Rooneys-Minnesota - Individuals

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‎William B Rooney‏‎, son of John Rooney and Helen Anna "Anna; HENEGAN; HANAHAN" Hennigan‏. Born ‎15 Mar 1841 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Event Description: or 5 Dec 1839, died ‎8 Dec 1914 Avon, Stearns County, Minnesota Event Description: Old Saint Benedict's Cemetery, Avon‎, age 73 years Tombstone reads born March 15, 1841. He died of carcinoma of the face. He first arrived in the U. S. 1 Nov 1865 from Pig's Eye, Quebec. An 1896 map of Avon Township, Stearns County shows that William Rooney owned about 96.4 acres in Section 10 of Avon Township (about 3 miles NNW of the city of Avon), and his son J. P. Rooney owned 63.5 acres adjacent to that, including an abode. The 1900 census shows they had 8 children of which 5 are alive. The 1905 census has an 8-year-old John Rooney living with them, born in New York, his parents born in Canada. He is probably one of the orphan train children; the 1910 census says he is an adopted son. They also have a William Murphy, age 10, living with them. This may be their deceased daughter Elizabeth's son, though he's back with his family in 1910. The 1910 census says they arrived in the U.S. in 1886, but it was perhaps meant to be 1866. Married ‎1864 Canada, age 22 or 23 years or 1871 per 1900 census (married 49 or 50 years) to: ‎Bridget Hartigan‏‎, age by marriage 21 or 22 years Born ‎4 Sep 1842 Vaudreuil, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec, Canada, died ‎28 May 1917 Avon, Stearns County, Minnesota Event Description: Old Saint Benedict's Cemetery, Avon‎, age 74 years Her 1842 date of birth is on her tombstone, which differs from her death record of 1840. In the 1900 Federal census states that her birth month and year were September 1842. Her Minnesota death record says her year of birth was 1840; she should have known better than anyone, while she was alive, what her birth date was. Children: 1. ‎Elizabeth Ann "Eliza; Lizzy" Rooney‏‎ Born ‎29 Jul 1864 Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada, died ‎± 1895 Holdingford, Stearns County, Minnesota‎, age approximately 31 years Farrellton, Quebec, Canada is now St. Camillus, Farrellton, Quebec, Canada. She's listed as "Lizzy" in the 1895 Minnesota state census. In the 1900 census, Dan is a widower. 2. ‎John Patrick "Jack" Rooney‏‎ Born ‎25 Jul 1871 Avon, Stearns County, Minnesota, died ‎10 Sep 1942 Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota Event Description: Calvary Cemetery, St. Cloud, MN‎, age 71 years 3. ‎Ellen "Ellie on tombstone" Rooney‏‎ Born ‎15 Oct 1872 Avon, Stearns County, Minnesota, died ‎22 Jun 1902 Sedan, Pope County, Minnesota Event Description: St. Anthony of Padua Cemetery, Padua, Stearns, MN‎, age 29 years, buried Padua, Stearns County, Minnesota Ellen's grandfather John, given his date of birth, was very probably a brother to Michael Rooney ("Daddy Mick"), making her and her husband Thomas second cousins. Tim Ahles says: "The Ellen Rooney that married Thomas T Rooney (grandson of Daddy Mick), is from the Rooney branch that we often refer to as the "Avon Rooneys." Ellen's parents are William Rooney and Bridget Hartigan. I do not have any records of Ellen's grandparents, but they might be the John Rooney and Helen Hennigan that you mentioned. We have often suspected a connection between our Rooneys and those from Avon but have not yet proven it." 2017: We have now "proven it" through at least two DNA matches in Ancestry between persons on the Padua Rooney branch and one or two on the Avon Rooney Branch (Andrew Minzghor and perhaps one other). Cause of Death: Childbirth. Originally published August 1998, Padua Cemetery, by Ginny Walz Borgerding Thomas T. Rooney was born Jan 5, 1859 in Canada, the son of John and Mary (McCool) Rooney. He was ninth child of twelve children. Ellen (Ellie) Rooney was born October 26, 1872, the daughter of William and Bridget (Hartigan) Rooney, of Avon, MN. Thomas married Ellie and they had the following children: Agatha - married Henry Murphy and had three children Bridget Stella - married Frank Cowen Clarinda - married Andrew Murphy William Ryan - adopted son, married Mary Raden William Joseph - died as an infant Ellen - died as an infant Ellie died on June 22, 1902 from blood poisoning (bacterial infection), according to church records. In 1903 Thomas T. married Anna Murphy, the daughter of Bernard and Honora Murphy. Thomas T. died on November 28, 1925 from heart disease? as best deciphered from church records. Ellie, Wm Jos, and Ellen are listed on the tombstone with Thomas R. listed on the grave marker beside them. Thomas T.'s second wife Anna Murphy Rooney, parents, brothers Michael J., James, William, and sisters Catherine Martin, MaryAnn Egan, Elizabeth Egan, grandmother Catharine Rooney, and many other relatives are buried in Padua 4. ‎Mary Bridget Rooney‏‎ Born ‎6 Aug 1873 Avon, Stearns County, Minnesota Event Description: or 6 Aug 1873, died ‎14 Jun 1949 Avon, Stearns County, Minnesota Event Description: Saint Benedicts Parish Cemetery‎, age 75 years Married Peter Raden, 1897, Minnesota Mary Raden was born August 6, 1873 in Minnesota to parents William Rooney (Canada) and Briget Hardijin (sp?) Canada. She was married to Peter (deceased). She was a resident of Avon. She died June 14, 1949 at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud. Information was supplied by Mrs. Ralph Maehen of Avon. 5. ‎Rooney‏‎ Born ‎29 Mar 1877 Avon, Stearns County, Minnesota, died ‎29 Mar 1877 Avon, Stearns County, Minnesota‎ 6. ‎Gertrude Bridget "Gertie" Rooney‏‎ Born ‎26 Jan 1881 Avon Township, Stearns County, Minnesota, died ‎12 Nov 1931 Stearns County, Minnesota‎, age 50 years, buried Avon, Stearns County, Minnesota On Gertrude's death record it said that the mother is unknown. 7. ‎Rooney‏‎ Born ‎29 Mar 1887 Avon, Stearns County, Minnesota, died ‎29 Mar 1887 Avon, Stearns County, Minnesota‎ 8. ‎John Rooney‏‎ Born ‎1897 New York Event Description: adopted son - prob. orphan train, died ‎after 1920‎, age at least 23 years He's with his adoptive parents in Avon in 1910, and it appears he a lodger with a Smith family in Ramsey County, Minnesota in 1920.