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Mary E McElherne

Mary E McElherne

Female 1872 - 1933  (60 years)

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  • Name Mary E McElherne  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Born 7 Nov 1872  Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
    • She gave her birth date as 7 Nov 1870 when arriving in New York from Liverpool 30 Sep 1922. However, on the 22 Apr 1922 passport application, her husband gave her birth as 7 Nov 1872.
    Gender Female 
    Residence 8 Jun 1900  5541 Drexel Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    age 27, born Nov 1872 Illinois to Canada (Eng) father & Ireland mother, married 4 years, mother of 2 children with both still alive - William & Mary with Joseph and Isabel, renting in same house from William's mother Margaret 
    Residence 1910  Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1920  Chicago Ward 29, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 22 Apr 1922  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Passport Application 
    McElherne, Mary-Passport App Photo-1922-04-22
    McElherne, Mary-Passport App Photo-1922-04-22
    Cunnea, William & Mary-Passport App-1922-04-22
    Cunnea, William & Mary-Passport App-1922-04-22
    Passport Application for joint passport for William and Mary Cunnea -- William Alexander Cunnea states that he was born 1 Jun 1868 in Bangor, Ireland and that his wife was born 7 Nov 1872 in Rock Island [upon return to US 30 Sep 1922 she gave birth as 7 Nov 1870]. He states that his father was Francis Cunnea, born Ireland, now deceased. He states that he emigrated to the US from Ireland in May 1884 and that he was naturalized in the Circuit Court of Cook County 3 Jun 1889. He states that they are planning to depart from Quebec 13 Jun 1922 aboard the "Emperor of France" to visit Germany, France, Holland and the British Isles. He is 53 years old, 5'8", high forehead, blue eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, oval chin, gray hair, ruddy complexion, oval face, lame left leg. Bernard McMahon, bookkeeper of 4222 Michigan Avenue, swears that he has known William Cunnea for 40 years. Passport to be sent to 3708 West 62nd Place in Chicago.
    Cunnea, William & Mary-Passport App Photo-1922-04-22
    Cunnea, William & Mary-Passport App Photo-1922-04-22
    Departure 21 Sep 1922  Liverpool, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Arrival of William & Mary Cunnea in New York aboard the 'Laconia', departed from Liverpool 21 Sep 1922
    Arrival of William & Mary Cunnea in New York aboard the "Laconia", departed from Liverpool 21 Sep 1922
    Lines 19 & 20 -- residence 3708 West 62nd Place in Chicago; William naturalized in Chicago Circuit Court 3 Jun 1899; Mary born 7 Nov 1870 at Rock Island, Illinois
    Arrival 30 Sep 1922  New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Arrival of William & Mary Cunnea in New York aboard the 'Laconia', departed from Liverpool 21 Sep 1922
    Arrival of William & Mary Cunnea in New York aboard the "Laconia", departed from Liverpool 21 Sep 1922
    Lines 19 & 20 -- residence 3708 West 62nd Place in Chicago; William naturalized in Chicago Circuit Court 3 Jun 1899; Mary born 7 Nov 1870 at Rock Island, Illinois
    Residence 1930  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 31 Oct 1933  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Cook County Death Certificate # 6028494
    Person ID I841  Terug in de Tijd
    Last Modified 30 May 2023 

