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Louth / Re: Looking for family info on Rooney family
« on: Monday 13 May 24 17:51 BST (UK) »
The Thomas Rooney who is shown as married to the former Bridget Morgan also shows as being born around 1865. That would make him 26 in 1891, not 44. They are the ones who show as Owen's parents. But I also see, in a census record, John Martin married to Bridget, with children in the household whose last name is Rooney, as in step-children.
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Louth / Re: Looking for family info on Rooney family
« on: Monday 13 May 24 17:43 BST (UK) »
Yeah, I am getting a bit lost on this set of people. There appears to be two Thomases and two Bridgets, not counting children. There was a Thomas and Bridget all the way up to at least 1911, and then the Thomas who died in 1891. I am kinda confused on who goes with whom.
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Louth / Re: Looking for family info on Rooney family
« on: Monday 13 May 24 15:24 BST (UK) »marriage 29 August 1894, St Nicholas Church, Dundalk
John Martin, widower, car driver, of full age, of Kiver Lane (?) Dundalk, father: John Martin, medical doctor
Bridget Rooney, widow, of full age,of Linenhall St, Dundalk, father: Bernard Morgan, laborer
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1894/10571/5851172.pdf
edited to add
death 2 August 1891, Livenhall St, Dundalk
Thomas Rooney, married, 44, shoemaker, gastritis and debility, duration 6 months, informant: Peter Grimes, of Castletown Road, cousin of the deceased
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1891/06064/4728962.pdf
There were 3 Thomas Rooney deaths in Dundalk RD between 1888 and 1894. One was a widower, another was survived by his wife Rose. The third was this one.
I don't think this is the one. Thomas, with wife Bridget and same children, appears on the 1901 census at age 36.
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Louth / Re: Looking for family info on Rooney family
« on: Friday 10 May 24 14:45 BST (UK) »
Hello, does anyone have any more info they can share?
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Louth / Re: Looking for family info on Rooney family
« on: Tuesday 16 April 24 16:39 BST (UK) »I'm doing you wrong there, this isn't the first time this has happened, this morning I could see you as having only 2 posts, the first one and last night's but now you are showing as having 4 posts, so I looked over the thread and there are responses to our questions showing now.
I gave up because it looked like you hadn't answered any questions but clearly you had, I have no idea why I couldn't see the answers, I had even double checked because as I said this isn't the first time this has happened.
It took a while for my first few posts to be approved by the moderator. No worries, I am grateful for the help.
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Louth / Re: Looking for family info on Rooney family
« on: Monday 15 April 24 21:45 BST (UK) »
Thank you everyone for your help!!!
I had located most of the info that you did, but it is a big help just to have others confirm it.
I am still a bit confused in one area, however. I know 100% that Owen Rooney was my wife's great-grandfather. However, there are some anomalies that make me question just exactly who his parents were. For example, the birth records clearly indicate his parents were Thomas Rooney and Bridget Morgan Rooney. However, the 1901 census does not list Owen as part of their household. The 1911 one doesn't either, but Owen and Elizabeth married in 1910, so he shows as the head of his own household.
At the same time, the 1901 census lists an Owen Rooney, among others, at 10 years of age, which would be his age in early 1901, but the household heads are John Martin and Bridget Martin. I am wondering, did Thomas die and Bridget remarry John Martin? I haven't found a death date for him.
Owen's death certificate in Philadelphia lists his parents and Thomas and Bridget, but under mother's maiden name, there is a dash written instead of a name, as if it was unknown,
Can anyone help me make sense of this?
I had located most of the info that you did, but it is a big help just to have others confirm it.
I am still a bit confused in one area, however. I know 100% that Owen Rooney was my wife's great-grandfather. However, there are some anomalies that make me question just exactly who his parents were. For example, the birth records clearly indicate his parents were Thomas Rooney and Bridget Morgan Rooney. However, the 1901 census does not list Owen as part of their household. The 1911 one doesn't either, but Owen and Elizabeth married in 1910, so he shows as the head of his own household.
At the same time, the 1901 census lists an Owen Rooney, among others, at 10 years of age, which would be his age in early 1901, but the household heads are John Martin and Bridget Martin. I am wondering, did Thomas die and Bridget remarry John Martin? I haven't found a death date for him.
Owen's death certificate in Philadelphia lists his parents and Thomas and Bridget, but under mother's maiden name, there is a dash written instead of a name, as if it was unknown,
Can anyone help me make sense of this?
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Louth / Re: Looking for family info on Rooney family
« on: Friday 12 April 24 00:28 BST (UK) »Is this his naturalization record?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PKK-966C?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQPWJ-CKDL&action=view
born 1890, wife Elizabeth
which would match with this one of two Owen Rooney's in Dundalk in 1911
https://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Louth/Dundalk_Urban_No__4/Mary_Street_North/578654/
and 1901
https://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Louth/Dundalk_Urban_No__3/River_Lane_Part_of_/1561481/
Yes, that’s his record. And he is the head of the household on N Mary Street.
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Louth / Re: Looking for family info on Rooney family
« on: Thursday 11 April 24 20:58 BST (UK) »
This is the summary page, there are images but I don't see a way to attach them.
Name Owen Rooney
Gender Male
Age 21
Birth Year 1890
Birth Place Co Louth
Residence Date 2 Apr 1911
House Number 47
Townland/Street Mary Street North
District Dundalk Urban No. 4
County Louth
Country Ireland
Electoral District Dundalk Urban No. 4
Literacy Read and write
Marital Status Married
Occupation General Labourer
Religion Roman Catholic
Relationship Head
Household Members
Household Members
Name Age
Owen Rooney 21
Elizabeth Rooney 21
Name Owen Rooney
Gender Male
Age 21
Birth Year 1890
Birth Place Co Louth
Residence Date 2 Apr 1911
House Number 47
Townland/Street Mary Street North
District Dundalk Urban No. 4
County Louth
Country Ireland
Electoral District Dundalk Urban No. 4
Literacy Read and write
Marital Status Married
Occupation General Labourer
Religion Roman Catholic
Relationship Head
Household Members
Household Members
Name Age
Owen Rooney 21
Elizabeth Rooney 21
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