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?
