Owen Harney (1817 - 1885)

Born Oct 1817 in Roscommon, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Cawfield) Harney — married 10 Oct 1844 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Husband of Bridget (Corcoran) Harney — married 6 Jun 1852 in Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin, USA

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1885 at age 67 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, USA

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Biography

This profile is part of the Harney Name Study.

OWEN HARNEY (1817-1885) Owen is the same name as Eugene according to the parish priest at St. Peter's Drum parish.

Owen was born in early October 1817, and was christened 3 Oct 1817, parish of Drum, Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland. He immigrated to U.S. on ship "Europe", arriving in New York 4 May 1839. Owen lived in New York and the Boston area. On his Naturalization papers he gave his birthday as 15 Oct 1818, however all other information the same.

Owen and his brother, James, were mentioned in an advertisement in the Boston Pilot newspaper on 14 September 1850, under "Information Wanted". The add read: "Of JAMES and OWEN HARNEY, aged 37 and 33 years. When last heard from they were in Boston, Ms. Direct to John Harney, Morrow, Warren County, Ohio." (page 519).

It is thought Owen got in touch with his brother, John, after seeing this notice, for he then moved west, eventually settling in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, where he remained until his death. Research indicates John, James, and Owen Harney were the sons of Hugh Harney and Ellen (Naghten) of St. Peter's, Drum parish, Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland. (christening records).

Owen married Mary Cawfield/Caulfield, on 10 October 1844, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They had two children,

• Ellen, b. 21 Dec 1845 in Cambridge; and
• John Harney, born 9 May 1847 in Boston.

Owen married again 6 June 1852, to Bridget Corcoran, in Iowa County, Wisconsin. On 1 June 1858, he bought 160 acres (SW Sec.24, T 5N R 5E) From Bureau of Land Management (BLM) records. Owen, Bridget, and his children are found on the 1860 Wisconsin census at Mineral Point, Iowa County

Obituary: Iowa County Democrat Friday, Jun 05, 1885 Mineral Point, WI Vol: 21 Page: 4

OWEN HARNEY At his home in this city, on Wednesday afternoon, at about 2 o'clock, Mr. Owen Harney. The deceased had been in failing health for some years, and during the past year was most of the time confined to his house. He had reached the allotted period of more than three score and ten. He was born in Ireland, and came to this country in 1838, and to Mineral Pint in 1848, since which time he constantly resided here. He was a man of kindly disposition and was always straightforward in his dealings with his fellow men. In his death Mineral Point losess (sic) another old resident, and a wide circle of friends extend to his bereaved family sincere sympathy and condolence. The funeral will take place on Friday morning at half past ten o'clock,when the remains will be interred in the cemetery of St. Paul's Catholic church.

Sources

• Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911
• Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp Publication
• Wisconsin, Marriages, 1820-1907
• 1880 United States Federal Census
• 1870 United States Federal Census
• New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
• 1860 United States Federal Census
• SS Peters Drum parish, County Roscommon, Ireland
• Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950
• Printout of the Harney Surname from St Peter's Drum parish, Athlone, Roscommon, Ireland.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199807883
• Boston Pilot newspaper on 14 September 1850, in The Search for Missing Friends, by Ruth-Ann M Harris and Donald M Jacobs, published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.