philomene

plural philomenes

1. obsoleteThe nightingale.

1. A female given name from French.

   Maura Philomene McGourty and Charles James Coulter 3d were married yesterday afternoon in the Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph the Good Provider in Berlin, Mass. […] The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. McGourty of Arlington, Mass.

   1977 June 5, “C. J. Coulter 3d Weds Maura P. McGourty”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   In the Roman Catholic Church of St. Vincent Ferrer yesterday morning, Miss Philomene Frances Gilman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Richard Gilman of 530 Park Avenue, was married to Lawrence Edward McGourty Jr., son of Mrs. McGourty of Melrose, Mass., and the late Lieut. Comdr. McGourty, U. S. N.

   1950 April 16, George Hurrell, “Philomene F. Gilman, L. E. M’Gourty Jr. Wed”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Sister Mary Margaret (Ida), daughter of Peter and Anna Marie Schmelzer Linenberger was born in Victoria [Kansas], October 11, 1896. […] Surviving Sister Mary Margaret are two sisters, Mrs. Emerentiana Denning, Red Bluffs, California; Mrs. Philomene Norton, Park, Kansas.

   1976 May 10, “[Deaths] Sister Mary Margaret”, in The Hays Daily News, 47th year, number 155, Hays, Kan., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 5