Michael Mooney (1824 - 1906)

Born 15 May 1824 in Newtown Townland, Kinnity, Kings, Ireland

Descendants

Died 4 Oct 1906 at age 82 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota

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Name

Name: Michael /Mooney/

Source: #S78

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Death

Death:

Date: 04 OCT 1906

Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota

Note: Death Certificate:

addr: 300 19th ave so

married at age 25

11 children 10 living

b. abt. 4 oct 1824 Ireland

age 82

father: Michael Mooney Ireland

mother: Sarah Eagan Ireland

informant: Mrs. Mooney

buried: St. Anthony cemetery Oct 6

cause: Senile Atrophy?

Source: #S15

Note

Note: Original note:

Seeking info/corresp re: MICHAEL MOONEY B: 15 May 1824, Newtown Townland, Kinnity, Co. Offaly (King's Co.) Ire.Brooklyn w/bros John & Pat 1850, to Hennepin Co.1855. W/#1 Bridget Enness (B. 1834, Co. Laois (Queen's Co.) Ire. W/#1 d. 1866 bur. St. Anth, Mpls. Michael m. W/#2 Bridget Duffy Murphy, wid/o (Civil War Vet??) Tom Murphy. W/#2 b: 7 Feb 1837 nr. Ennis, Co. Clare, Ire. Michael d: 4 Oct. 1906, bur. beside W/#1 St. Anth. Also seek info on br. John/farm once loc. at Highland Park Golf Course, St. Paul. Michael was a Territorial Pioneer. Have been back to Offaly for thorough research/homestead site now in ruins. Vast data compiled on Kinnity Mooney's back to 1780's, estate records

Note: From St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1851-1995, compiled by Mary Hawker Bakeman, Park Genealogical Books, Roseville, MN, c1999.

Mooney, Annie, b. 28 Jul 1886 insc: d. 27 Jul 1886

Mooney, Bridget, age 32 y, bur: 16 July 1866 insc: d. 15 July 1866 age 32 yrs wife of Michael

Mooney, Bridget, aget 94 y Nativity: Ireland bur: 30 Mar 1931 insc: 1837-1931 loc: L7EB90

Mooney, Edward, age 3 mos. bur: 2 Aug 1880 Loc L6B52

Mooney, Ella, age 18y bur: 1 Jul 1884 insc: 1824-1906, loc: L7EB90

Mooney, Fred , age 29 y bur: 15 Oct 1890 Loc: L6WB27 spinal menigitis; Peter written below entry with line to entry

Mooney, Michael, age 82y bur: 6 Oct 1906 insc. 1824-1906 loc: L6EB52

Mooney, Thomas D., age 90y bur: 2 Sep 1961 insc: 1871-1961 loc: L7EB90

Age 90, Location L7EB90

Obit from Minneapolis newspaper: The funeral of Michael Mooney, aged 84 years, will be heldn from the residence, Nineteenth avenue south. Saturday morning at 8:30 o'clock. Interment at St. Anthony cemetery. Mr Mooney was a member of the M

innesota Territorial Pioneers Association having come to the state in 1854.

Obit from the Irish Times Sat., Oct 6, 1906 - an Irish Minneapolis newspaper: One of the oldest residents of Minneapolis, Michael Mooney, died Thursday morning at 300 Nineteenth avenue south, which had been his home continually for 55 years. The deceased was a native of King's County, Ireland, where he was born in 1820. At the age of 18 he landed in New York. In 1855 he came to minneapolis, where he resided until his death. He leaves a large family, all grown to manhood and womanhood, among whom are John W. Mooney of Minnetonka Mills, Mrs. Frank Kelly, Duluth; Michael, Thos. D., and T.J. Mooney of Minneapolis, F.X. Mooney of Copper Hills, Tenn.; T. (must be a V) Mooney of Chicago, Mrs. E.H. Sexton and Mrs. Edw Bergstrom of Minneapolis. Funeral services will be held this morning at St. Charles church. After requiem mass at 9 o'clock the interment will take place at St. Anthony cemetery. Mr. Mooney was a good citizen and father, an exemplar

y Christian, whose long and useful life was due to good habits and a cheerful and sunny disposition.

PROBATE FILE:

Petitioners:

Bridget age 66, widow

John W age 50

Mary E. Keller age 48- Duluth Minnesota

Michael Edward age 45

Anne Sexton age 37

Thomas D. age 35

P. Joseph age 32 - Coffer Hill Tenn.

Sarah Agnes (Berg??) age 30

Vincent J. age 28 - Chicago Ill.

Improved property $7,000

Lot 1 block 178 town of Minneapolis, Homestead of deceased, $4,000

Lot 2 block 178 value $3,000 (smudged)

read 80 feet of front 125 feet of Lot 5 block 176 town of Minneapolis $400

Second, I give.. unto my children John W. Mooney and Mary E. Keller as tenants in common the rear forty four (44) feet, fronting on 19th Ave South in the City of Minneapolis and extending back at right angles therefrom to the rear or westerly line of lot two (23) said property being forty four (44) feet front and rear by one hundred thirty two (132) feet in depth, together with the two story frame double dwelling house located thereon and numbered 309 and 311 19th Ave South.

