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Michael Maroney

Michael Maroney

Born
1830-11-15 12:00:00
Died
1898-09-22 12:00:00
Gender
Male

Michael Maroney was baptized on 15 Nov 1830 at St John's Parish.  His parents were shown as Michael Maroney and Catherine Lynch.  Michael immigrated to To America in 1848, possibly on the ship  Barque Junior.  He entered the US in New Orleans, where he married Cecelia Clark, and their son James was born there in 1862.  He moved first to Urbana, Champagne, Illinois by 1880, and by 1888 he was a resident of Chicago.  He is shown as plasterer in both the 1860 and 1870 census records.  By 1880 he was running a boarding house.and was a laborer on his death certificate. He had 3 sons, James T, Thomas Michael and Henry D.  His parent apparently immigrated to America at some unknown date, as his mother was shown living with him after the death of her husband.

 

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Limerick

County Limerick, or Luimneach in Irish, is located in the med-west region of Ireland.  Limerick became Ireland’s inaugural National City of Culture in 2014 with a wide variety of events happening around the city.  We have a population of approximately 195,175.  We look forward to  helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.   

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  • Kilpeacon House in 1850

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    Kilpeacon

  • Bunratty Castle

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Timeline events in this community

  • 1860s

    St. Patrick's Graveyard

    <p>Parish Priest</p>

    1861-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    Foundation of South Liberties GAA Club

    1884-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1887 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1888-04-29 12:00:00