On October 7, 1908 Willam James Rooney came from Venosta, Province of Quebec, Canada (it actually says "Penosta, P.Q., Canada") where he was visiting his mother, Mary A. Rooney. He was going to join his Uncle J.P. Rooney in Virginia, Minnesota.
William James Rooney's WWI draft registration card in June 1917 lists his employer in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (works with a steam shovel) but his home address as Virginia, Minnesota, his mother dependent on him. In addition to his uncle, his second cousin, James Dennis Rooney, is also there.
Obituary Rooney, William J In hospital on Sunday, October 11, 1959. William J. Rooney, aged 74 years, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rooney. Resting at McEvoy Brothers, 235 Kent St. Funeral Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. to Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Venosta, for Requiem High Mass at 10 o'clock. Burial St. Martin's cemetery, Martindale.