Third, I bequeth to my son Michael Edward Mooney the twenty two (22) fee fronting on 19th Ave South immediately adjoining the forty four (44) feet heretofore devised to my said children John W. Mooney and Mary E. Kellar, said tract hereby d

evised being twenty two (22) fee in width front an rear and one hundred thirty two (132) feet in depth, together with the one and one half story frame dwelling house standing thereon and being no. 307 19th Ave South.

Fourth, All the rest and residue of my estate... I bequeth to my wife Bridget Mooney.

dated 17th day of July 1903.

On 15 Feb, 1909 this was filed.Lots One and Two, block 178 of Minneapolis. Also the rear 80 feet of the front 125 feet of Lot 5, block 176 in Minneapolis. That said deceased left him surviving his wife, Bridget Mooney, and his children, John W. Mooney, Mary E. Keller, Michael Edward Mooney, Ann Sexton, Thomas D. Mooney, Phillip J. Mooney, Francis X. Mooney, Sarah A. Bergstrom and John V. Mooney. That at the time of his death and for many years prior thereto, said Lot One was the homestead of said deceas

ed, where he and his family resided. That said deceased in and by his Last Will and Testament duly admitted to Probate by the Order and Decree of all his Estate as follows:

To his son, John W., and his daughter Mary E., he gave the rear 44 feet of said Lots One and Two, in common.

To his son, Michael Edward he gave the 22 fee of said Lots One and Two adjoining said 44 feet. And to his wife, Bridget, he gave the rest and residue of his estate real and personal.That said Bridget Mooney never consented in writing to said Will or any of its provisions but on the contrary on April 22, 1907 she duly filed herein her written renunciations of said Will and elected to take her share of said estate as the surviving spous of said deceased as provided by Law.The court finds that said Bridget Mooney is entitled to the decreed the owner and entitled to possession of said Lot One for the term of her natural life and to be the owner in fee of an undivided one-third of all the rest and residue of said real estate.That each of said John W. , and Mary E. is entitled to be decreed the owner of an undivided one-half of and undivided two-thirds of the rear 44 feet of said Lots One and Two, and an undivided one-ninth of all the rest of said real estate subject to said life estate of Bridget Mooney in said Lot OneThat said Michael Edward Mooney is entitled to be decreed the owner in fee of an undivided two-thirds of the twenty-two fee of said Lots One and Two next adjoining said rear forty-four feet thereof and an undivided one-ninth of all the rest of said real estate, except said forty-four feet of Lot One.That each of said Ann Sexton, Thomas D., Phillip J., Francis X., Sarah A. Bergstrom, and John V. is entitled to be decreed one-ninth of all said real estate except the rear sixty-six feet of said Lots One and Two subject to the life estateof Bridget Mooney in said Lots One and Two.

Checked CD-239 NY Marriages - no matches.

Land Transactions

Mooney B 3/15/1871 24-409 L2 B177

Mooney James 11/31/1861 S-455

Mooney James 12/24/1864 5-307, 7-340, 6-190/191

Mooney James 3/30/1870 26-346

Mooney James 4/15/1861 Q-347

Mooney James 6/4/1870 23-358

Mooney James 7/11/1864 Y-383

Mooney James 7/16/1864 1 Misc 11

Mooney James 8/3/1868 19-237/238

Mooney Michael Edward Murphy 3/10/1856 D-57

Mooney Michael 3/16/1871 24-412 L5 B176 X

Mooney Michael 3/20/1868 19-26 L1 B177 delivered to John Mooney X

Mooney Michael Edward Murphy 4/26/1859 N-171 L1&2 B178 X

Mooney Michael 6/7/1865 7-299

Mooney Peter 4/22/1861 Q-356

Mooney Peter 4/27/1864 Z-247 L1 B19 Harmon

Mooney Peter 6/4/1870 23-351

The 3 with X's I have copies of:

Lot 1&2 Block 178 on 4/26/1859 for $100

Lot 1 Block 177 (same lot as Patrick Lahiff bought in 1861) on 3/20/1868 for $200

Lot 5 Block 176 on 3/16/1871 for $462.50

And Lots 1 and 2, Block 178 are both part of parcel ID #25-029-24-23-0050, property address 300 -19th Ave S. Both of these parcels are currently owned by the University of Minnesota and are near or part of what is known as the 'WEST BANK' c

ampus, ie. along the west bank of the Mississippi River.

Territorial Pioneer index transcibed 4/1988.

John-Bridget Duffy. Richard Mooney. (Richard must be the same as Michael)

Richard Mooney arrived April 1854. and first located South MPLS. Born Ireland

May ? 1829. Bridget arrived April 1856 and located SA. She born Ireland 2-7-1840. Married 11-15-1868. Her dad John duffy.

Teamster. Came by boat to Galena, IL to Lake Pepin and walked from thewre to St. Anthony. Worked for Edw. Murphy farmer for about ? years when first coming. Employed by City for about 25 years.

