Ancestor Report
generation I

1 (0)
manJoseph Warren Shultheis‏ PRIVACY FILTER
generation II (Parents)

2 (1)
manDonald Arthur Shultheis‏ PRIVACY FILTER
  to:
3 (1)
womanElizabeth Ann "Beth" Lungren‏ PRIVACY FILTER
generation III (Grandparents)

6 (3)
manPaul W Lungren‏
Born ‎3 Dec 1896 Gowrie, Webster County, Iowa, died ‎16 Aug 1966 Estherville, Emmet, Iowa Event Description: Saint Patricks Cemetery‎, age 69 years
Relatives and friends from a distance here to attend funeral services for Paul Lungren included Mr. and Mrs. Leo C. Murphy and sons, Michael and Patrick of Sioux City, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shultheis of Minneapolis, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Mikschl of St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Mahler of Glencoe, Minn., Mrs. R. E. Lungren of Northfield, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson and Mrs. Robert Gross of Gowrie, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Ne Flanagan, Mrs. Ray Murphy, Mrs. T. C. Murphy, Gene Cosgrove, Mr. and Mrs. James Lalley, Mr. and Mrs. James Heeney of Sioux City, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mikscl of St. Paul, Minn., Mrs. Frank Schimick of Mankato, Minn., Luther Obye, Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Crosson of Lake City and Peter C. Reding and Raymond Kelly of Trimont, Minn. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, August 24, 1966)

Ex-County Official Dies
Paul W. Lungren, 69, former Emmet County deputy auditor, died today at 4:35 a.m. in Holy Family Hospital. Mr. Lungren had been in poor health since suffering a heart attack about two years ago. He was again admitted to the hospital here Aug. 8, the same day funeral services were held for his father, Charles Lungren.

Born Dec. 3, 1896, at Gowrie, the son of Charles and Anna Lungren, he received his education in the Gowrie and Estherville schools.

In 1914, he went to Trimont, Minn., where he was employed as assistant cashier of the People's State Bank in Trimont. He was married June 24, 1925, at Sisseton, S.D., to Eleanor Batterberry, a teacher in the Trimont schools.

Mr. and Mrs. Lungren continued to live in Trimont until 1929 when they moved to Lakefield, Minn., where Mr. Lungren was assistant cashier at the Farmer's State Bank for six years.

In 1935 they moved to the Charles Lungren farm near Estherville and farmed there for several years. After moving to Estherville from the farm, Mr. Lungren was deputy county auditor for a time and afterwards was bookkeeper at Harker-Beauman Lumber Co. Following semi-retirement, Mr. Lungren did bookkeeping in his home office as long as his health permitted.

He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the American legion and B.P.O. Elks.

Mr. Lungren is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. J.J. (Mary) Mikschl of Minneapolis, Mrs. Don (Beth) Shultheis of St. Paul and Mrs. Leo (Paula) Murphy of Sioux City; 19 grandchildren; and one brother, Oscar, of Estherville.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Reuben.

Funeral services are to be Friday at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church, the Rt. Rev. Mgsr. James H. Duhigg officiating. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery.

A rosary will be said Thursday at 8 p.m. at Fuhrman Funeral Home.

Friends may call at the funeral home all day Thursday and until time of services Friday. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, August 16, 1966)
  Married ‎24 Jun 1925 Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota, age 28 years (married 41 years) to:
7 (3)
womanEleanor Hannah Batterberry‏
Born ‎27 Nov 1900 Sissteon, Roberts County, South Dakota, died ‎30 Dec 1995 Orange County, California Event Description: Saint Patricks Cemetery, Estherville, Iowa‎, age 95 years, buried Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa
Mr. Paul Lungren Married on June 24th
The Enterprise has just learned of the wedding of Miss Ellenora Batterberry of Casselton, S. Dak., to Paul Lungren, of Monterey, Minn. The wedding took place at the home of the bride's parents in Casselton on June 24th in the presence of relatives and friends of the contracting parties. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Batterberry and has been connected with the public schools of Monterey. The groom, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Lungren, is well and favorably known in this city. He has been connected with the bank at Monterey for eleven years. The young couple are to make their home at Monterey. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, July 8, 1925)


Eleanor Lungren
Encinitas, Calif. – Long time Estherville resident Eleanor Lungren died December 30, 1995 in California, month after her 95th birthday. A memorial mass was celebrated at St. John's Church in Encinitas on Jan. 8, attended by her California relatives and friends. A memorial will be held for her at St. Patrick's Church in Estherville some time in late spring.

