Ancestor Report
generation I

1 (0)
manThomas George Arcadies "Tommy" Rooney‏
Born ‎12 Jan 1916 Venosta, Quebec, Canada, died ‎26 Oct 1983 Valleyfield, Beauharnois-Salaberry, Quebec, Canada‎, age 67 years
Married to Gloria Leduc. She died Nov 28, 2000
Lived in Valleyfield QC, just outside of Montreal.
Thomas and Gloria are both buried in Valleyfield.
They have one adopted daughter named Nancy. Don't know if she adopted the Rooney name or kept her own family name. Her birthday I believe is December 2, 1965. We haven't been in touch with Nancy since Gloria died in 2000.

Obituary
Rooney, Thomas (Tommy)
In hospital on Wednesday, October 26, 1983, Thomas Rooney, age 67. Beloved husband of Gloria Leduc. Dear brother of Charles and Mary (Mrs. Peter Kelly), both of Venosta, Quebec; Dorothy (Mrs. Charles LaMarr), Illinois and Mrs. Kathleen Cloney, London, Ontario. Predeceased by brothers Michael, Harold and Willard. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. No visitation. Cremation Thursday, October 27. Funeral Mass Saturday at Notre Dame de Bellerive Church at 3 p.m. Interment parish cemetery, Valleyfield, Quebec.
generation II (Parents)

2 (1)
manGeorge Charles Rooney‏
Born ‎5 Jan 1882 Farrellton, Quebec, Canada, died ‎11 Aug 1958 Venosta, Quebec, Canada Event Description: Martindale, Quebec, Canada‎, age 76 years, buried Martindale, Low, Quebec, Canada
George is in the 1891 census in Low, Canada with the Mullen family: James and Jane, both age 65, and their kids. But his mother was a Mullen. He is in the 1901 census in Maniwaki as a domestic with the James and Bridget McAuley family. He is in the 1911 census of Low, married to Ellen and with the two oldest children.

Obituary
George C. Rooney of Venosta Dies
George Charles Rooney, of Venosta, Que., died Monday in hospital at Gatineau, following a lenghty illness. He was 76.

Born and educated in Farrellton, he was a son of the late William Rooney and the late Mary Ann Mullin.

He was predeceased by his wife, the former Ellen Coyle whom he mattied in Martindale, Que., in 1908.

Mr. Rooney farmed in the Venosta district all his life.

He attended Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Venosta, and was a member of the League of the Sacred Heart.

He is survived by four sons, Harold and Willard, both of Venosta; Thomas, of Valleyfield, Que., and Charles, of Douglas, Ont., three daughters, Mrs. Mary Kelly of Venosta, Mrs. Charles Lamarr (Dorothy) of Laurel, Florida, and Mrs. Lambert Brunke (Kathleen), of Stratford, Ont., and a brother, William, of Ottawa.

The body is at the McEvoy Brothers' funeral home, 235 Kent Street. Funeral will be held Wednesday 8:30 a.m. to Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Venosta, for service at 10 a.m.

Interment will follow in St. Martin's vemetery, Martindale, Que.
  Married ‎24 Jun 1908 Martindale, Low, Quebec, Canada, age 26 years (married 40 years) to:
3 (1)
womanEllen "Nellie" Coyle‏
Born ‎25 Sep 1887 Quebec, Canada, died ‎18 Jul 1948 Martindale, Low, Quebec, Canada‎, age 60 years, buried Martindale, Low, Quebec, Canada
generation III (Grandparents)

4 (2)
manMichael Rooney‏
Born ‎25 Jul 1851 Wakefield Twsp, Quebec, Canada, died ‎13 Jun 1885 Wakefield Twsp, Quebec, Canada‎, age 33 years
  Married ‎9 Jan 1881, age 29 years (married 4 years) to:
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womanMary Ann Mullin‏
Born ‎13 Jan 1855 Venosta, Quebec, Canada, died ‎21 Oct 1942 Low, Quebec, Canada‎, age 87 years, buried Martindale, Low, Quebec, Canada
She was living in Venosta, Quebec, Canada in 1908 when her son William James visited her.

