Person:Mary Moroney (1)

The 1920 census record listed Molly as immigrating in 1899. Mary Margaret was better known as Molly to her family. As the Moroney family grew and living space was precious Molly moved in with her maternal grandmother, Biddy Conole and her uncles Ned and Mike Conole, there she helped with the farm work. When Molly was older she found a job as a charwoman on the Matthew's farm in the Kildimo townland. Her older brother, Thomas was already working there as a farm hand and skilled horse and dog handler. This was the farm where the land agent lived. Here Molly learned the domestic skills that would secure her employment in America. She was the first child of Thomas and Catherine Moroney to emigrate from Ireland to America. Molly left Queenstown (Cobh), County Cork on the S. S. Teutanic on the 13 October 1898 and arrived in Ellis Island, New York after a harsh week on the Atlantic Ocean. After processing in at Ellis Island, she went to stay with her twin sister, Bridget Moroney at 142 West 33rd. Street, NYC. She didn't stay long and boarded a New York Central train for Buffalo, New York. There she was met by her uncle, Patrick Conole. He had emigrated from Ireland three years earlier. Patrick settled in Buffalo because his mother, Biddy Gorman Conole and a number of Gorman nieces and nephews living in Buffalo. When Molly meet her uncle Patrick at the train station in Buffalo, NY she spotted a fruit dealer selling the brightest red apples she had ever seen. Her uncle purchased one of these apples for her and Molly took a bite of the apple and it spilled over the front of her. Molly's apple turned out to be the first tomato she had ever seen or eaten. In 1900 Molly worked as a domestic servant for Seymour G. Van Arnam, his wife, Harriet E. and son William, 6 years old. He was the manager of the Buffalo Pitts Machine Company. They lived at 76 Highland Avenue, Buffalo, NY. This was just a block away for the Blessed Sacrament RCC on Delaware Avenue where she was married in 1908. The Van Arnam family were still living at 76 Highland in 1946 when Harriet Van Arnam died. I don't know how long Molly worked for the Van Arnam family but Uncle John always said she worked to bring her next sibling over. Catherine was the next sister to immigrate in September 1904. Molly met John J. O'Brien the son of Stephen O'Brien and Margaret O'Halloran of Killernan, Co. Clare, Ireland. He also emigrated to America in 1900. She was seeing John O'Brien for quiet some time when one of her cousins asked when she was going to get married to John. She told her cousin named Maddigan as soon as he gets a good steady job. Some time after this John was offered a job at the Atlas Refinery and they soon married. John started work as soon as possible and set a date for the wedding. The plans were delayed for awhile because one day after being paid, John stopped to cash his check and have a drink at Gormans Bar on Elk Street. John happy with his job and engagement to Molly started to dance an Irish Set. He became so involved his foot went through the floor while dancing and he seriously broke his ankle. John spent a few weeks in the hospital and Molly visited him everyday and nursed him back to health. Molly said this was the time that she and John became very close. They were married 8 August 1908 at the Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church on Delaware Avenue in Buffalo. Molly's sister, Anna M. Moroney was the Maid of Honor and John's friend, Thomas J. Mackey was the best man. In the 1910 federal census Molly was living at 132 Elk Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY. John and Molly were living with their 10 month old baby, Mary Margaret and Anne M. Moroney, listed as the sister-in-law. The O'Brien family attended St. Stephen's R.C.. Church Elk Street until St. Monica's was built a few years later. Their first three children were baptized there. On January 2, 1920 the O'Brien family was living at 30 Peabody Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY when the Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920 was taken. John was working as foreman at the Oil Works living with Molly and their five children.

Kevin, I would like to make a correction to your story. When Grandma O'Brien died in Dec.23, they where living at 46 Peabody St. My mother and family moved into 46 Peabody in January to take care of Grandpa and Uncle John. I finished the 4 th grade at St. Monica's and the following year Carol started school at St. Monica's and I finished the fifth Grade. Aunt Kathleen & Uncle John got married, while we were living there. I started the sixth grade at St. Monica's and we moved out sometime in September or October. I remember that school had already started and I was so excited that I got put back in with all my friends. Then Uncle Tommy and Aunt Dorothy moved in for about three or four months and he joined the Army. Aunt Dorothy moved with the kids some where uptown, close to her Mother. That's when your Mom and Dad moved in. They only had Ned and Greg and I think your Mom may have been pregnant with Debbie or had just had her. I don't know if this helps your chronological order or not. My Mom,had told me that they lived at 30 Peabody St when they were small and then Grandpa bought 46 Peabody and they grew up there. Peace and Love, Joan

Moroney Molly http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=b7f8acbc-8c34-45d1-8eb7-255b20b2e38f&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232700

O'Brien, John and Molly daughters http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=88dea368-6116-401b-a3a8-6a6e8b5b2751&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232700

Moroney Molly http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=6eb27dc8-1eb4-4fb9-abb7-71e624487c98&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232700

Moroney O'Brien John & Molly 's kids http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=8ab0a5f7-c84c-40c5-9af6-858128110473&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232700

O'Brien, John and Molly Moroney and Mike O'Neill http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=8df79f34-ba4c-4fee-9f7b-aac2ca627477&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232700

O'Brien, John and Molly Moroney2 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=97695969-3745-4108-9e67-b60d9edb8a0a&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232700

Moroney O'Brien John & Molly 's kids http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=30e64dc8-e89f-477f-9098-f0a06e07af09&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232700

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States)
   Year: 1920; Census Place: Buffalo Ward 4, Erie, New York; Roll: T625_1100; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 37; Image: 268.

   Birth date: abt 1880Birth place: New YorkResidence date: 1920Residence place: Buffalo Ward 4, Erie, New York _APID: 6061::75641234

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2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit)
   Year: 1910; Census Place: Buffalo Ward 4, Erie, New York; Roll: T624_941; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 25; Image: 381.

   Birth date: abt 1880Birth place: IrelandResidence date: 1910Residence place: Buffalo Ward 4, Erie, New YorkArrival date: 1889Arrival place: _APID: 7884::121216933

   http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1910uscenindex&h=121216933&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626)
   Year: 1930; Census Place: Buffalo, Erie, New York; Roll: 1422; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 230.0.

   Birth date: abt 1878Birth place: Residence date: 1930Residence place: Buffalo, Erie, New York _APID: 6224::27991160

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4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623,)
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Buffalo Ward 24, Erie, New York; Roll: T623_1031; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 202.

   Birth date: Apr 1882Birth place: IrelandResidence date: 1900Residence place: Buffalo Ward 24, Erie, New YorkArrival date: 1899Arrival place: _APID: 7602::32984277

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5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, R)
   Year: 1898; Arrival:  ;, ;; Microfilm serial: 15; Microfilm roll: T715_36; Line: 18; List number: .

   Birth date: abt 1880Birth place: Arrival date: 20 Oct 1898Arrival place: New York, New YorkDeparture date: Departure place: Queenstown, Ireland _APID: 7488::2147483647

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6.   Ancestry Family Trees. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.)
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