James McGinnis Sr.
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Parents
John McGinnis Sr.
John McGinnis Sr.
1811 - 1861
Margaret McCarron
Margaret McCarron
1823 - 1903
Spouse
Mary Ellen Donahue
Mary Ellen Donahue
1861 - 1929
Children
Siblings
John M McGinnis Jr.
John M McGinnis Jr.
1849 - 1922
Arthur McGinnis Sr.
Arthur McGinnis Sr.
1853 - 1932
Sarah M McGinnis
Sarah M McGinnis
1855 - 1936
Hugh Patrick McGinnis
Hugh Patrick McGinnis
1858 - 1933

1847


Sep 15
Age: 1d

baptism


Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada ⇓
His God Father and baptism sponsor was John McCarron, probable brother of Margaret McCarron. His God Mother was Mary (McGinnis) Ferguson, wife of John Ferguson and John McGinnis Sr's sister.
1847 • The Cumberland School of Law is founded at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. At the end of this year only 15 law schools exist in the United States.

1884


Jul 16
Age: 36y
1884 • The water hyacinth is introduced in the United States and quickly becomes an invasive species.

1887


Feb 20
Age: 39y
1887 North Carolina State University is established as North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.

1891


Jun 11
Age: 43y
1891 • The first Fascio dei lavoratori (Workers League) is founded by Giuseppe De Felice Giuffrida in Catania, (Sicily).

1893


Nov 7
Age: 46y
1893 • The 1893 World's Fair, also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, opens to the public in Chicago, USA. The first United States commemorative postage stamps are issued for the Exposition.

1896


Age: 48y
1896 • The National Farm School (later Delaware Valley College) is chartered in Doylestown, PA.

1914


Dec 24
Age: 67y
1914 Gandhi leaves South Africa for the last time, sailing out of Cape Town for England on board the SS Kinfauns Castle.

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