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Michael Joseph DOWNEY

Michael Joseph DOWNEY

Male 1883 - 1967  (83 years)

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  • Name Michael Joseph DOWNEY 
    Birth 10 Nov 1883  Coolroe, Glenbeigh, Kerry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Michael Duna
      Ireland Civil Registration Indexes
      Name Michael Duna
      Event Type Birth
      Event Date Oct - Dec 1883
      Event Place Cahersiveen, Ireland
      Registration Quarter and Year Oct - Dec 1883
      Registration District Cahersiveen
      Volume Number 5
      Citing this Record
      "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FB4R-1Y6 : 10 March 2018), BIRTHS entry for Michael Duna; citing Cahersiveen, Oct - Dec 1883, vol. 5, p. 45, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,059.
      Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958
      Page Number 45
      GS Film number 101059
      Digital Folder Number 004193460
      Image Number 00303

      SR District/Reg Area - Caherciveen
      Birth of MICHAEL DUNA in 1883
      Name MICHAEL DUNA
      Date of Birth 1883
      Group Registration ID 9500709
      SR District/Reg Area Caherciveen
      https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1883/02707/1996619.pdf
      1 1883 Tenth November Coolroe Michael Male Michael Duna Coolroe Ellen Duna formerly Griffin Farmer Michael Duna [His mark] Father Coolroe Twelfthy December 1883 Maurice Breen Registrar
    Baptism 11 Nov 1883  Glenbeigh Roman Catholic, Glenbeigh, Kerry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - GLENBEIGH/GLENCAR
      Baptism of MICHAEL DOUNY of DROUMGLASS on 11 November 1883
      Name MICHAEL DOUNY
      Address DROUMGLASS
      Father MICHAEL DOUNY
      Mother ELLEN GRIFFIN
      Sponsor 1 THOMAS GRIFFIN
      Sponsor 2 BRIDGET SHEA
      Priest REV. T. MAGINN
      Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier
      2 3 271 KY-RC-BA-250297
    Gender Male 
    Birth Dromglass, Coolroe, Glenbeigh, Kerry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Birth [1884]  Kerry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Education 31 Mar 1901  [2] 
    R 
    Emigration Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Language 31 Mar 1901  IE Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Occupation Cane cutter  [4] 
    Occupation Queensland Railways  [4] 
    Occupation 31 Mar 1901  [2] 
    Domestic servant 
    Residence 31 Mar 1901  Coolroe Lower, Glenbeigh, Kerry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Occupation 1913  [5] 
    Labourer 
    Residence 1913  Everton Park, Alderly, Enoggera, Nundah, Lilley, QLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1919  [5] 
    Labourer 
    Residence 1919  Everton Park, Alderly, Enoggera, Nundah, Lilley, QLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1925  [5] 
    Labourer 
    Residence 1925  Everton Park, Alderly, Enoggera, Nundah, Lilley, QLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1936  [5] 
    Labourer 
    Residence 1936  Everton Park, Alderly, Enoggera, Nundah, Lilley, QLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1937  [5] 
    Labourer 
    Residence 1937  Everton Park, Alderly, Enoggera, Nundah, Lilley, QLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1943  [5] 
    Labourer 
    Residence 1943  Everton Park, Alderly, Enoggera, Nundah, Lilley, QLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1949  [5] 
    Railway employee 
    Residence 1949  South Pine Rd, Everton Park, Kedron, Petrie, QLD, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1954  [5] 
    Railway employee 
    Residence Mackay, QLD, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1954  South Pine Rd, Everton Park, Kedron, Petrie, QLD, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 1967  QLD, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I445  4 February 2018
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2019 

    Father Michael DOONA,   b. [1851], Kerry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1936, Coolroe, Glenbeigh, Kerry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Ellen GRIFFIN,   b. [1855], Ballynakilly, Glenbeigh, Kerry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1940, Shronahiree More, Knocknane, Kerry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Marriage 3 Feb 1872  Roman Catholic Chapel, Glenbeigh, Kerry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Name: Michael Downey
      Registration district: Cahersiveen
      Record type: MARRIAGES
      Registration date - quarter and year: 1872
      Film number: 101251
      Volume: 5
      Page: 65

      Name: Ellen Griffin
      Registration district: Cahersiveen
      Record type: MARRIAGES
      Registration date - quarter and year: 1872
      Film number: 101251
      Volume: 5
      Page: 65

