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Looking for family!  John Charles Cooney was born 14 June 1841 the son of Matthew Cooney and Catherine Joyce.  Family lore says he was youngest of about 12 children and when he was a wee baby his Father passed on.  His mother either came to America and remarried or remarried and then sailed to America with all his siblings but left him with his Uncle Patrick (?) and aunt.

When he was 17 he sailed to America to be with his family, but when he arrived they were all strangers to him.  He was lonely for his homeland so sailed home.  His Aunt passed on and it is said he did not get along with his new step-aunt so by the age of 21 he went back to America.  It is said he went to St Louis to live with Agnes Z, his sister.  We lost contact with his wear-abouts until he was working on the Santa Fe/ Southern Pacific Railway as a  stone mason, a trade he learned in Ireland. By 1880 he married Mary Ellen Summers whose parents were from Ireland too.  Mary Ellen was daughter of Michael Edward Summers and Mary Ellen McCormick (Her mother was from Nenagh, County Tipperary.) 3 Oct 1919 he died in Condon, Oregon  Please email DigMyPast@msn.com

Thursday 23rd Jan 2014, 01:33AM

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