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This genealogy journey begins with the descendants of Jacobus (James) Moroney.  Jacobus Moroney, ancestor of several generations of Moroneys in Texas and other states in the U.S. was born in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland on August 5, 1813.  He came to the United States in 1849, arriving at New York, settling in Massachusetts, moving to Ohio, and then to Richland Center, Wisconsin.  He died in Dallas, Texas April 15, 1891.  In America, he used the anglicized form of the name Jacobus, which is James and is so referred to throughout this website.

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James married Ann, daughter of Charles and Ann O'Connell McCarthy on January 20, 1839 at Six Mile Bridge, County Clare, Ireland (six miles from the city of Limerick).  The marriage certificate shows the witnesses as Curl McCarthy and Maurice O'Connell.  Ann O'Connell was a cousin of Daniel O'Connell, Member of Parliament (1838), Lord Mayor of Dublin, a national hero of Ireland known as "The Great Irish Liberator."

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James' wife, Ann, arrived in the U.S. in 1850.

 

James and Ann McCarthy Moroney had eight children, 2 died in infancy.

 

The family detailed here are descendants of Sarah Moroney, fifth child, third daughter of James and Ann McCarthy Moroney. 

 

Sarah Moroney was born on December 4, 1855 in Ohio and died on January 28, 1885 in Texas.  She married Captain William McKenna, who was born on September 1, 1839 in Bennington, Vermont.  He died on December 25, 1914 in Dallas, TX.  They had three daughters:  Anne Theresa McKenna, Katherine Elizabeth McKenna and Mary Agness McKenna.