Thaddeus ( Thady ) Carney Bridget McGeever
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ChildLifePartner
John -
Tom - Nellie Hannon
Nora - Michael Clancy
Margaret Mary ( Maggie )1894 - 1923Orin Wentworth Nichols
Winifred ( Winnie ) - Peter Finn
Patrick or Bob ? -
Bridgid -
Mary -

From the 1901 census
TownlandParishCountyHead of Household SurnameHead of Household GivenOccupation
IslandmoreKilcolmanRoscommonCarneyThady(50)farmer
Bridget(48)-Winifred(19)-Patrick(17)-Bridget(15)-Margaret(10)-Honoria(8)-Thomas(6)

Tom Carney inherited the Carney home farm. He married Nellie Hannon from Dernabruck. Nellie's parents were Patrick (Shinners) Hannon and Mary Vesey from Derreen. Mary was a sister to Bridget Vesey who married Eddie McGeever.
Tom and Nellie's children were :- John , Mary, Evelyn, Nora, Josephine and Thomas Gerald. Here's a picture of Nellie and John with Bridget McGeever's brother Michael.

Winnie Carney married Peter Finn from Doon Rock and had children Peter Joe and Bea.

Honorah ( Nora ) married Michael Clancy. They had a daughter Mary Evelyn ( probably born in 1919 ).


Margaret Mary Carney married Orin Nichols in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. She died of consumption with a 1-year-old daughter. Orin died of pneumonia in Lincoln, Maine where his mother had a farm.
Margaret Mary's children were :-

After Margaret Mary's death, her sisters brought her children up. Evelyn was raised in Massachusetts (by ?) and Bernice probably in Maine by her Aunt Theresa. Mary Margaret was raised by her Aunt Nora in Detroit, Michigan.

I am indebted to Tom (Jim) Finn of Slievemore, Cloontia, County Mayo, Ireland and to Mary Neal of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA for the information on this page.


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