    Father Patrick T. McElherne,   b. Abt 1844, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1889, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth Byrnes,   b. May 1843, Farran, Killeentierna, County Kerry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1916, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F309  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Alexander Cunnea,   b. 1 Jun 1868, Bangor, Down, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1937, Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1895  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8
    • by Hugh O'Gara ?McShane?, Catholic priest, at Annunciation Church
    Marriage of William A. Cunnea and Mary E. McElherne
    Marriage of William A. Cunnea and Mary E. McElherne
    by Hugh O'Gara ?McShane?, Catholic priest, at Annunciation Church
    Children 
     1. Joseph Patrick Cunnea,   b. Abt 1898, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1972, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [natural]
     2. Isabel Cunnea,   b. 23 Nov 1898, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1941, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)  [natural]
     3. Isabel Cunnea,   b. Abt 1900, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    +4. Francis Russell Cunnea,   b. 2 Nov 1900, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1969, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [natural]
    +5. James Cunnea,   b. 26 Sep 1902, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1945, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)  [natural]
     6. William A Cunnea,   b. 8 Nov 1905, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1963, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)  [natural]
     7. Margaret M Cunnea,   b. Abt 1907, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 2004, Oak Lawn, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)  [natural]
     8. John Michael Cunnea,   b. 20 Jul 1910, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 2004, Oak Lawn, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)  [natural]
     9. Thomas Cunnea,   b. 7 Mar 1913, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1984, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  [natural]
     10. Mark Cunnea,   b. 23 Feb 1915, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1915, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 30 May 2023 
    Family ID F276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Nov 1872 - Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Dec 1895 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Passport Application - 22 Apr 1922 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 30 Sep 1922 - New York, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 31 Oct 1933 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Arrival of William & Mary Cunnea in New York aboard the 'Laconia', departed from Liverpool 21 Sep 1922
    Arrival of William & Mary Cunnea in New York aboard the "Laconia", departed from Liverpool 21 Sep 1922
    Lines 19 & 20 -- residence 3708 West 62nd Place in Chicago; William naturalized in Chicago Circuit Court 3 Jun 1899; Mary born 7 Nov 1870 at Rock Island, Illinois
    William A. Cunnea - Endorsed by Chicago Tribune for Cook County State's Attorney - 5 Nov 1916, page 1 - full page
    William A. Cunnea - Endorsed by Chicago Tribune for Cook County State's Attorney - 5 Nov 1916, page 1 - full page
    For state's attorney, THE TRIBUNE recommends the Socialist candidate, William A. Cunnea (fourth column from the left).
    Mary (Byrnes) McElherne - Obituary - Chicago Tribune 18 Dec 1916, page 19 - full page
    Mary (Byrnes) McElherne - Obituary - Chicago Tribune 18 Dec 1916, page 19 - full page
    McELHERNE -- Mary E. McElherne, nee Byrnes, beloved wife of the late P. T. McElherne and fond mother of James T., John A., Mrs. William Cunnea, Mrs. James W. Doyle, Mrs. William J. Colohan, Edna R., and Florence E. McElherne. Funeral Wednesday, Dec. 20, 9:30 a.m., from her late residence, 4958 Washington blvd., to St. Thomas Aquinas church where solemn high mass will be celebrated; thence by autos to Mount Olivet. Member of St. Bernadette court, W. C. O. F., Married Ladies Sodality, Holy Family parish, and Third Order of St. Frances. Rock Island papers please copy. For seats or limousine call Canal 457.
    McElherne, Mary-Passport App Photo-1922-04-22
    McElherne, Mary-Passport App Photo-1922-04-22
    Francis Russell Cunnea Birth
    Francis Russell Cunnea Birth
    Francis Russell Cunnea; male; white; third child of mother, all three now living; born 2 Nov 1900 at 5547 Drexel Avenue; mother's residence 5547 Drexel Avenue; father William A. Cunnea, age 32, born Ireland; mother Mary E. McElhern, age 27, born Rock Island, Illinois; father's occupation Lawyer; birth attended by Katherine A. Doyle of 5485 Greenwood Avenue
    Cunnea, William & Mary-Passport App-1922-04-22
    Cunnea, William & Mary-Passport App-1922-04-22
    Passport Application for joint passport for William and Mary Cunnea -- William Alexander Cunnea states that he was born 1 Jun 1868 in Bangor, Ireland and that his wife was born 7 Nov 1872 in Rock Island [upon return to US 30 Sep 1922 she gave birth as 7 Nov 1870]. He states that his father was Francis Cunnea, born Ireland, now deceased. He states that he emigrated to the US from Ireland in May 1884 and that he was naturalized in the Circuit Court of Cook County 3 Jun 1889. He states that they are planning to depart from Quebec 13 Jun 1922 aboard the "Emperor of France" to visit Germany, France, Holland and the British Isles. He is 53 years old, 5'8", high forehead, blue eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, oval chin, gray hair, ruddy complexion, oval face, lame left leg. Bernard McMahon, bookkeeper of 4222 Michigan Avenue, swears that he has known William Cunnea for 40 years. Passport to be sent to 3708 West 62nd Place in Chicago.
    Cunnea, William & Mary-Passport App Photo-1922-04-22
    Cunnea, William & Mary-Passport App Photo-1922-04-22
    Marriage of William A. Cunnea and Mary E. McElherne
    Marriage of William A. Cunnea and Mary E. McElherne
    by Hugh O'Gara ?McShane?, Catholic priest, at Annunciation Church
    William A. Cunnea in 'Biographical History of the American Irish in Chicago'
    William A. Cunnea in "Biographical History of the American Irish in Chicago"
    ["Biographical History of the American Irish in Chicago" edited by Charles French; Chicago and New York: American Biographical Publishers, 1897 - pp. 305-306]

  • Sources 
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      Birth date: abt 1879
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 29, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
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      1920 United States Federal Census
      1920 United States Federal Census
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      Birth date: abt 1873
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois
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      1910 United States Federal Census
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      Birth date: abt 1873
      Birth place:
      Residence date: 1930
      Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
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      1930 United States Federal Census
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      Birth date: Nov 1872
      Birth place: Illinois
      Marriage date: 1896
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois
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      Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_289; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 1077.


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      Birth date: 7 Nov 1870
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: abt 1922
      Residence place:
      Arrival date: 30 Sep 1922
      Arrival place: New York, New York
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      Departure place: Liverpool, England
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      New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
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      Death date: 31 Oct 1933
      Death place: Cook County, IL
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      Birth date: 1 Jun 1868
      Birth place: Bangor, Ireland
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      Residence place: United States
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      Birth date: Sep 1869
      Birth place: Ireland
      Marriage date: 1896
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois
      Arrival date: 1884
      Arrival place:
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      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_289; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 1077.