Google Earth Illustrations for Introduction to Garryduff, Kilkenny

 Garry duff, surrounded by Mullinbeg, Owning, and Templeorum

 Garryduff at the foot of the mountain

 Old buildings in Garryduff

 Old buildings in Garryduff

 Fir trees looking into a window

 The church at Owning

 The old church ruins at Owning

 An old cottage

Piltown

Family timeline for James Durney 1829-1890 and Margaret Quinn

Family timeline for James Durney in Garryduff, Kilkenny, son of Daniel Durney and Anna Walsh,  1829-1890 and  Margaret Quinn 1836-1894

1829- birth of James Durney in Kilkenny, Ireland

? birth of Margaret Quinn in Mullinavat, Kilkenny, Ireland, daughter of John Quinn (1789 Rathnasmolagh, Mullinavat Kilkenny-1874 Jersey County Ill.) and Mary Fitzgerald (1791-1864)



1860 census- June- Jerseyville, Ill., James Durney, age 25, living with Michael Powers and Bridget (Durney) Powers (his sister) both in house #255- James on next page of census (p.39)

1861- September 5- marriage of James Durney and Margaret Quinn in Jerseyville
Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940

1863- birth of son John Durney

1864- birth of daughter Mary Durney

1865- July 3- Illinois state census- James Durney 25 and Margaret (Quinn) Durney 30 living next to Richard Fitzgerald 81 and Margaret 70, Children of James and Margaret Durney are John age 2 and Mary 1.

1870 census, Montgomery Co, Ill, Twp 12 range 4, p 5, White Oak
James Durney 40, farm laborer, personal estate value $100 and Margaret 43, (cannot read or write) son John 7
source Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 12 Range 4, Montgomery, Illinois; Roll: M593_262; Page: 281A; Family History Library Film: 545761

1890- October- death of James Durney, age 60. Gravestone is for both James Durney and Margaret Quinn Durnety and Rebecca Quinn and her husband Martin Casey. Rebecca died during childbirth in
1891 and was the daughter of Richard Quinn (Margaret's brother)

Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

DURNEY. Died 10-1890. James Durney, 60, born in parish of Tim Floran, (note: should be Templeorum) County of Kilkenny, Ireland in 1830, came to America and located in the state of Connecticut, in 1854. In 1857, he came to Jersey County. Pall bearers: James Fitzgerald, Matthew Grace, Robert Wall, Wm. Murphy, James Welch, Patrick Reardon, Dennis Phalen and John Bray.

1898- November 20- death of Margaret Quinn Durney

DURNEY. Died 20-11-1898. Mrs James Durney, 62, died at the home of her Brother, Richard Quinn, November 20. Funeral from St. Francis church with Rev. Dean Harty.

1898 November 23- Probate for Margaret Durney- source: Ancestry.com. Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999 Probate Records, Vol B-D, 1877-1906 p.683 (also signed with her brother, Richard Quinn)

1900 January 16- death of John Durney

Family Timeline for Michael Durney 1826-1893 and Hannah Walsh 1826-1918

Michael Durney 1826-1893 and Hannah Walsh 1826-1918

1826 June 10- baptism of Michael Durney, Owning and Templeorum Parish (parents Daniel Durney and Anna Walsh, sponsors John Walsh and Margaret Walsh) home Tinnekilly Kilkenny (source: National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 05020 / 01

Unknown- baptism of Joanna Walsh/Welsh abt 1826-1838 Ireland


Abt 1855- emigration of Michael Durney

1857 March 19- marriage of Michael Durney and Hannah Welch in Jerseyville (Source: Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940)

1858 July 21- birth of dtr Mary Durney (source: Catholic Diocese of Springfield; Springfield, IL; Illinois, Church Records, 1853-1975. st francis p 170

1858 August 8- baptism of Mary Anna Durney

1860 census Jerseyville- Michael Durney, 29, farmer, personal property 300, Hannah 23, Mary A. Durney 2
Year: 1860; Census Place: Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: M653_188; Page: 251; Image: 251; Family History Library Film: 803188