Obituary
Mrs. Michael Daley Dies in 88th Year
The death occurred on Wednesday at a local hospital of Mrs. Mary Ann Daley, widow of Michael Daley, in her 88th year. The former Mary Ann Mullin, she had been ill only a short time.

Born in Chelsea, Que., Mrs. Daley was for many years a resident of the farming community at Brennan Hills, Que., but after the death of her husband she moved to Venosta, Que., where she made her home with her son, William.

She was a member of St. Martin's Church, Martindale, where she also belonged to the League of the Sacred Heart.

Left to mourn are two sons, William, of Venosta, and George, of Maniwaki.

The body is resting at the parlors of McEvoy Brothers, 235 Kent street, corner Nepean, from where the funeral will be held on Saturday at 8 a.m. to St. Martin's Church for requiem high mass at 9:30 a.m. Burial at parish cemetery.
generation IV (Great-Grandparents)

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manMichael "Mickey; Michael L" Rooney‏
Born ‎1809 Galway, Ireland, died ‎6 May 1878 Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Event Description: St. Camillus Catholic Cemetery, Farrellton, Quebec, Canada‎, age 68 or 69 years, buried Farrellton, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
  Married ‎9 Jul 1838 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, age 28 or 29 years (married 21 years) to:
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womanMaria "Marie or Maria" Tracy‏
Born ‎± 1818 Ireland, died ‎14 Feb 1860 Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Event Description: St. Camillus Catholic Cemetery, Farrellton, Quebec, Canada‎, age approximately 42 years, buried Farrellton, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
This family is in the 1851 census of Canada East (Quebec), Ottawa (county), Wakefield. Joseph is not listed there, however.

The "Tracy" name seems to disappear in the Gatineau valley after the 1861 census.
generation V (Great Great-Grandparents)

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manMichael ""Daddy Mick"" Rooney‏
Born ‎1782 Ireland, died ‎12 Jan 1857 Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Event Description: St. Camillus Catholic Cemetery, Farrellton, Quebec, Canada, age 74‎, age 74 or 75 years, buried ‎Jan 1857 Farrellton, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Michael Rooney and Catherine Caulfield emigrated to Canada around 1845 (although there are land records showing Rooney's in the Canada farm census of 1841). In their 60's, they followed several of their grown children, the earliest who was in Canada by 1829. They settled in the Gatineau River region of Quebec, north of Ottawa, near the town of Farrelton (present day La Pêche).
The two oldest boys - Patrick (b. 1808) and Michael (b. 1809) - had their own farms in Canada. They also probably did some contract lumbering as this region was rich in lumber and this was the heyday of lumber being shipped by boat to Great Britain.

Michael and Catherine's grandson Thomas T. Rooney, son of John R. Rooney (1854-1925), was possibly a second cousin to his wife Ellen E Rooney (1872-1902). Her grandfather, John Rooney, would have been born at an age to be a brother to Daddy Mick. John's descendants coincidentally fit into the Michael and Catherine Rooney line when a granddaughter married married a Daddy Mick Rooney grandson.

As of 2017, it has been proven by finding DNA matches on Ancestry between the Padua Rooney branch and descendants of the Avon Rooney branch. However, the exact connection is still to be determined.

The Egan's and Rooney's intermarried eight times (all of the couples dying in Pope or Stearns County):

James Rooney (1848-1926)
Ann Egan (1846-1914)

Mary Ann Rooney (1865-1937)
Dennis Egan (1849->1910)

William Edward Rooney (1897-1980)
Mary Emily Egan (1897-1990). Mary was an orphan train adoptee, so not genetically an Egan or a Rooney, even though her "grandfather" was John R. Rooney. Also, her husband William Edward Rooney was one of the "Avon Rooney's." Though not genetically an Egan or a Rooney, even though her "great grandfather" was Michael Rooney on the Padua side, she married William Edward Rooney whose great grandfather was John Rooney the Avon side. Thus by prior relationship they were 3rd cousins, but unrelated by consanguinity.