She is survived by her three daughters, Mary, Beth and Paula, 20 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren. (Estherville Daily News, January, 1996)
generation IV (Great-Grandparents)

14 (7)
manHugh D Batterberry‏
Born ‎19 Apr 1870 Burbank, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, died ‎May 1967 Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota Event Description: Sisseton Cemetery‎, age 97 years
The family is listed in both the 1910 and 1920 federal censuses as "Batterbury."
  Married ‎24 Sep 1897 Pope County, Minnesota, age 27 years (married 55 years) to:
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womanMary Eleanor "Maime or Mayme" Egan‏
Born ‎8 Dec 1870 Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada, died ‎15 Jun 1953 Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota Event Description: Sisseton Cemetery‎, age 82 years
Baptismal sponsors: Martine Gannon & Mary Quinn.

The 1880 U.S. Federal census has Eliza two years older than Mary, so the 1870 date must be correct: The 1871 census of Canada indicates that her birth was Dec 1870, and her gravestone shows she was born in 1870.
generation V (Great Great-Grandparents)

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manPatrick Egan‏
Born ‎21 Dec 1833 Mayo, Ireland, died ‎26 Dec 1892 Bangor, Pope County, Minnesota Event Description: Padua Cemetery, Stearns, Minnesota‎, age 59 years, buried Padua, Stearns County, Minnesota
Cause of death: Catarrh and Consumption. He came to Minnesota in 1879 or 1880.
  Married ‎27 Jan 1861 Farrellton, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada, age 27 years (married 31 years) to:
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womanElinor "Elinor on gravestone" Rooney‏
Born ‎21 Dec 1842 Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada, died ‎18 Nov 1902 Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota Event Description: Padua Cemetery, Stearns, Minnesota‎, age 59 years, buried Padua, Stearns County, Minnesota
Elinor died of paralyasis.

John Martin, Sr. wrote about Elinor Rooney and her husband Patrick Egan in Canada in 1870. Elinor's father Patrick was in Minnesota at the time.
generation VI (3rd Great-Grandparents)

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manPatrick Rooney‏
Born ‎2 Feb 1808 Ireland, died ‎9 Apr 1889 Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota Event Description: St. Anthony of Padua Cemetery, Stearns, Minnesota‎, age 81 years, buried Padua, Stearns County, Minnesota
Cause of death: Old age
  Married ‎± 1834 Ireland or Canada, age approximately 26 years (married approximately 35 years) to:
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womanElenor "Ellen" Tracy‏
Born ‎1816 Ireland, died ‎25 Apr 1869 Padua, Stearns County, Minnesota Event Description: St. Anthony of Padua Cemetery, Padua, Stearns, MN‎, age 52 or 53 years
Ellen died of a stroke.

The "Tracy" name seems to disappear in the Gatineau valley after the 1861 census.
generation VII (4th Great-Grandparents)

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manMichael ""Daddy Mick"" Rooney‏
Born ‎1782 Ireland, died ‎12 Jan 1857 Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Event Description: St. Camillus Catholic Cemetery, Farrellton, Quebec, Canada, age 74‎, age 74 or 75 years, buried ‎Jan 1857 Farrellton, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Michael Rooney and Catherine Caulfield emigrated to Canada around 1845 (although there are land records showing Rooney's in the Canada farm census of 1841). In their 60's, they followed several of their grown children, the earliest who was in Canada by 1829. They settled in the Gatineau River region of Quebec, north of Ottawa, near the town of Farrelton (present day La Pêche).
The two oldest boys - Patrick (b. 1808) and Michael (b. 1809) - had their own farms in Canada. They also probably did some contract lumbering as this region was rich in lumber and this was the heyday of lumber being shipped by boat to Great Britain.

Michael and Catherine's grandson Thomas T. Rooney, son of John R. Rooney (1854-1925), was possibly a second cousin to his wife Ellen E Rooney (1872-1902). Her grandfather, John Rooney, would have been born at an age to be a brother to Daddy Mick. John's descendants coincidentally fit into the Michael and Catherine Rooney line when a granddaughter married married a Daddy Mick Rooney grandson.

As of 2017, it has been proven by finding DNA matches on Ancestry between the Padua Rooney branch and descendants of the Avon Rooney branch. However, the exact connection is still to be determined.

