Rooney Family Tree

George is in the 1891 census in Low, Canada with the Mullen family: James and Jane, both age 65, and their kids. But his mother was a Mullen. He is in the 1901 census in Maniwaki as a domestic with the James and Bridget McAuley family. He is in the 1911 census of Low, married to Ellen and with the two oldest children.

Obituary
George C. Rooney of Venosta Dies
George Charles Rooney, of Venosta, Que., died Monday in hospital at Gatineau, following a lenghty illness. He was 76.

Born and educated in Farrellton, he was a son of the late William Rooney and the late Mary Ann Mullin.

He was predeceased by his wife, the former Ellen Coyle whom he mattied in Martindale, Que., in 1908.

Mr. Rooney farmed in the Venosta district all his life.

He attended Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Venosta, and was a member of the League of the Sacred Heart.

He is survived by four sons, Harold and Willard, both of Venosta; Thomas, of Valleyfield, Que., and Charles, of Douglas, Ont., three daughters, Mrs. Mary Kelly of Venosta, Mrs. Charles Lamarr (Dorothy) of Laurel, Florida, and Mrs. Lambert Brunke (Kathleen), of Stratford, Ont., and a brother, William, of Ottawa.

The body is at the McEvoy Brothers' funeral home, 235 Kent Street. Funeral will be held Wednesday 8:30 a.m. to Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Venosta, for service at 10 a.m.

Interment will follow in St. Martin's vemetery, Martindale, Que.