      SR District/Reg Area - Caherciveen
      Marriage of MICHAEL DOWNEY and ELLEN GRIFFIN
      on 03 February 1872
      Party 1 Name MICHAEL DOWNEY
      Party 2 Name ELLEN GRIFFIN
      Date of Event 03 February 1872
      Group Registration ID 2781475
      SR District/Reg Area Caherciveen
      https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1872/11302/8146470.pdf
      1872 Marriage solemnized at the Roman Catholic Chapel of Glenbeigh in the Registrar's District of Glanbehy in the Union of Caherciveen in the County of Kerry
      No 77 3rd February 1872
      Michael Downey Full age Bachelo Farmer Drumglass James Downey Farmer
      Ellen Griffin Full age Spinster - Ballinakilla John Griffin Farmer
      Married in the Roman Catholic Chapel of Glenbeigh according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church, by me, Thomas McGuire PP
      This Marriage was solemnized between us
      Michael Downey [His mark]
      Ellen Griffin [Her mark]
      in the Presence of us
      Denis Griffin
      Denis Shea
    Married [1877]  [7] 
    Family ID F109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ellen MOONEY   d. 1973, QLD, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1911  QLD, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949
      Name: Michael Downey
      Spouse Name: Mary Ellan Mooney
      Marriage Date: 07 Aug 1911
      Marriage Place: Queensland
      Registration Place: Queensland
      Registration Year: 1911
      Registration Number: B010508
      Page Number: 6959
    Marriage 7 Aug 1911  QLD, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949
      Name: Michael Downey
      Spouse Name: Mary Ellan Mooney
      Marriage Date: 7 Aug 1911
      Marriage Place: Queensland
      Registration Place: Queensland
      Registration Year: 1911
      Registration Number: B010508
      Page Number: 6959
    Children 
     1. Rosina DOWNEY,   b. [1906]   bur. 28 Oct 1987, Pinnaroo Cemetery, Bridgeman Downs, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Michael DOWNEY,   b. [1909]   d. 1990
     3. Patrick Joseph DOWNEY,   b. [1922]   d. 2002
     4. James Henry DOWNEY,   b. [1924]
     5. John DOWNEY,   b. [1926]
     6. Daniel DOWNEY,   b. [1931]
    Family ID F113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Civil: Nil Doona/Downey
      Jack Downey: Mick Downey

      Had two boys that died young.
      Mick

      Queensland Birth Index (-1914): Nil
      http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/829.htm
      Queensland Death Index (-1929): Nil
      Queensland Marriage Index (-1929): Nil
      Australian Electoral Rolls (1949, 1954): Michael Joseph Downey
      1910
      Northam, Swan, WA, Australia
      Mary Ellen Burlong Road married
      Michael Burlong Road Labourer
    • New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922
      about Michael Downey
      Name: Michael Downey
      Port of Departure: Spod Via Melbourne
      Port of Arrival: Sydney, New South Wales
      Voyage Arrival Date: 6 Feb 1904
      Vessel Name: Runic


      Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007
      about Michael Downey
      Name: Michael Downey
      Age: 54
      Birth Date: abt 1886
      Death Date: 28 Oct 1940
      Cemetery: Martyn Street Cemetery
      Cemetery Location: Cairns, Queensland
      Compiled By: Cairns and District Family History Society Inc
    • Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912
      Name: Michael Downey
      Age: 21
      Birth Year: abt 1886
      Place of Origin: Ireland
      Ship Name: Ortona
      Port of Departure: London, England
      Port of Arrival: Brisbane
      Arrival Date: 29 Aug 1907
    • Index to Registers of Immigrant Ships' Arrivals 1848-1912
      Series ID 13086
      http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/downloads/Indexes/immigration/Dixon_E-Doyle_e.pdf
      NAME Age Ship Date Location Page M/film 1 Microfilm 2
      DOWNEY Michael 21 Ormuz 29 Aug 1907 IMM/128 88 Z1968 M1708
    • Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007
      Name: Michael Downey
      Death Age: 54
      Birth Date: abt 1886
      Death Date: 28 Oct 1940
      Cemetery: Martyn Street Cemetery
      Cemetery Location: Cairns, Queensland

  • Sources 
    1. [S3167] Glenbeigh Roman Catholic, Glenbeigh Roman Catholic Records, (http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/).

    2. [S112] Republic of Ireland, Census of Ireland, 1901, (31 March 1901).

    3. [S51] Kitty Horgan, Letter from Kitty Horgan, (1991).

    4. [S990] John Downey, Information from John Downey, (February 2006).

    5. [S3260] Ancestry.com database, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954, (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1207&enc=1).

    6. [S737] Civil Registration Republic of Ireland, Marriage Record of Michael Downey and Ellen Griffin, (3 February 1872).

    7. [S697] Republic of Ireland, Census of Ireland, 1911, (2 April 1911).

    8. [S3314] Ancestry.com, Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949, (Ancestry.com).



