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