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Record #16112
Name :
: Matthew MOONEY (1872 - 1957)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 10 Jun 1872

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1957
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Cumberland, Newcastle on Tyne
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 23 Sep 1883
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
: Thibeault
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Board of Guardians (Various)
NotesParents: Matthew Mooney and Ann Farrell, probably married 1862 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.

In 1883, Matthew Mooney, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 26 Catholic children from Prescot Union Board of Guardians and en route to Father Whelan at St. Patrick Orphanage, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

"Sixteenth Annual Report of the Local Government Board, 1886-87; Copy of Reports of Inspection of Children sent out to Canada, as of February 12, 1887.

Report of Mr. W. J. Wills, Government Immigration Agent at Ottawa, Ontario.

Matthew Mooney, from Prescot Union, placed with Mrs. Thibeault, Bulger P.O., Co. Renfrew, Ontario. Is very comfortably placed, attends school, well placed."

On February 23, 1903, at Algoma, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Mathew Mooney, 32, farmer, born in England to Mathew Mooney and Ann Farrell; and Rebecca Catherine Armstrong, 24, born in Shawsville, Ontario, Canada, to Robert Armstrong and Catherine McKechine.

Matthew Mooney and Rebecca Armstrong had at least 4 children: Marialine Mooney, born November 4, 1905 (died November 6, 1906 of an unknown cause), in Algoma, Ontario, Canada; Mary Irene Mooney, born February 9, 1904, in Algoma, Ontario, Canada; Ambrose Mooney, born March, 1909, in Algoma, Ontario, Canada; and Joseph Anthony Mooney, born September 1, 1913, in Larchwood, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (died August 30, 1981, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).

Catherine Rebecca Mooney died on August 4, 1918, at the age of 40 in St. Josephs Hospital, Chelmsford, Ontario, Canada, of general septicaemia from a hysterectomy, duration 2 weeks. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-03-11 16:03:08 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-03-11 16:27:19 /

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