Found this posting on Rootsweb.com

Seeking info/corresp re: MICHAEL MOONEY B: 15 May 1824, Newtown Townland, Kinnity, Co. Offaly (King's Co.) Ire.Brooklyn w/bros John & Pat 1850, to Hennepin Co.1855. W/#1 Bridget Enness (B. 1834, Co. Laois (Queen's Co.) Ire. W/#1 d. 1866 bur. St. Anth, Mpls. Michael m. W/#2 Bridget Duffy Murphy, wid/o (Civil War Vet??) Tom Murphy. W/#2 b: 7 Feb 1837 nr. Ennis, Co. Clare, Ire. Michael d: 4 Oct. 1906, bur. beside W/#1 St. Anth. Also seek info on br. John/farm once loc. at Highland Park Golf Course, St. Paul. Michael was a Territorial Pioneer. Have been back to Offaly for thorough researc

h/homestead site now in ruins. Vast data compiled on Kinnity Mooney's back to 1780's, estate records

etc. Misc. data on Clanne O'Maonaigh etc. to 14th cent.

Will share details. Any Australian emigrants from Kinnity?

Dean and Lori Mooney have performed significant research into this family and has determined their point of origin in Ireland. The notes below are from them:

I know exactly where the little stone cottage (in ruins) is. The last occupant was John "Jack" Mooney. He was a bachelor, youngest of his family who remained behind in Ireland. (I think he was a nephew of Michael Mooney) He died in 1932. The little cottage went into neglect after that. Roof fell in etc. Only the stone walls and fireplace remain. It is on a "remote" piece of land now owned by another family who live on their farm not too far away.

Tom, your notice from the Boston Pilot was quite a catch. Sounds like Bridget was desperately seeking this brother who went west. From what we could gather thru interviews with now mostly dead relations, the children were orphaned during the Famine. Bridget (and her bother?) were given passage to America to NYC, possibly arranged thru the parish of Kilmaley or the local landlord to "clear" his property of orphans/peasants etc. All too common story. Also note that the parish records BEGIN in 1829 just prior to Catholic Emancipation in 1832. It would be my guess that since families had usually 8 children on average, spaced 18 months apart, that this Dan, Hannah and Bridget were the three YOUNGEST of the brood, lucky enough to have actually been recorded. Same problem with Michael Mooney's siblings over on the parish records at Kinnity in Offaly.

FWIW, Michael emigrated with his brother John & some said a "Patrick" as well. Had heard they got employment in NYC also, on what was a dairy farm in the area now known as "Coney Island" Amusement park. A Patrick Mooney, single, laborer was on the 1855? 1860?(can't recall offhand) census for Brooklyn, King's Co. NYC but Michael and John had long since left for Mpls./St. Paul Have pursued in vain any trace of this Patrick in NYC. Corresponded with a Bergin woman retired in Florida, now dead, whose family in Brooklyn lived next door to "Mooney's also from Newtown, Kinnity". So I know that other Mooney's emigrated from Newtown to NYC. The Famine wreaked tremendous havoc on the island, and scattered families far and wide. Indeed, some literally to Australia and America unbeknownst to each other and lost forever. You figure the trail is often over 150 years cold and it is a monumental task to try to gather the torn threads and "re-weave" the tapestry. You have to have the testimony of 80 plus year olds who still recall their "Grandparents" from the famine era. Sometimes sketchy at best.

All my research is qualified with "a work in progress, subject to corrections!!!" So with the building of the RR in Mpls, there was intense need for labor. Bishop Cretin and Mr. Hill, the RR baron, placed many advertisements in The American Celt Newspaper of NYC for Irish to come west. No doubt both Bridget and Michael heard of the opportunities in Mpls. Michael worked as a teamster. Laborers earned a dollar a day, those with a team of horse earned two dollars a day. He hauled rock for the roadbed of the RR being built. Saved enough money to buy a home in Mpls (where the Humphrey Dome stands now!) After the railroad was finished, he hauled gravel and stone for the city to help build the sewer lines. It was this experience with their father that the sons Michael E. (from the 1st marriage) Thomas and Phillip (from the 2nd) were able to know where all the "original lines had been laid". Thus they knew exactly where to "tie in" to the exisiting pipes when everyone wanted indoor plumbing after the turn of the century, hence the birth of Mooney Bros. Plumbing of Mpls. was achieved! Michael Mooney LOVED horses. Mad for em. He attended his youngest son, Vincent John Mooney's wedding in Mpls. on 25 April 1905 to Olga Nelson, a Swedish immigrant. At the wedding, there was speculation about his "senile" behavior. He went round to each table and stole sugar cubes for his pockets. What the guests could not have known is that he wanted them for the horses tied and hitched to the carriages outside. He obviously imparted this same love to his daughter Ann Mooney Sexton as they were reported to have also loved horses as

well. Was told they had a trained circus pony they rescued for their livery stable!

Title: Mooney City Directory Entries (1)

Text: Minneapolis City Directory

1869 Mooney, Michael, teamster, cor Aspen & Jefferson

1873-74 Mooney, Michael, teamster, res 3rd st, cor 19th Av S.

1874-75 Mooney, Michael, teaming, res 3rd st, cor 19th Av S.