The Egan's and Rooney's intermarried eight times (all of the couples dying in Pope or Stearns County):

James Rooney (1848-1926)
Ann Egan (1846-1914)

Mary Ann Rooney (1865-1937)
Dennis Egan (1849->1910)

William Edward Rooney (1897-1980)
Mary Emily Egan (1897-1990). Mary was an orphan train adoptee, so not genetically an Egan or a Rooney, even though her "grandfather" was John R. Rooney. Also, her husband William Edward Rooney was one of the "Avon Rooney's." Though not genetically an Egan or a Rooney, even though her "great grandfather" was Michael Rooney on the Padua side, she married William Edward Rooney whose great grandfather was John Rooney the Avon side. Thus by prior relationship they were 3rd cousins, but unrelated by consanguinity.

Mary Rooney (1837-1905)
James Egan (1826-1912)

Eleanor Rooney (1842-1902)
Patrick Egan (1833-1892)

Elizabeth A Rooney (1866-1904) (first-cousin once-removed to her husband)
Thomas Edward Egan (1862-1928)

Martin Gannon (1848-1911) (son of Mary Egan and grandson of Thomas B Egan)
Catherine Kilroe (1859->1940) (granddaughter of Bridget Rooney and great granddaughter of Daddy Mick/Mammy Kitty Rooney)

Daniel Michael Rooney (1955-2014) was related to his wife, Karen Ann Majerus (1957-living): His great great grandparents were Michael and Catherine Rooney, while Karen's 4x great grandparents were Michael and Catherine. Thus, they were third cousins twice-removed. Also, Karen is an Egan descendent as well.

Including the three cousin marriages listed just above, there are these additional three:

In 1877, Sarah Margaret Tracy, daughter of Ann Rooney, married her first cousin, John J. Rooney, son of Patrick Rooney.

In 1888, Hugh M. Rooney married his first cousin, Winifred Sophia Rooney.

In about 1889, Thomas T. Rooney of the Padua Rooney branch married his second cousin, Ellen E. Rooney, of the Avon Rooney branch.


Randy Rooney says (May 2016):

"I have been in contact with my closest Y-DNA result match who has a genetic distance of 1 out of the 37 markers I had tested. His great grandfather, Patrick [Rooney] b. ~1845, was from Dundalk, County Louth , just south of County Down. Is it possible that we aren't finding Rooney's in the area of Parish Moore since Michael wasn't from that part of Ireland, but just started his family there because Catherine was from there? And if Michael didn't have strong family ties to the area, did that prompt their emigration from Ireland. It seems reasonable they lived near Parish Moore at one time if Thomas married Ellen Ward there, and Michael/Catherine are listed as being from Co. Galway on the Canadian marriage record of John Rooney/Mary McCool. However, what else is known about where they had lived prior to Canada? The more we learn, the more questions there seem to be…"

Earlier in his email Randy said: "Clonburren and Moore South graveyards, [the two others besides the Kilbegley Cemetery associated with the Parish of Moore in Roscommon], have been completed already [cleaning, reading and photographing old monuments], so you can see what Kilbegley eventually will include. I found the Moore South graveyard interesting since there were many Caulfield's, but no Rooney's."
Ten Caulfield's, to be exact.


July, 2017:

Looking at Geraldine Felling Walsh's Ancestry DNA pages. She and her siblings and several of her living first cousins are closer to the Rooney ancestors genetically than are any of the rest of us. There are a number of people related to her that have a Rooney in their family tree, but those Rooney's have no known connection to us. The furtherest ancestor any of them listed could be as close as a first cousin or a nephew or niece to "Daddy Mick." They appear so far to come from either Leitrim or Mayo in Ireland. Maybe they are from a "Leitrim" branch?
  Married/ Related to:
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womanCatherine ""Mammy Kitty"; Catharine on gravestone" Caulfield‏
Born ‎1783 Ireland, died ‎17 Feb 1875 Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota Event Description: Padua Cemetery, Stearns, Minnesota, age 91‎, age 91 or 92 years, buried Padua, Stearns County, Minnesota
After "Daddy Mick" died in 1857 and was buried in the Catholic cemetery in Farrelton, Mammie Kitty emigrated to the U.S.A. with eight of her nine grown children and their families. They came first to St. Anthony Falls, site the present-day Minneapolis, which was so small it could be covered in a half hour by horse and buggy. Later they moved to Stearns County, Raymond Township - a place at first called "Rooneys' Settlement, later called Padua, between 1865 and 1870.

Ambrose Rooney said that his father used to talk about "Grandma Kitty " and thought that there was something funny about her. Ambrose Gaffaney said his mother used to talk about a lady who smoked a pipe (Mary McCool, wife of John Rooney, smoked a pipe; Marilyn Rooney Lysen is now in possession of the pipe).