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Margaret Rooney

Margaret Rooney

Born
1 Jan 1846
Died
18 Aug 1918
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Migrated to New York/Born in Ireland

Margaret Rooney was born between 1846-51 (age varies among census records and death record) to Patrick Rooney and Mary Coyle. Although I have found no record that states her place of birth, DNA matches indicate North Leitrim origins in the Glenade/Mullies/Rossinver area. Margaret emigrated from Ireland sometime between 1850 and 1864 (per the U.S. Federal Censuses of 1910 and 1900, respectively). No ship manifest has been located. Margaret married Michael Foley (first-generation US-born to Wexford immigrants) on 8 Aug. 1865 in St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan, New York, and they settled in Jersey City, New Jersey, where they raised their family (nine children born with seven surviving). Margaret died on 18 Aug. 1918 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Associated communities

Killasnet (Leitrim)

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Buildings in this community

  • St Brigid's Church

    Location: Killasnet (Leitrim)

    St. Brigid's Church of Ireland Church, CORGLASS [LEIT. BY.], County Leitrim

Timeline events in this community

  • 1930s

    Travelling Folk in the 1930s

    <p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

    1938-01-01 12:00:00

Margaret Rooney