upon arrival in the United States, many Irish women became Catholic nuns and participated in the many American sisterhoods, especially those in St. Louis in Missouri, St. Paul in Minnesota, and Troy in New York ...
Scotch-Irish (or Scots-Irish) Americans are American descendants of Ulster Scots people (predominantly Ulster Protestants) who emigrated from Ulster ( Ireland's northernmost province) to the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries. Their ancestors had originally migrated to Ulster mainly from the Scottish Lowlands and Northern England ...
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (4 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Scotch-Irish American culture in Pennsylvania" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. Éamonn from Edmund. Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g Irish Máire (anglicised Maura ), Máirín ( Máire + - ín "a diminutive suffix"; anglicised Maureen) and English Mary all derive from French: Marie, which ultimately derives ...
Frances Elizabeth Quinn was an Irish born Union Army soldier who fought in both the infantry and cavalry. She enlisted over five separate times throughout the war and the country, assuming the name Frank Miller, and other names. Each time she was eventually discovered to be a woman and discharged from the military.
Mary G. Harris Jones (1837 (baptized) – November 30, 1930), known as Mother Jones from 1897 onward, was an Irish-born American labor organizer, former schoolteacher, and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She helped coordinate major strikes, secure bans on child labor, and co-founded the ...