William Rooney Civil War Records
For many of us, we didn't realize that Catherine had remarried...always assumed that she was a lifelong widow. The interesting part is that they were married nearly 40 years, and after Catherine died, he had remarried some 18 months later. There appears to be a "space" between Catherine and Owen in the cemetery, but we find his remains lies elsewhere in St. Marys... next to second wife of four years. As the Irish tended to follow an "aged old naming" convention, we believe that our grandfather, William, was named in his honor.
We don't know if William Rooney and Catherine Smith became acquainted with each other in Wisconsin...or knew each other while living in Brooklyn. Available records only suggest that William lived in the South before moving to Wisconsin, so at this time, we have to assume that they met in Wisconsin. As we look at the neighbors of the Rooneys in Bear Creek (Sauk County, Wisconsin), many names are familiar ones...Smyths, Greens, Kings, etc.
Earlier we learned that the Patrick Smyth family was also from County Monaghan, Ireland. And along the way we learned that the Patrick Smyth family were related to Irish John Smith. Since both sides of the family married "Smyths", we are not exactly sure which side of the family we connect with. See Patrick Smyth for more information. The real surprising discovery was that Catherine's brother, Terence Greenan, also came to Bear Creek. Because so many surnames "evolved" after coming to America, it took us awhile to finally connect with them.
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