Edward Byrnes (1870 - 1949)

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Byrnes Frederick Byrnes

Ellen Downes Byrnes

Edward Byrnes

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Byrnes Frederick Byrnes

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Ellen Downes Byrnes

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Donald Charles Joseph Byrnes

Elizabeth Veronica Tierney

Richard James Hope

Donald Charles Joseph Byrnes

Fay Patricia (Hope) Byrnes

Donald Charles Joseph Byrnes

Mrs Elizabeth Hope nee Maher

Honorah (Williams) Byrnes

Donald & Fay (Hope) Byrnes, 1950

Donald Charles Joseph Byrnes

FDR Relief Program - New Deal

Sarrah Ann Byrnes Donohue

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In 1870, in the year that Edward Byrnes was born, on March 31st, Thomas Mundy Peterson was the first African-American male who voted in an election - a local election about the town charter. Peterson, a school principal, was also the first to hold elected office and the first to sit on a jury.

In 1897, at the age of 27 years old, Edward was alive when in the January 22nd issue of "Engineering", the word "computer" was first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. Previously - since the 17th century - the term computer meant "one who computes" and referred to human beings who worked with numbers.

In 1913, by the time he was 43 years old, ratified in February the 16th Amendment, establishing a Federal income tax, became law. Previously, customs duties (tariffs) and excise taxes were the primary sources of federal revenue. With the passage of the 16th Amendment, incomes of couples exceeding $4,000, as well as those of single persons earning $3,000 or more, were subject to a 1% Federal tax (that would be about $98,000 and $74,000 now). Rates rose to 7% for incomes over half a million dollars. Less than 1% of the population was subject to income tax.

In 1922, when he was 52 years old, on November 4th, British Egyptologists George Carnarvon and Howard Carter unearthed the first step leading to King Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. By the end of the month they had unearthed the steps and broken through the door into the intact tomb. This was the only tomb that had remained unlooted that had been found (and is, to date). Filled with gold, jewels, and ancient everyday items, the find was priceless - in terms of money and history.

In 1949, in the year of Edward Byrnes's passing, on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Today, there are 26 nations in NATO.