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The Rooney family ~~immigrated~~ to Canada, and ~~then a branch moved~~ to ~~Minnesota after~~ the ~~death~~ of the ~~patriarch~~ in the late ~~1860s~~. ~~They eventually~~ settled in ~~Raymond~~ County, in a ~~town~~ called "Rooneys' Settlement," ~~and now~~ Padua ~~because there were so many of them~~. ~~Locusts devoured their crops several years in a row~~ and ~~some of them~~ moved ~~further west~~ to ~~Miles City~~. ~~This branch~~ had ~~intermarried with~~ the [[~~McKanna family~~]] and ~~some of them came to~~ Miles City ~~also.~~

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The Rooney family were early settlers in Miles City. Most of them were either children or nephews of Patrick Rooney Sr.

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==Before Miles City==

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The patriarch, Michael Rooney (1783 Galway), and his wife Catherine Caulfield (1784 Galway), had emigrated to Canada around 1845, in their 60's, with their nine grown children to near the town of Farellton, Quebec. The three oldest boys -- '''Patrick''' (1808), Michael (1809), John (1820) -- all had their own farms. They also probably did some contract lumbering as this region was rich in lumber and this was the heyday of lumber being shipped by boat to Great Britain.

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'''Patrick Rooney Sr''' was married to Ellen Tracy (1815-) and had 8 children: Mary (5/28/37), '''Patrick Jr. "Little Pat"''' (1839), Eleanor (12/21/1842), and Michael (1845) were probably born in Galway; '''John '''(1847), Tom (1849), '''Katherine Ann''' (4/5/52), and Eliza (1854) were born in Wakefield Township, probably at the farm outside of Farrellton.

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After "Daddy Mick" died in 1857 and "Mama Kitty" emigrated to the U.S.A. with eight of her nine grown children and their families, including Patrick in the late 1860's. This large group settled in Stearns County, Raymond Township, in a place at first called "Rooneys' Settlement," later called Padua.

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In 1874, Katherine Ann Rooney marries Micheal McCanna, whose family had also emigrated through Canada, and a branch (see [[McCanna family]]) had moved to this part of Minnesota. Katherine had been a local school teacher for 2 years. Two years earlier, at the age of 20 Katherine Ann became the community's first teacher; she taught in a one-room schoolhouse a mile or so from the present-day Padua. The teacher's contract is signed by her and by the school director, her cousin Hugh Rooney, [[13 Mar 1872]]. ?Hugh ends up living with ?Katherine about the time her husband dies in Alaska. (should this be someone else? Hughes dies in MC as a JP). Elizabeth Elinor, their first child, was born at this farm in Grove Lake on 5/13/1875.

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A locust plague devastated Minnesota from 1872-1875, hitting Pope and Stearns Counties especially hard in 1874. The military was opening up new settlement areas in eastern Montana.

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==Miles City==

John J. Rooney: in 1880 is a rancher near Buffalo Rapids. Wife is Sarah Margaret Tracy/Tracey.

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-The Rooney family immigrated to Canada, and then a branch moved to Minnesota after the death of the patriarch in the late 1860s. They eventually settled in Raymond County, in a town called "Rooneys' Settlement," and now Padua because there were so many of them. Locusts devoured their crops several years in a row and some of them moved further west to Miles City. This branch had intermarried with the [[McKanna family]] and some of them came to Miles City also.
+The Rooney family were early settlers in Miles City. Most of them were either children or nephews of Patrick Rooney Sr.
+==Before Miles City==
+The patriarch, Michael Rooney (1783 Galway), and his wife Catherine Caulfield (1784 Galway), had emigrated to Canada around 1845, in their 60's, with their nine grown children to near the town of Farellton, Quebec. The three oldest boys -- '''Patrick''' (1808), Michael (1809), John (1820) -- all had their own farms. They also probably did some contract lumbering as this region was rich in lumber and this was the heyday of lumber being shipped by boat to Great Britain.
+'''Patrick Rooney Sr''' was married to Ellen Tracy (1815-) and had 8 children: Mary (5/28/37), '''Patrick Jr. "Little Pat"''' (1839), Eleanor (12/21/1842), and Michael (1845) were probably born in Galway; '''John '''(1847), Tom (1849), '''Katherine Ann''' (4/5/52), and Eliza (1854) were born in Wakefield Township, probably at the farm outside of Farrellton.
+After "Daddy Mick" died in 1857 and  "Mama Kitty" emigrated to the U.S.A. with eight of her nine grown children and their families, including Patrick in the late 1860's. This large group settled in Stearns County, Raymond Township, in a place at first called "Rooneys' Settlement," later called Padua.
+In 1874, Katherine Ann Rooney marries Micheal McCanna, whose family had also emigrated through Canada, and a branch (see [[McCanna family]]) had moved to this part of Minnesota. Katherine had been a local school teacher for 2 years. Two years earlier, at the age of 20 Katherine Ann became the community's first teacher; she taught in a one-room schoolhouse a mile or so from the present-day Padua. The teacher's contract is signed by her and by the school director, her cousin Hugh Rooney, [[13 Mar 1872]]. ?Hugh ends up living with ?Katherine about the time her husband dies in Alaska. (should this be someone else? Hughes dies in MC as a JP). Elizabeth Elinor, their first child, was born at this farm in Grove Lake on 5/13/1875.
+A locust plague devastated Minnesota from 1872-1875, hitting Pope and Stearns Counties especially hard in 1874. The military was opening up new settlement areas in eastern Montana.
+==Miles City==
 John J. Rooney: in 1880 is a rancher near Buffalo Rapids. Wife is Sarah Margaret Tracy/Tracey.