1875 Mooney, Michael, lab, r. 3rd cor 19th Av S.

1875 Mooney, Thomas, lab, H.C. Butler, r. 1920 S. 3rd.

1877 Mooney, Michael, teamster r. 300 19th Av S.

1877 Mooney, William J., lab., r 300 19th Av S.

Myron C Mooney Twin City Packing Co manager r 3111 Portland avenue Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Nellie Mooney dress maker b 909 N E 2d Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Thomas D Mooney J S Kearney Co plumber b 300 19th avenue s Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Wm T Mooney laborer r 2017 22 1/2 avenue s Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Daniel S Mooney St Ry machinist r 3001 S Bryant avenue Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Edward L Mooney clerk b 251 15th avenue n Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Elizabeth Mooney (widow Thomas H) b 1509 Washington avenue n Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Frank Mooney Pioneer Press darrier b 300 19th avenue s Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Frederick Mooney laborer b 1923 N E Main Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

James B Mooney St Ry conductor r 1509 Washington avenue n Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

John E Mooney Burlington Ry engineer r 904 15th avenue s e Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Joseph P Mooney plumber b 300 19th avenue s Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Lot C Mooney Plymouth Clothing House salesman rms 920 8th avenue s Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Michael Mooney teamster r 300 19th avenue s Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Title: Mooney Census Entries (1)

Text: 1900 Minneapolis MN, Hennepin Co.

Mooney, Michael vol 21, ed73, sh 12, line 50

born May 1826, age 74, Ireland (na) 300 19th ave so

Bridget, born Mar 1840, age 60, Ireland (na), 1853 immigrated, years in US 47

Tom, born Feb 1871, age 29, MN, Plumber

Aggie, born 1877, age 22, MN

John, born 1878, age 21, MN

1880 Census Images: vol 6, ed 254, sh 2, l 6,

Mooney, Michael age 55, addr: 300 19th Av S, Ireland, cannot read/write

Bridget, age 43, born Ireland

William, age 24 (born 1856), teamster

Mary, age 22 (born 1858), Servant

Michael, age 18 (born 1862) , teamster

Anna, age 11 (born 1869) (note this would have been the first child for Michael and Bridget after they both married a second time)

Thomas, age 9 (born 1871)

Joseph, age 7

Francis, age 5

Aggie, age 3

John, age 1

Edward, age 21 days

Mary Murphy, age 16 (born 1864) (from Bridget's first marriage)

Ellen Murphy, age 14 (born 1866) (ditto)

1870 Mpls 4th ward, page 538

Michael, wife Bridget, Anne, Ellen, Mary, Nora, William, Winnefred

image on mircofilm unreaable.

1860 Mpls 4th ward page 236

Michael age 28, Laborer, value real estate 900, value personal property 165, born Ireland,

wife Bridget age 24, born Ireland,

John M. age 4 born MN,

Mary E. age 2 born MN

Mooney - misc. notes (1)

This was a second marriage for both Michael Mooney and Bridget Duffy.

Michael's first wife is also a Bridget and is buried at St. Anthony Cemetery Minneapolis MN.

Bridget Duffy's first husbands name was Murphy.

From Lori Mooney - compilation of notes published on message boards by Lori.

MESSAGE #1

Michael Mooney married 1st to Bridget Enness of Co. Queen's, (Co. Laois, Ireland) in Hennepin Co., spring of 1855

Bridget Duffy married first to Thomas Murphy. Murphy MAYBE enlisted in the Civil War in 1863 and left Bridget with her 2 small daughters. Family legend says he was either ill or injured and sent home. They conceived their 3rd and last daughter upon his return. Thomas died from complications of pneumonia on 8 March 1867. Returning soldiers had brought a raging epidemic back home with them after the war ended.

Still cannot confirm that Thomas fought in the Civil War. It could be that he died in the 'aftermath" of that epidemic and that is where the "soldier" story got grafted into the folklore.

In any case, Thomas had a homestead in Maple Grove, Minn. and thus Bridget was a "woman of property". Shrewdly, she never sold it but kept the farm, and rented it after she married her 2nd husband Michael Mooney. This provided income.

Meanwhile, back in Mpls., Michael Mooney's 1st wife died in childbirth. Their infant daughter, Annie Mooney, died 2 weeks later. Mother and daughter are both buried together at St. Anthony's Cem. Incidentally, Bridget Duffy Murphy Mooney is

buried beside her 1st husband Thomas at St. Anthony's. And likewise, Michael Mooney is buried beside his 1st wife as well

Michael was left with three small children, John, Mary and Michael Jr. He met and married the "widow Murphy" Bridget Duffy Murphy. Together they had 7 more children of their own:

Ann R. Mooney SEXTON ( ran a Mpls livery stable)

Thomas Desales Mooney (Plumber in Mpls)

Phillip Joseph Mooney (Plumber in Mpls)

Francis Xavier Mooney (Mining engineer)

Agnes Mooney Bergstrom (Lumber mill in Washington state)

Vincent John Mooney (Plumber in Chicago)

Edward Mooney (died young)

Bridget Duffy Murphy Mooney's daughter, Winnifred Theresa Murphy from her 1st marriage with Thomas Murphy, grew very unhappy as the oldest daughter with the increasing burden of caring for her mother's children from the second marriage. She

left home at age 13 to spend a summer with her "Uncle Duffy" out in Montana. While there she met and fell in love with and later married, whom we are told was her first cousin, John Duffy, about 1879. They had a big family of 12 kids.

