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Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on December 29, 1808, to Jacob Johnson (1778–1812) and Mary ("Polly") McDonough (1783–1856), a laundress. He was of English , Scots-Irish , and Scottish ancestry. [ 6 ]
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 from Hebrew: מַרְיָם (maryām).
This is a list of notable Irish people, who were born on the island of Ireland, in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, and have lived there for most of their lives. Also included on the list are people who were not born in Ireland, but have been raised as Irish, have lived there for most of their lives or in regards to the ...
Mary T. Norton – US Congressman; Barack Obama – 44th President of the United States [49] Frank O'Bannon – Indiana governor; Christopher D. O'Brien – St. Paul mayor; Hugh O'Brien – Boston's first Irish mayor; James O'Brien – US Congressman; John P. O'Brien – New York City mayor; Thomas J. O’Brien – US Congressman; Dan O'Connell ...
Andrew Johnson (Irish and English) 17th President, 1865–69: His grandfather suppoosedly left Mounthill, near Larne in County Antrim around 1750 and settled in North Carolina he was of English ancestry. Andrew worked there as a tailor and ran a successful business in Greeneville, Tennessee, before being elected Vice
Mary Johnson Stover (May 8, 1832 – April 19, 1883) was a daughter of 17th U.S. President Andrew Johnson and his wife Eliza McCardle.Stover and her three children lived at the White House during the Johnson administration, as Stover's husband, a soldier in the Union Army, had died during the American Civil War and their East Tennessee homestead had been pillaged by Confederates.
— Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-born British philanthropist, founder of the Barnardo's charity (19 September 1905), to his wife "Make them." [3] — Susan B. Anthony, American social reformer and women's rights activist (13 March 1906), to her chosen successor, who was worried that she would not be allowed to succeed Anthony "On the contrary!"
Andrew Morrissey (1860–1921), Irish-American priest and President of the University of Notre Dame; Edward Morrissey, second ex-husband of Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey; Helena Morrissey, English businesswoman; James Morrissey (PR consultant), PR agent and spokesperson for billionaire Denis O'Brien; Mary Manin Morrissey, New Thought minister from ...