1861 Sept 10- birth of son John Thomas Durney (find baptism)

1862 Aug 11- birth of dtr Margaret Durney

Aug 17- baptism of dtr Margaret Durney at St Francis, sponsors Richard Quin and Bridget Durney
Catholic Diocese of Springfield; Springfield, IL; Illinois, Church Records, 1853-1975
st francis p 184

1865 birth of dtr Anna Durney (cannot find baptism)

1866 March 4- birth of dtr Bridget Durney

April 1- baptism of Bridget Durney at St. Francis sponsors Hugh Allen and Margaret O’Rourke
Source: st francis p 213

1869 June/July birth of son Thomas J Durney (find baptismal record)

1870 census- July- township 8 range 7- Michael Durney 39, farmer, land 3200, personal property 295, cannot read or write, Hannah 33, cannot read or write, Mary A. 11, attending school, John 8, attending school, Margaret 7, Anna 5, Bridget 4, Thomas 10 months (Source:Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 8 Range 10, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: M593_233; Page: 658B; Family History Library Film: 545732

 

1874 (2?) June 1 birth of James Francis Durney


1880 census- June- Fidelity Township- Michael Durney 48, farmer, Hannah 399, John 19, Margaret 17, Annie 15, Bridget 14, Thomas 11, James 8

1887- Oct 6- marriage of Margaret Durney to Louis Schlagel at St. Francis


1891 Jan 28- marriage of Mary Durney to Harry Herget in Almeda, Calif.


1892 May 18- marriage of John T. Durney, age 26, to Mary Cuddehee in Jersey Co.

1893 March 14 death of Michael Durney, age 67

March 14 burial of Michael Durney, died at home, buried St. Francis Cemetery

1893- 14 March- DURNEY. Died 1893. Michael Durney, 67, born in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1826, came to America 1850. He moved to Jersey County in 1856 and married Hannah Walsh in 1857.
(Thomas Durney age 75 died April 22 in St. Louis, buried St. Francis

1896- death of Margaret Durney Schlagel (age 33-4) buried St Francis (find church burial record) leaving 3 daughters, Mary Ann, Margaret and Augusta

1897 marriage of Anna Durney to Louis Schlagel

1900- Hannah Durney 60, widow, 8 children, 6 living, dtr Bridget 34, single, son Thomas J 28, single, farm laborer, grand daughter Ann E. Herget, 7 born Dec 1892 in California

1900 census St. Louis ward 17- Louis Schlagel 36, Annie (Durney) 33, Mary Ann 12, Margaret L. 10, Nellie 7 all at school and sister in law Mary Durney Herget 40, a nurse

(Where is Harry Herget- dies 1936? In 1900 inmate for feeble minded in sonoma Calif- same Harry L Herget? Parents from Germany..)

1905 Oct 30 death of Louis John Schlagel, St. Louis, buried st. Francis Jerseyville

1908- marriage of Bridget Durney to John E. Fitzgerald (per 1910 census)

(find marriage cert)


1910 census St. Louis ward 18- Hannah Durney age 72, Mary (Durney) Herget 52 widow with 1 child, working as a nurse in a hospital, Anna Herget 17, renting house # 2249

1910 census East St. Louis ward 5- John T. Durney, renting home, wife Mary (Cudihee) dtr Mary 15, Hatty 12, Nora 11 all born Ill

1910 census Jersey County, Mississippi District 0053

John E. Fitzgerald 40, farmer wife Bridget 44, Oscar Calhoun 14, chore boy


1910 Nov 28- final settlement of legal agreement between Bridget Durney Fitzgerald and Hannah Durney (originally dated Feb 3, 1908,) paying Hannah $1200 and giving her a note and mortgage on Bridgette’s residence in the city of Jerseyville for the sum of $1100 and five percent interest, making $2300 in full and resigning all rights, title, or interest from the estate of her mother Hannah Durney at the time of her death, meaning to convey and assign all the interest she may have to her six brothers and sisters at the time of her mother’s death. Signed Bridget Fitzgerald, Hannah Durney, and John Shepherd, attorney.