Her mother Bridget was VERY unhappy with this union and "disowned" her. Winnifred did not return to Mpls again until 1918. She came by train to Mpls while on her way to visit the grave of her son overseas. While there she met with Mooney

relatives she had not seen in 40 years. Her son, Michael Duffy was killed in France in WWI on 4 Aug 1918.

After the war, Margaret SEXTON Davis, d/o of Ann Mooney Sexton, moved with her husband Ivan to Great Falls, Montana and she had contact with her Aunt Winnie and cousins. Abt. 1920?, the Duffy clan left Philipsburg and moved to Portland.

There is next to nothing on the Duffy family in Montana in the family folklore amongst the Mpls. Mooney elderly whom we had contacted back in the 1980's. But according to the Philipsburg, Montana historian, there was a Duffy ranch, 2 miles

sw of the town. Also a Duffy Mine. John Duffy was a Sheriff's Deputy in Philipsburg from 1890-1900. Census shows them too.

Francis Xavier Mooney (half brother to Winnie Murphy Duffy)who is my husband's great grandfather, spent a summer working in their mine during a semester in college. He later graduated from the Minn. School of Mines at Univ. of Minn. After graduation he went out to Butte for a year and then was offered a position with Phelps Dodge down in Clarksdale, Arizona.

Their sister, Agnes Mooney Bergstrom, also married and moved west to Mukilteo, Washington where her husband ran a profitable lumber mill. There was said to be some contact between Agnes children and their Duffy cousins in Portland as well

in the 1940's. Winnie is buried in Riverview Cem in Portland with 4 of her children. Not sure where her husband is buried? Philipsburg perhaps? Which may have prompted her move westward to live with her children???

The trail was very cold by the time we stumbled on it. I gave up trying to trace Winnie's son "Joe Duffy" who died in 1980 in Portland, as it was such a common name.

MESSAGE #2:

Seeking info/corresp re: MICHAEL MOONEY B: 15 May 1824, Newtown Townland, Kinnity, Co. Offaly (King's Co.) Ire.Brooklyn w/bros John & Pat 1850, to Hennepin Co.1855. W/#1 Bridget Enness (B. 1834, Co. Laois (Queen's Co.) Ire. W/#1 d. 1866 bur. St. Anth, Mpls. Michael m. W/#2 Bridget Duffy Murphy, wid/o (Civil War Vet??) Tom Murphy. W/#2 b: 7 Feb 1837 nr. Ennis, Co. Clare, Ire. Michael d: 4 Oct. 1906, bur. beside W/#1 St. Anth. Also seek info on br. John/farm once loc. at Highland Park Golf Course, St. Paul. Michael was a Territorial Pioneer. Have been back to Offaly for thorough

research/homestead site now in ruins. Vast data compiled on Kinnity Mooney's back to 1780's, estate records

etc. Misc. data on Clanne O'Maonaigh etc. to 14th cent.

MESSAGE #3

Michael Mooney and 1st wife Bridget Enness m. spring 1855

John William Mooney (Ellen Darmody) Maple Grove farmer

Mary Ellen Mooney (Frank Keller) Duluth, Minn

Michael Edward Mooney(Sarah Frazier) Mpls, Plumber

Annie Mooney (infant died young w/mother Bridget)

Michael Mooney and 2nd wife, Bridget Duffy Murphy

(the "Widow Murphy" of Thomas Murphy, Maple Grove)

Anna R. Mooney (Edward Francis Sexton) Livery Stable

Thomas Desales Mooney (single) Mpls. Plumber

Phillip Joseph Mooney (Margaret McDermott) Mpls. Plumber

Francis Xavier Mooney (Gertrude Jansen) Mining Eng., AZ

Sarah Agnes Mooney (Edward Bergstrom) Lumbermill, WA

Vincent John Mooney (Olga Nelson) Plumber, Chicago

Edward Mooney (died young as infant in 1880)

Bridget Duffy Murphy children w/1st husband Thomas Murphy

Winnifred Murphy (John Duffy) Rancher/Dep Sheriff, Montana

Mary "Mae" Murphy (Tom "Mack" McElroy, no kids) Mpls.

Ellen F. Murphy (died young in 1884, aged 18) Buick Dealer

John Mooney, BROTHER to Michael Mooney:

John Mooney of St. Paul, wife, Anna Keegan Donnelly

(widow of John Donnelly, farmer, deceased)

Anna had two children from her first marriage to Donnelly

John Donnelly, Jr. (single, Dairy farmer)

Daniel Donnelly (married? Grading contractor w/Tom Keough)

John Mooney and Anna Keegan Donnelly had 5 more children

Thoms Mooney (single, St. Paul Policeman)

Patrick Mooney (single, Dairy farmer)

Sara Johanna Mooney (died young 1872)

Owen J. Mooney (single, Postal Carrier, St. Paul)

Michael F. Mooney (married late in life to housekeeper, Mary

Eagan, no children? Dairy farmer)

PATRICK, BROTHER to Michael and John Mooney:

Kinnity Catholic Church parish records show a baptismal for

a Patrick Mooney on 22 Sept. 1834, s/o Michael and Sarah Egan Mooney, Sr. 2nd youngest child of Michael/Sarah.

