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man‎Michael Tracy ""Black Mike" or "M.T."" Rooney‏‎, son of Patrick Rooney and Elenor "Ellen" Tracy‏.
Born ‎2 Aug 1845 Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada, died ‎1922 Hobson, Judith Basin County, Montana Event Description: Philbrook Cemetery‎, age 76 or 77 years
Michael T Rooney (aka Black Mike) built the first permanent building in Billings, Montana . He was the first of the three brother to go to Montana. They first settled in Miles City, then moved to Billings, then Judith Basin. He was a contractor in freighting and ditching, and there's a big Rooney ditch above Utica, irrigating land on the south bench.

His Montana death index says he died in 1923, while his gravestone says is was 1922.

Married ‎1875 Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, age 29 or 30 years (married 10 or 11 years) to:

womanCatherine Sophia "Kate" Darcy‏, age by marriage 30 or 31 years
Born ‎1844 Ireland, died ‎11 May 1886 Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota‎, age 41 or 42 years
Kate was injured in an accident and returned to Minnesota, leaving her two children in Montana, and died after a lengthy illness.

Children:

1.
manFrancis John Patrick "Frank; F.J.P." Rooney‏
Born ‎28 Oct 1877 Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, died ‎26 Aug 1953 Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana Event Description: Calvary Cemetery, Lewiston, Fergus County, MT‎, age 75 years, buried ‎31 Aug 1953 Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana
From MN to MT when about 6 yr old
Eileen, adopted

1916, he and Tom in horse-drawn wagon hit by train; Tom killed; Frank had damaged arm that never mended properly

Anaconda STANDARD: D: age 76; 28 Aug. rosary at Kendrick Funeral Chapel, Anaconda; funeral 31 Aug at St.Leo Cath.Church in Lewistown (Creel Funeral Home)

2.
womanMary Agatha "Agatha" Rooney‏
Born ‎24 Jan 1879 Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, died ‎20 May 1965 Burlingame, San Mateo County, California‎, age 86 years, buried San Bruno, San Mateo County, California