Mary Rooney (1837-1905)
James Egan (1826-1912)

Eleanor Rooney (1842-1902)
Patrick Egan (1833-1892)

Elizabeth A Rooney (1866-1904) (first-cousin once-removed to her husband)
Thomas Edward Egan (1862-1928)

Martin Gannon (1848-1911) (son of Mary Egan and grandson of Thomas B Egan)
Catherine Kilroe (1859->1940) (granddaughter of Bridget Rooney and great granddaughter of Daddy Mick/Mammy Kitty Rooney)

Daniel Michael Rooney (1955-2014) was related to his wife, Karen Ann Majerus (1957-living): His great great grandparents were Michael and Catherine Rooney, while Karen's 4x great grandparents were Michael and Catherine. Thus, they were third cousins twice-removed. Also, Karen is an Egan descendent as well.

Including the three cousin marriages listed just above, there are these additional three:

In 1877, Sarah Margaret Tracy, daughter of Ann Rooney, married her first cousin, John J. Rooney, son of Patrick Rooney.

In 1888, Hugh M. Rooney married his first cousin, Winifred Sophia Rooney.

In about 1889, Thomas T. Rooney of the Padua Rooney branch married his second cousin, Ellen E. Rooney, of the Avon Rooney branch.


Randy Rooney says (May 2016):

"I have been in contact with my closest Y-DNA result match who has a genetic distance of 1 out of the 37 markers I had tested. His great grandfather, Patrick [Rooney] b. ~1845, was from Dundalk, County Louth , just south of County Down. Is it possible that we aren't finding Rooney's in the area of Parish Moore since Michael wasn't from that part of Ireland, but just started his family there because Catherine was from there? And if Michael didn't have strong family ties to the area, did that prompt their emigration from Ireland. It seems reasonable they lived near Parish Moore at one time if Thomas married Ellen Ward there, and Michael/Catherine are listed as being from Co. Galway on the Canadian marriage record of John Rooney/Mary McCool. However, what else is known about where they had lived prior to Canada? The more we learn, the more questions there seem to be…"

Earlier in his email Randy said: "Clonburren and Moore South graveyards, [the two others besides the Kilbegley Cemetery associated with the Parish of Moore in Roscommon], have been completed already [cleaning, reading and photographing old monuments], so you can see what Kilbegley eventually will include. I found the Moore South graveyard interesting since there were many Caulfield's, but no Rooney's."
Ten Caulfield's, to be exact.


July, 2017:

Looking at Geraldine Felling Walsh's Ancestry DNA pages. She and her siblings and several of her living first cousins are closer to the Rooney ancestors genetically than are any of the rest of us. There are a number of people related to her that have a Rooney in their family tree, but those Rooney's have no known connection to us. The furtherest ancestor any of them listed could be as close as a first cousin or a nephew or niece to "Daddy Mick." They appear so far to come from either Leitrim or Mayo in Ireland. Maybe they are from a "Leitrim" branch?
  Married/ Related to:
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womanCatherine ""Mammy Kitty"; Catharine on gravestone" Caulfield‏
Born ‎1783 Ireland, died ‎17 Feb 1875 Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota Event Description: Padua Cemetery, Stearns, Minnesota, age 91‎, age 91 or 92 years, buried Padua, Stearns County, Minnesota
After "Daddy Mick" died in 1857 and was buried in the Catholic cemetery in Farrelton, Mammie Kitty emigrated to the U.S.A. with eight of her nine grown children and their families. They came first to St. Anthony Falls, site the present-day Minneapolis, which was so small it could be covered in a half hour by horse and buggy. Later they moved to Stearns County, Raymond Township - a place at first called "Rooneys' Settlement, later called Padua, between 1865 and 1870.

Ambrose Rooney said that his father used to talk about "Grandma Kitty " and thought that there was something funny about her. Ambrose Gaffaney said his mother used to talk about a lady who smoked a pipe (Mary McCool, wife of John Rooney, smoked a pipe; Marilyn Rooney Lysen is now in possession of the pipe).