Walworth Merritt Mooney

Walworth Merritt Mooney[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1833 - 1914  (81 years)

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  • Name Walworth Merritt Mooney 
    Born 5 Apr 1833  Chazy, Clinton Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Dec 1914  Chazy, Clinton Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rockaway, Morris Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID P4297  Robert Jackson
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2020 

    Father Stevens Mooney,   d. date unknown 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F10686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Caroline Amelia Jackson,   b. 2 Nov 1838, Rockaway, Morris Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1875, Montreal, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 1867 
    Children 
     1. Caroline Jackson Mooney,   b. 13 Jan 1869, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1950, South Orange, Essex County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  [natural]
     2. George Walworth Mooney,   b. 19 Sep 1870, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1907, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)  [natural]
     3. Henry Seward Mooney,   b. 6 Oct 1872,   d. 12 Sep 1896, Au Sable Chasm, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)  [natural]
     4. Louisa Tucker Mooney,   b. 25 Mar 1875, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1938, Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F870  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Frances Elizabeth 'Fanny' Jackson,   b. 24 Oct 1842, Rockaway, Morris Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1933, Vernon, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 1875/1876 
    Children 
     1. Charles Chapman Mooney,   b. 7 Jan 1877,   d. 12 Sep 1896, Au Sable Chasm, Clinton Co. New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years)  [natural]
     2. Emma Elizabeth Mooney,   b. 15 Mar 1880, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1980, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years)  [natural]
     3. Chester Arthur Mooney,   b. 2 May 1882, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1905, Au Sable Chasm, Clinton Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "Walworth's first wife, Caroline Amelia, died shortly after the birth of their fourth child in 1875. He then married her younger sister, Frances Elizabeth. Caroline, having extracted the promise of the marriage from Walworth, thus insured that her sister would care for the children."

      Carved on the monument, found at findagrave.com, is a record of Walworth, and both of his wives. (Their data is in their notes.)
      Walworth Merritt Mooney,
      Born in Chazy, N.Y.
      April 5, 1833
      Died at Ausable Chasm, N.Y.
      Dec. 15, 1914.

      Note from Dr. Anthony L. Troha: "A note left by the poster states "w/o Walworth Merritt Mooney", but it is not clear if he means that their husband is buried elsewhere or something else. Note that the place where Walworth M. Mooney lived in New York State was originally spelt "Au Sable Chasm", but more recent usage is to write it as "Ausable Chasm". Other nearby placenames still retain the original spelling, "Au Sable", which is French for "with sand", descriptive of the river that bears this name and flows through the deep gorge or "chasm". Walworth's birthplace, Chazy, is situated in Clinton County, New York."

      Walworth's sons, Henry Seward and Charles, half-brothers, both drowned in that river in 1896 and so are not on the 1900 census below. "The Ogden Family in American" (see source for citation) says that Walworth and his first wife Caroline Amelia Jackson had 4 children and that he and his second wife Frances Elizabeth, Caroline's younger sister, had 3 children.

      Continuing from Dr. Troha: "It appears that Walworth M. Mooney owned horse-nail factories in Montréal and Au Sable Chasm, which explains why they were living in Montréal when his first wife, Caroline, died. I also found evidence that his children, Henry Seward Mooney and Caroline J. Mooney, both attended McGill University, which is located in Montréal, and Caroline may be the author of an article published in a 1935 issue of The Journal of American History."

      1900 Census Dist 33, Chesterfield, Essex Co., New York
      Mooney, W. W. head W M Apr 1833 67 M 24yrs NY NY NY
      Mooney, Frances E. wife W F Oct 1843 57 M 24 yrs 3ch/2lvg NJ NJ CT
      Mooney, Caroline J. dau W F Jan or Jun 1869 31 S Canada NY NJ
      Mooney, George W. son W M Sept 1871 29 S Canada NY NJ
      Mooney, Louisa T. dau W F Mch 1875 25 S Canada NY NJ
      Mooney, Emma A. dau W F Mch 1880 20 S Canada NY NJ
      Mooney, Chester A. son W M May 1882 18 S Canada NY NJ
      Jackson, Mary sister W F Nov 1831 69 S NJ NJ CT

  • Sources 
    1. [S347984687] New Jersey, Rockaway Library Documents, 109.

    2. [S347984963] Book: "The Ogden Family in America, Elizabethtown Branch, and Their English Ancestry", (privately published. Available on google.books.), Pg 360.

    3. [S347985026] Research of Anthony L. Troha, Ph.D.
      From tombstone inscription available at www.findagrave.com

    4. [S347985089] DAR Lineage Book, 1936, Daughter's of the American Revolution (DAR), (1936, DAR).

    5. [S347984833] 1900 U.S. Federal Census, (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602), Dist 33, Chesterfield, Essex Co., New York.

    6. [S347984674] Find A Grave Website, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi), Memorial# 9444686.
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9444686



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