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This is my database of people I have researched during the course of compiling my own genealogy and family history. My primary interests include the following. Families from Charlotte County New Brunswick -William Johnson and Annabella Simpson -Robert Carroll and Sarah Ann Greer -William McCrum and Jane Hall -James Hewitt and Nancy Montgomery -Samuel Johnson and Sarah Greenlaw -James Simpson and Ann Gray -Andrew Greer and wife [] Seeley and second wife Matilda Pendleton Leeman -James Hewitt and James O'Neill, including his apparent father Adam Hewitt -William Montgomery and Mary Ann Creighton The Johnson family has roots in Whitefield (Balltown), Maine, and Barrington, New Hampshire. Samuel Johnson and Lydia Remick of Balltown were married in Pownalborough and settled in the frontier plantation of Balltown shortly before the Revolution. Samuel John was a Continental soldier, serving nearly 2 years. His parents of Thomas Johnson and Esther Tuttle, two early settlers of the Barrington 42 40-acre lots, having come from Greenland, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Lydia Remick was born in York, Maine, daughter of Jacob Remick and Mary Grover (daughter of Matthew Grover and Hannah Freethy). Lydia's widowed mother Mary was first the widow of Benjamin Elwell. We know that Mary and Lydia were living in Madbury, New Hampshire, (adjacent to Barrington) in the 1760s. There is a possibility that Lydia Remick and Samuel Johnson knew each other before moving to mid-coast Maine in the early 1770s, Lydia to Pownalborough (where her brother Joseph Remick m Sarah Remick, who had children William Remick m Elizabeth Austin and Joseph Remick m Priscilla Noble) and Samuel to Newcastle. Samuel Johnson's siblings included Esther Johnson m Elijah Tuttle, Thomas Johnson m Abigail Berry, James Johnson, Charity Johnson m Solomon Hall, Andrew Johnson m Elizabeth Buzzell m Catherine Jackson, Lydia Johnson m Emmanuel Grace, and David Johnson m Martha Carpenter. Samuel Johnson of Charlotte County had children George Johnson m Lydia Ann Brisley, William Johnson m Annabella Simpson, Leonard Johnson m Jane Higgins, Benjamin Johnson m Elizabeth Ann Brisley, and Sarah Jane Johnson m William McClelland (McLelland). The Simpsons had several relatives both in Charlotte County, New Brunswick (St Andrews parish, St Croix parish, Dumbarton parish, Saint Patrick parish), and afield. Henry Simpson from Armagh, Ireland, was a brother of James Johnson. Henry's wife was named Mary; they had children James Simpson m Isabella Mitchell, Henry Simpson m Ellen Shea, Jacob Simpson m Clarissa Herald m Jane McCarrick, John E Simpson m Eleanor Jane Orr, Nicolina Simpson m James Guest, Abraham Simpson m Charlotte Kirby, Mary Ann Simpson m William Towle, and Samuel Simpson m Mary Carroll. Leslie Simpson was another brother of James and Henry. He had children Jane Simpson m Isaac Bard who lived in Boonville, Oneida, New York and Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming; Leslie Simpson m Catherine Levar who lived in St David parish; Elizabeth Simpson m John Creighton who lived in Haldimand and Cobourg, Northumberland West, Ontario; Isabella Simpson m Thomas Black who lived in St David parish; and Margaret Simpson m Francis A Dinsmore who lived in St David. William, another brother, married Sybil Eastman and later Sarah McCann. His children were Joseph Andrew Simpson m Elizabeth Mary Johnson, Margaret Louise Simpson m William Henry Simpson. The Greenlaws were a very large family of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, and Deer Isle, Maine. Just after the Revolution, there were more than 3 dozen Greenlaws in Charlotte County, and the number kept growing. I have conducted extensive research on the Greenlaws. The data is included in the database, and in Documents I have written much about it. You can contact me to discuss them, as there is always much more to say. Here are the children and grandchildren of William and Jane Greenlaw from Glasgow, Scotland, who settled on Deer Isle, Maine. John Greenlaw who was a shopkeeper at Boston, but returned to Scotland during the Revolution. -Jean Greenlaw m David Black -John Greenlaw -Ann Greenlaw m Robert Semple -Margaret Greenlaw m James Hutchinson -Mary Greenlaw James Greenlaw married Catherine Crawford and moved to Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, before the Revolution. -William Greenlaw m Mary Webber m Barbary