Baptismal record for Ellen Mooney 7 April 1837, last child of

Michael and Sarah Egan Mooney. Ch. records begin 1833

Thus: Michael and Sarah Egan Mooney, Sr. known children:

Michael B: 1824

 ?

 ? OTHERS?

 ?

John B: 1832

Patrick B: 1834

Ellen B: 1837

Michael born 15 May 1824, Newtown Townland, Kinnity, Co.

Offaly (then King's Co.) s/o Michael and Sarah Egan Mooney

John Mooney born ? ? 1832, Newtown Townland, Kinnity, Co

Offaly (then King's Co.) s/o Michael and Sarah Egan Mooney

Patrick said to have worked for a dairy farmer in about 1850 in what is now the Coney Island area of NYC (King's Co.) Michael and John came west. Patrick remained behind??? Married? Brooklyn? Family? Do you fit in here anywhere?

Also, a Pierre "Peter" Mooney of Hennepin Co. Lived out at Mooney Lake, which straddles the Hennepin Co. border, out by Wayzata. Census records showed him to be a native of Canada. Known children: Clara, Agnes and Francis. Possible early

record at St. Anthony's of a son, Frederick (died young) Any connection here, can you verify??? Peter's family often confused with that of Phillip Joseph and Margaret McDermott Mooney of Mpls their children were Francis, Clara & Bernard

Burial

Burial:

Date: 06 OCT 1906

Place: St. Anthony cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota

Source: #S31

While processing relationships in the gedcom some additional information was found which may be relevant.

@F31@ FAM

Husband: @I307@

Wife: @I308@

Child: @I25@

Child: @I1754@

Child: @I1755@

Child: @I1756@

Child: @I1757@

Child: @I1846@

Child: @I1759@

Marriage:

Date: 08 NOV 1868

Source: #S175

Sources

Source S15

Title: Death Certificate

Abbreviation: Death Certificate

Source S175

Title: Hennepin Co. Marriage Records. (1)

Abbreviation: Hennepin Co. Marriage Records. (1)

Source S31

Title: St. Anthony cemetary records

Abbreviation: St. Anthony cemetary records

Source S78

Title: Posting of Dean and Lori Mooney 1999 on Rootsweb. (1)

Abbreviation: Posting of Dean and Lori Mooney 1999 on Rootsweb.

Note: Original note: Seeking info/corresp re: MICHAEL MOONEY B: 15 May 1824, Newtown Townland, Kinnity, Co. Offaly (King's Co.) Ire.Brooklyn w/bros John & Pat 1850, to Hennepin Co.1855. W/#1 Bridget Enness (B. 1834, Co. Laois (Queen's Co.) Ire. W/#1 d. 1866 bur. St. Anth, Mpls. Michael m. W/#2 Bridget Duffy Murphy, wid/o (Civil War Vet??) Tom Murphy. W/#2 b: 7 Feb 1837nr. Ennis, Co. Clare, Ire. Michael d: 4 Oct. 1906, bur. beside W/#1 St. Anth. Also seek info on br. John/farm once loc. at Highland Park Golf Course, St. Paul. Michael was a Territorial Pioneer. Have been back to Offaly for thorough research/homestead site now in ruins. Vast data compiled on Kinnity Mooney's back to 1780's, estate records

Source S79

Title: Mooney City Directory Entries (1)

Abbreviation: Mooney City Directory Entries (1)

Note: Minneapolis City Directory 1869 Mooney, Michael, teamster, cor Aspen & Jefferson 1873-74 Mooney, Michael, teamster, res 3rd st, cor 19th Av S. 1874-75 Mooney, Michael, teaming, res 3rd st, cor 19th Av S. 1875 Mooney, Michael, lab, r. 3rd cor 19th Av S. 1875 Mooney, Thomas, lab, H.C. Butler, r. 1920 S. 3rd. 1877 Mooney, Michael, teamster r. 300 19th Av S. 1877 Mooney, William J., lab., r 300 19th Av S. Myron C Mooney Twin City Packing Co manager r 3111 Portland avenue Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 Nellie Mooney dress maker b 909 N E 2d Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 Thomas D Mooney J S Kearney Co plumber b 300 19th avenue s Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 Wm T Mooney laborer r 2017 22 1/2 avenue s Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 Daniel S Mooney St Ry machinist r 3001 S Bryant avenue Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 Edward L Mooney clerk b 251 15th avenue n Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 Elizabeth Mooney (widow Thomas H) b 1509 Washington avenue n Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 Frank Mooney Pioneer Press darrier b 300 19th avenue s Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 Frederick Mooney laborer b 1923 N E Main Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 James B Mooney St Ry conductor r 1509 Washington avenue n Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 John E Mooney Burlington Ry engineer r 904 15th avenue s e Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 Joseph P Mooney plumber b 300 19th avenue s Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 Lot C Mooney Plymouth Clothing House salesman rms 920 8th avenue s Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891 Michael Mooney teamster r 300 19th avenue s Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891

Source S80

Title: Mooney Census Entries (1)

Abbreviation: Mooney Census Entries (1)