1918 Aug 27 death of Hannah Walsh Durney, age 81, Saint Louis, of cerebral hemorrhage buried St. Francis Jerseyville.

RC Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records, St Francis, 1918 p 670


DURNEY. Died 1918. Mrs Hanah Durney, 80, widow of Michael Durney, one of the early pioneers of Jersey County, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Herget in St. Louis. She had been ill only a short time and had been planning to come to Jerseyville to make her home with her daughter Mrs. John E. Fitzgerald at the farm the Fitzgeralds had recently purchased near McClusky. Funeral was from St. Francis but arrangements were not to be completed until her son James Durney, of San Francisco, was reached. She leaves 5 children, Mrs. Mary Herget, Mrs. Anne Schlagel of St. Louis, John T. Durney of East St. Louis, James Durney of San Francisco and Mrs. John Fitzgerald of Jerseyville. She had lived in Jersey County nearly all her life, coming here when a child.

Family Timeline for Mary Durney 1823-1913 and Francis Allen 1829-1872

Family Timeline for Mary Durney 1823-1913 and
1-Francis Allen 1829-1872
2- John Fahey

1823 March 31- baptism of Mary Durney in Garryduff, Templeorum parish, County Kilkenny
sponsors: John Daniel and Mary Durney

1829 February 3- baptism of Francis Allen in Dangan, Summerhill parish, County Meath
Sponsors: Peter Allen and Mary McCann

1857- arrival of Mary Durney in U.S. per 1910 census

1859- Jan 24- Francis marries Rachel Reece
(Source: Greene County court records-Ancestry.com. Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900

1861- Bridget "Adelia" Ellen Allen born in Greene County, Illinois

1863- July 1 civil war draft for Francis (Franklin) Allen age 30

1864 March 19, April 6- Richard Allen born and baptized at St. Francis, sponsors Johanna McStay and Mary Burns

1864- (March/April)- death of Rachel Reese, buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Jerseyville

1866- April 9-Francis (Franklin)Allen marriage to Margaret Black/Blake, who dies in 1867
Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-194

1867 - February 20- death of Margaret Blake Allen, wife of Franklin Allen, buried St. Francis

1868- February 25- Marriage of Francis Allen and Mary Durney

1870- Feb 27-  Birth/Baptism of Margaret "Maggie" Allen- source p 240 Springfield Ill Sacramental Records

1870 Census- Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 8 Range 11, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: M593_233; Page: 706A; Image: 356755; Family History Library Film: 545732
property value $7000 personal property $2200- Franklin 40, Mary 30, Adelia 9, Margaret 8/12

1872- 13 Nov/14 Nov- death and burial of Frank Allen, aged 42, buried St. Francis

1872- November 25- Probate/Will of Franklin Allen- source Probate records p. 7- Vol B-D 1877-1906 Probate Records; Author: Illinois. County Court (Jersey County); Probate Place: Jersey, Illinois
Mary Allen, with Michael Powers and Hugh Allen as security- estate value about $1700, to Mary Allen, widow, and Adele and Margaret Allen his children (below plus 2 pages in records)

1876- Aug 16- marriage of Mary Durney Allen to John Fahey
Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940



1879- Bridget "Adelia" Ellen Allen, age 18, married to John Aylward, age 23, son of Thomas Aylward and Mary Walsh at St. Francis

1889- September 21, death of Margaret "Maggie" Allen, of typhoid fever, age 19, in St. Louis (source-Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910)

1889 September 21- Maggie Allen buried at St. Francis Cemetery

1889- Mary Durney Allen Fahey living at 1422 Poplar St. in St. Louis (source: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995)

1910 census- Mary Durney Allen Fahey, age 84, widowed, living in own home in Jerseyville, on the north side of East Pearl Street (Source: Year: 1910; Census Place: Jerseyville Ward 2, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: T624_295; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0051; FHL microfilm: 1374308)

1912 will of Mary Durney Allen Fahey leaving her goods to nephew Hugh Allen

1912 June 20 Probate of Will (Source:Probate Records; Author: Illinois. County Court (Jersey County); Probate Place: Jersey, Illinois) Probate Records, Vol D-G, 1901-1922 p. 474

Note: step daughter Adele allen Aylward is not included in Mary Durney Allen Fahey's will!