Michael J Rooney, 1847–1932 (aged 84 years)
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- Michael J /Rooney/
- Given names
- Michael J
- Surname
- Rooney
- Name
- "Sheep Mountain Mike" or "Grey Mike" //
- Given names
- "Sheep Mountain Mike" or "Grey Mike"
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Shared note: Event Description: or 1867 |
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Shared note: Event Description: perhaps Montana |
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1820–1880
Birth: June 24, 1820
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— Galway, Ireland Death: May 19, 1880 — Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota |
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1823–1895
Birth: 1823
— Donegal, Ireland Death: November 30, 1895 — Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota |
| Marriage | Marriage — October 16, 1844 — Aylmer, Hull, Quebec, Canada |
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elder sister |
1845–1911
Birth: September 14, 1845
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— Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Death: January 25, 1911 — Sedan, Pope County, Minnesota |
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1847–1932
Birth: February 16, 1847
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— Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Death: January 16, 1932 — Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota |
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younger brother |
1848–1926
Birth: April 29, 1848
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— Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Death: June 10, 1926 — Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota |
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1851–1895
Birth: January 2, 1851
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— Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Death: July 11, 1895 — Miles City, Custer County, Montana |
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younger brother |
1852–1916
Birth: September 26, 1852
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— Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Death: December 6, 1916 — Miles City, Custer County, Montana |
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younger brother |
1854–1948
Birth: June 5, 1854
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— Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Death: July 27, 1948 — Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota |
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younger brother |
1856–1907
Birth: February 25, 1856
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— Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Death: 1907 — Montana |
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younger brother |
1859–1925
Birth: January 6, 1859
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— Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Death: November 28, 1925 — Sedan, Pope County, Minnesota |
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younger brother |
1862–1938
Birth: October 29, 1862
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— Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Death: November 14, 1938 — Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota |
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younger sister |
1865–1937
Birth: January 6, 1865
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— Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Death: May 6, 1937 — Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota |
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younger sister |
1866–1904
Birth: November 8, 1866
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— Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota Death: August 11, 1904 — Bangor Township, Pope County, Minnesota |
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Baptismal Sponsors: Michael Rooney and Mary Goggins |
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Shared note
Event Description: St. Anthony of Padua Cemetery, Stearns, Minnesota |
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Michael Rooney is in the 1870 U.S. census of Ward 2, St. Anthony, city of Minneapolis as a laborer. He was 23 - b. about 1847 - in Canada. Alongside him are his sister "Kate," married to William Martin and their two kids and William's brother John, brother Michael, age 23, and perhaps a cousin, Patrick Killeen, age 40, born in Ireland and probably a Civil War soldier, born in Galway according to those records. Mike never married. He was living with his sister and brother-in-law William Martin and family in the 1875 census of Stearns County, Minnesota. After the locusts destroyed the crops, he went hunting buffalo in Montana. He lived in Billings for years. Ambrose Rooney said they used to call him "sheep mountain Mike." While he was gone he lent his farm to his sister Catherine and brother-in-law William Martin. He spent his retirement with his brother William in Padua. Cause of death: Auricular fibrillation, cardiac decongestion, prostate hypertrophy. Originally published August 1998, Padua Cemetery, by Ginny Walz Borgerding Michael J. Rooney was born in Canada, on February 2, 1847 to John and Mary (McCool) Rooney. He was the third of twelve children. Michael never married and would travel to Montana, with his brothers, to trap furs and bring them back to Minnesota to sell. On one such trip, they were stopped by Indians, givings up their bounty to save their scalps. His Minnesota family nicknamed him "Sheep Mountain Mike" because of his many Montana trips. Michael homesteaded a farm two miles south of Padua where his sister Catharine and family first stayed, and then rented the farm from Michael. Michael enjoyed spending time in Padua with his brother WIlliam, and loved to cut wood from the grove around William's farm. He kept a large stock pile of wood on William's farm. Michael died on January 16, 1932 and is buried by his brother William and William's wife Helena Rooney. His parents, brothers and sisters Catharine Martin, James, Thomas T., Mary Egan and Elizabeth Egan are also buried in Padua. |