Note: 1900 Minneapolis MN, Hennepin Co. Mooney, Michael vol 21, ed73, sh 12, line 50 born May 1826, age 74, Ireland (na) 300 19th ave so Bridget, born Mar 1840, age 60, Ireland (na), 1853 immigrated, years in US 47 Tom, born Feb 1871, age 29, MN, Plumber Aggie, born 1877, age 22, MN John, born 1878, age 21, MN 1880 Census Images: vol 6, ed 254, sh 2, l 6, Mooney, Michael age 55, addr: 300 19th Av S, Ireland, cannot read/write Bridget, age 43, born Ireland William, age 24 (born 1856), teamster Mary, age 22 (born 1858), Servant Michael, age 18 (born 1862) , teamster Anna, age 11 (born 1869) (note this would have been the first child for Michael and Bridget after they both married a second time) Thomas, age 9 (born 1871) Joseph, age 7 Francis, age 5 Aggie, age 3 John, age 1 Edward, age 21 days Mary Murphy, age 16 (born 1864) (from Bridget's first marriage) Ellen Murphy, age 14 (born 1866) (ditto) 1870 Mpls 4th ward, page 538 Michael, wife Bridget, Anne, Ellen, Mary, Nora, William, Winnefred image on mircofilm unreaable. 1860 Mpls 4th ward page 236 Michael age 28, Laborer, value real estate 900, value personal property 165, born Ireland, wife Bridget age 24, born Ireland, John M. age 4 born MN, Mary E. age 2 born MN

Source S81

Title: Mooney - misc. notes (1)

Abbreviation: Mooney - misc. notes (1)