Rafuse -Jane Greenlaw m David Vaughan [David Vaughn] m James Anthony -James Greenlaw m Abigail Alline -Sarah Greenlaw m Francis Tufts -Catherine Greenlaw -Jonathan Greenlaw Jonathan Greenlaw m Elizabeth Lamb -Abigail Greenlaw -William Greenlaw m Rebecca Babbage -James Greenlaw m Jerusha Watson [New London, Connecticut] -John Greenlaw -Ebenezer Greenlaw -Jonathan Greenlaw m Mary Card -Thomas S Greenlaw m Elizabeth Jane Davis m Susannah Cushing -Elizabeth Greenlaw m John Lymburner [Caistor, Lincoln, Ontario] -Richard Greenlaw m Mary Jordan -Sarah Greenlaw m Jonathan Greenlaw -Janes Greenlaw m George Christie -Rebecca Greenlaw m John Rigby William Greenlaw m Elizabeth Fossett m Elizabeth Blithen -Alexander Greenlaw m Lydia Cox -Jane Greenlaw m Robert Sproul -William Greenlaw m Abigail Stone -Mary Greenlaw m James Sproul -John Greenlaw m Lucy Whitney [Brownfield, Oxford, Maine] -Elizabeth Greenlaw m Ephraim Upham m Miles Thompson -Daniel Greenlaw m Ruth Day -Sarah Greenlaw m James McKinney -Naomi Greenlaw m Jacob Oliver -Dorcas Greenlaw m Jacob Oliver Ebenezer Greenlaw m Eunice [possibly Dunham] -Elijah D Greenlaw m Sarah Smith -Elizabeth Greenlaw -Jonathan Greenlaw m Sarah Greenlaw -William Greenlaw -Joanna Greenlaw m [] Smith m Willoughby Nason m Timothy Blake m James Collins m William Palmer m David Keezer m Samuel Johnson -Ebenezer Greenlaw -Abigail Greenlaw m Walter Greenlaw -Eunice Greenlaw m Aaron Linton -Sarah Greenlaw m Samuel Johnson -Miriam Greenlaw m John Cumberland -Mary Greenlaw m Charles Riley [Reilly] Charles Greenlaw m Mercy Hawthorne -Alexander Greenlaw m Martha Watson -Mercy Greenlaw m Calvin Kidder m Ambrose Bates -Martha Greenlaw m Elias Waterhouse -Mary Greenlaw m Nathaniel Fenlason -Solomon Greenlaw m Margaret Cookson [daughter of William Cookson and Honor Rodda or Rodier] -Charles Greenlaw -Jedediah Greenlaw Alexander Greenlaw m Hannah [Nason?] -Hannah Greenlaw m John Baldwin -Jane Greenlaw m Donald Malloch -Lucy Greenlaw m William Tremere -Walter Greenlaw m Abigail Greenlaw -William Greenlaw m Hannah Hersey -Elizabeth Greenlaw m Gould Hoyt m David Smith -Catherine Greenlaw m Job Ewell m John Neal Hobart m James Chandley -Alexander Greenlaw. His widow Jane m William Cookson -Harriet S Greenlaw m David Smith -Sarah Greenlaw m Moses Chase [Nunda, Livingston, New York] -James Nason Greenlaw m Harriet Greenlaw In addition to these families, I have spent extensive time looking into Sullivan, Moriarty, Doona and McGillicuddy families on the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland, particularly in Glenbeigh, Killoglin, Milltown, Kilcolman, and Kilbonane. My closest Sullivans were James Sullivan who married Bridget Moriarty in Hartford Connecticut. James Sullivan was the son of Daniel Sullivan m Mary Shea who lived at Bunglasha, Corrawoolia, Lickeen, and Reennanallagane [Reenanalagane], Glenbeigh. Daniel was the sonf of Timothy Sullivan m Mary Coffey, of Drombrane, Bunglasha, and Corrawoolia, Lickeen. He was said to be from Dromod. There are countless other Sullivans associated with these families, both in Glenbeigh, Killorglin, Knockane as well as Hartford, Connecticut, and the many other places of settlement in Connecticut and Massachusetts. These Sullivans were known by the moniker Fiely. Bridget Moriarty was the daughter of James Moriarty m Mary Cronin of Boheeshil, Knockane, and Glannagilliagh, Killorglin. Their other children were Ellen Moriarty m John J Sullivan [brother of James Sullivan], Mary J Moriarty m Thomas Kennedy, Julia E Moriarty m John J Fitzpatrick, and Margaret Elizabeth Moriarty m Michael J Leahy m James Francis Farrell. James Moriarty was the son of Martin Moriarty m Honora Sullivan who lived at Glannagilliagh and Muingaphuca, Killorglin. Their other children included Ellen Moriarty m Michael Brennan, and Mary Moriarty m Eugene Grady. These Moriartys were known by the moniker Buony. James Sullivan m Bridget Moriarty had a son named James Joseph Sullivan who married Bridget Downey. Bridget Downey was born Bridget Doona who was the daughter Michael Doona and Ellen Griffin of Dromglass, Coolroe, Glenbeigh. I am also a descendant of Frank Romanski and Dominica Brodowski of Norwich, Connecticut. Frank was from Piatkowizna, Turosl, Kolno, Poland. Dominica was from Nowa Wies, Bakalarzewa, Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland. I have collected extensive amounts of information regarding these families, both in Poland and Connecticut and Massachusetts.