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Historical Rooney Info

• The Rooney Story - From Ireland to Minnesota, and beyond
  
  • Ireland - Origin of the Minnesota Rooney ancestors in Ireland
    
  • Canada - Immigration from Ireland and temporary stay in Canada
    
  • Minnesota - Early settlement and homesteading near Padua, Minnesota
    
  • Montana - The Montana connection
  
  
• Profiles of Early Individuals
  
  • Michael Tracy Rooney - Son of Patrick Rooney
    
  • Tom Colehan - Son of Mary Rooney Colehan
    
  • Helen Rooney Felling - Granddaughter of Thomas Rooney
    
  • Frances John Patrick Rooney - Grandson of Patrick Rooney
  
  
• Photos
  
  • The Will Rooney and Helena Riedel Family Photo - circa 1925
    
  
  
• WPA Interviews
  

  Text Version	Original (.jpg)
  Origin of Rooney Family	Page 1, Page 2
  Will Rooney	Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
  Michael Rooney	Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
  Eliza Rooney Brown	Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4
  Michael Killeen	Page 1, Page 2, Page 3

  
  
• Miscellaneous
  
  
  Surnames
  • Rooney
    
  • Caulfield
  Articles/Stories
  • Remembering Dad - by Marilynn (Rooney) Lysen
    
  • Gaffaney Trip to Ireland in 1975
    
  • Rooney Family in Canada - by Robert John Willis, III
    
  • Rooney-McCanna Connection - by Robert John Willis, III
    
  • Willard Rooney: Heroic Rescue - by Basil Kealey
  History
  • James Martin Family Letters
    
  • Rooney Burial Mound
    
  • A Narrow Escape
    
  • The Lost Regiment
  
  
• Maps
  
  
  Plat Maps
  • Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota, Plat Map 1880
    
  • Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota, Plat Map 1896
    
  • Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota, Plat Map 1925
  
  
• Padua
  
  
  Articles
  • Padua Church History
    
  • Village of Padua
    
  • Padua History
    
  • Montana Cowboy Shoots Up Padua Dance Hall
  
  
• Montana
  
  
  Montana Connection
  • Excerpts from Newspapers and Books Regarding the Rooney Family (the Montana Connection) - Compiled by N.Jean Harris
    
  • Excerpts from Newspapers and Books Regarding the O'Brien Family - Compiled by N.Jean Harris