Note: This was a second marriage for both Michael Mooney and Bridget Duffy. Michael's first wife is also a Bridget and is buried at St. Anthony Cemetery Minneapolis MN. Bridget Duffy's first husbands name was Murphy. From Lori Mooney - compilation of notes published on message boards by Lori. MESSAGE #1 Michael Mooney married 1st to Bridget Enness of Co. Queen's, (Co. Laois, Ireland) in Hennepin Co., spring of 1855Bridget Duffy married first to Thomas Murphy. Murphy MAYBE enlisted in the Civil War in 1863 and left Bridget with her 2 small daughters. Family legend says he was either ill or injured and sent home. They conceived their 3rd and last daughter upon his return. Thomas died from complications of pneumonia on 8 March 1867. Returning soldiers had brought a raging epidemic back home with them after the war ended. Still cannot confirm that Thomas fought in the Civil War. It could be that he died in the 'aftermath' of that epidemic and that is where the 'soldier' story got grafted into the folklore. In any case, Thomas had a homestead in Maple Grove, Minn. and thus Bridget was a 'woman of property'. Shrewdly, she never sold it but kept the farm, and rented it after she married her 2nd husband Michael Mooney. This provided income.Meanwhile, back in Mpls., Michael Mooney's 1st wife died in childbirth. Their infant daughter, Annie Mooney, died 2 weeks later. Mother and daughter are both buried together at St. Anthony's Cem. Incidentally, Bridget Duffy Murphy Mooney is buried beside her 1st husband Thomas at St. Anthony's. And likewise, Michael Mooney is buried beside his 1st wife as well Michael was left with three small children, John, Mary and Michael Jr. He met and married the 'widow Murphy' Bridget Duffy Murphy. Together they had 7 more children of their own: Ann R. Mooney SEXTON ( ran a Mpls livery stable) Thomas Desales Mooney (Plumber in Mpls) Phillip Joseph Mooney (Plumber in Mpls) Francis Xavier Mooney (Mining engineer) Agnes Mooney Bergstrom (Lumber mill in Washington state) Vincent John Mooney (Plumber in Chicago) Edward Mooney (died young)Bridget Duffy Murphy Mooney's daughter, Winnifred Theresa Murphy from her 1st marriage with Thomas Murphy, grew very unhappy as the oldest daughter with the increasing burden of caring for her mother's children from the second marriage. She left home at age 13 to spend a summer with her 'Uncle Duffy' out in Montana. While there she met and fell in love with and later married, whom we are told was her first cousin, John Duffy, about 1879. They had a big family of 12 kids.Her mother Bridget was VERY unhappy with this union and 'disowned' her. Winnifred did not return to Mpls again until 1918. She came by train to Mpls while on her way to visit the grave of her son overseas. While there she met with Mooney relatives she had not seen in 40 years. Her son, Michael Duffy was killed in France in WWI on 4 Aug 1918. After the war, Margaret SEXTON Davis, d/o of Ann Mooney Sexton, moved with her husband Ivan to Great Falls, Montana and she had contact with her Aunt Winnie and cousins. Abt. 1920?, the Duffy clan left Philipsburg and moved to Portland.There is next to nothing on the Duffy family in Montana in the family folklore amongst the Mpls. Mooney elderly whom we had contacted back in the 1980's. But according to the Philipsburg, Montana historian, there was a Duffy ranch, 2 miles sw of the town. Also a Duffy Mine. John Duffy was a Sheriff's Deputy in Philipsburg from 1890-1900. Census shows them too. Francis Xavier Mooney (half brother to Winnie Murphy Duffy)who is my husband's great grandfather, spent a summer working in their mine during a semester in college. He later graduated from the Minn. School of Mines at Univ. of Minn. After graduation he went out to Butte for a year and then was offered a position with Phelps Dodge down in Clarksdale, Arizona.Their sister, Agnes Mooney Bergstrom, also married and moved west to Mukilteo, Washington where her husband ran a profitable lumber mill. There was said to be some contact between Agnes children and their Duffy cousins in Portland as well in the 1940's. Winnie is buried in Riverview Cem in Portland with 4 of her children. Not sure where her husband is buried? Philipsburg perhaps? Which may have prompted her move westward to live with her children??? The trail was very cold by the time we stumbled on it. I gave up trying to trace Winnie's son 'Joe Duffy' who died in 1980 in Portland, as it was such a common name. MESSAGE #2: Seeking info/corresp re: MICHAEL MOONEY B: 15 May 1824, Newtown Townland, Kinnity, Co. Offaly (King's Co.) Ire.Brooklyn w/bros John & Pat 1850, to Hennepin Co.1855. W/#1 Bridget Enness (B. 1834, Co. Laois (Queen's Co.) Ire. W/#1 d. 1866 bur. St. Anth, Mpls. Michael m. W/#2 Bridget Duffy Murphy, wid/o (Civil War Vet??) Tom Murphy. W/#2 b: 7 Feb 1837nr. Ennis, Co. Clare, Ire. Michael d: 4 Oct. 1906, bur. beside W/#1 St. Anth. Also seek info on br. John/farm once loc. at Highland Park Golf Course, St. Paul. Michael was a Territorial Pioneer. Have been back to Offaly for thorough research/homestead site now in ruins. Vast data compiled on Kinnity Mooney's back to 1780's, estate records etc. Misc. data on Clanne O'Maonaigh etc. to 14th cent. MESSAGE #3 Michael Mooney and 1st wife Bridget Enness m. spring 1855 John William Mooney (Ellen Darmody) Maple Grove farmer Mary Ellen Mooney (Frank Keller) Duluth, Minn Michael Edward Mooney(Sarah Frazier) Mpls, Plumber Annie Mooney (infant died young w/mother Bridget) Michael Mooney and 2nd wife, Bridget Duffy Murphy (the 'Widow Murphy' of Thomas Murphy, Maple Grove) Anna R. Mooney (Edward Francis Sexton) Livery Stable Thomas Desales Mooney (single) Mpls. Plumber Phillip Joseph Mooney (Margaret McDermott) Mpls. Plumber Francis Xavier Mooney (Gertrude Jansen) Mining Eng., AZ Sarah Agnes Mooney (Edward Bergstrom) Lumbermill, WA Vincent John Mooney (Olga Nelson) Plumber, Chicago Edward Mooney (died young as infant in 1880) Bridget Duffy Murphy children w/1st husband Thomas Murphy Winnifred Murphy (John Duffy) Rancher/Dep Sheriff, Montana Mary 'Mae' Murphy (Tom 'Mack' McElroy, no kids) Mpls. Ellen F. Murphy (died young in 1884, aged 18) Buick Dealer John Mooney, BROTHER to Michael Mooney: John Mooney of St. Paul, wife, Anna Keegan Donnelly (widow of John Donnelly, farmer, deceased) Anna had two children from her first marriage to Donnelly John Donnelly, Jr. (single, Dairy farmer) Daniel Donnelly (married? Grading contractor w/Tom Keough) John Mooney and Anna Keegan Donnelly had 5 more children Thoms Mooney (single, St. Paul Policeman) Patrick Mooney (single, Dairy farmer) Sara Johanna Mooney (died young 1872) Owen J. Mooney (single, Postal Carrier, St. Paul) Michael F. Mooney (married late in life to housekeeper, Mary Eagan, no children? Dairy farmer) PATRICK, BROTHER to Michael and John Mooney: Kinnity Catholic Church parish records show a baptismal for a Patrick Mooney on 22 Sept. 1834, s/o Michael and Sarah Egan Mooney, Sr. 2nd youngest child of Michael/Sarah. Baptismal record for Ellen Mooney 7 April 1837, last child of Michael and Sarah Egan Mooney. Ch. records begin 1833 Thus: Michael and Sarah Egan Mooney, Sr. known children: Michael B: 1824 ? ? OTHERS? ? John B: 1832 Patrick B: 1834 Ellen B: 1837 Michael born 15 May 1824, Newtown Townland, Kinnity, Co. Offaly (then King's Co.) s/o Michael and Sarah Egan Mooney John Mooney born ? ? 1832, Newtown Townland, Kinnity, Co Offaly (then King's Co.) s/o Michael and Sarah Egan Mooney Patrick said to have worked for a dairy farmer in about 1850 in what is now the Coney Island area of NYC (King's Co.) Michael and John came west. Patrick remained behind??? Married? Brooklyn? Family? Do you fit in here anywhere?Also, a Pierre 'Peter' Mooney of Hennepin Co. Lived out at Mooney Lake, which straddles the Hennepin Co. border, out by Wayzata. Census records showed him to be a native of Canada. Known children: Clara, Agnes and Francis. Possible early record at St. Anthony's of a son, Frederick (died young) Any connection here, can you verify??? Peter's family often confused with that of Phillip Joseph and Margaret McDermott Mooney of Mpls their children were Francis, Clara & Bernard END OF MESSAGES