Catherine Ellen McCanney | McKenna

1885 - 1910  (25 years)

• Name	Catherine Ellen McCanney | McKenna
  Nickname	Cassie
  Birth	12 Mar 1885	Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Jul 1910	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Burial	26 Jul 1910	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Person ID	I2035	Simon and Related Families | All Dolans from Seegronan Townland, Descendants of Mary Dolan McCanney (1858- )
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Francis Hughmore McCanney,   b. 1850, Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 10 Sep 1936, Dooish Townland, Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Mary Dolan,   b. Abt 1858, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 27 Jan 1951, Dooish Townland, Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age ~ 93 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1879	Aghyaran Townland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  Family ID	F595	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Mar 1885 - Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		McCanney | McKenna, Catherine Ellen - 1 Catherine Ellen "Cassie" McCanney (aka McKenna). Photograph provided by Tom Robinson and identification provided by Rita McDonagh. This photograph was passed down by her niece, Alice Teague (nee Bridget McCanney) to her grandson, Tom Robinson. It is identical to the photograph preserved by the Irish side of the family (see other images).
  		McCanney | McKenna, Catherine Ellen - 2 Catherine Ellen "Cassie" McCanney (aka McKenna). Photograph and identification provided by Toby Heneghan. This is the same photograph as that which was preserved by the Philadelphia branch of the family (see previous image).
  		McCanney | McKenna, Catherine Ellen - 2 (detail) Catherine Ellen "Cassie" McCanney (aka McKenna). Photograph and identification provided by Toby Heneghan.

  
  

• Notes

  BIRTH: Identified as the daughter of Frank Hughmore McKenna and Mary Dolan in family history compiled by Patrick Teague and shared as an informal communication to Robert Simon on 29 September 2011. Full date of 12 March 1885 given in the birth record for Catherine Ellen McCanney in the parish birth register for St. Patrick RC Church in Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, abstracted in a personal communication to Robert M. Simon from Fr. Kevin Mullan of the parish on 15 March 2012. Parents named as Francis McCanney and Mary Dolan. Full date also given as 12 March 1885 in Irish Civil Registration birth record for Cassie Ellen McCanny on www.rootsireland.ie. Place of birth given as Cooel, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Parents named as Francis McCanny and Mary Dolin. Year of birth would be 1884-1885, according to age (16 years) in 1901 Census of Ireland, County Tyrone, Clunahill District Electoral Division, Drumquin Subdistrict, Coolavannagh Townland. Place of birth given as County Tyrone. Enumerated as Cassie Ellen McCanney, with parents Francis and Mary McCanney and siblings. Year of birth would be 1885-1886, according to age in 1910 U.S. Census for Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, E.D. 441, Sheet 12A, Line 7. Place of birth given as Ireland. Enumerated as Cassie E. McKenna, a maid in the household of Joseph Francis. IMMIGRATION: According to family history compiled by Patrick Teague and shared as an informal communication to Robert Simon on 29 September 2011, emigrated to Philadelphia. Immigrated through Ellis Island on 10 October 1904, on the S.S. Columbia, sailing from Londonderry. Listed as Ellen McKenna, age 19, bound for sister Mary McKenna at 3714 Wallace Street, West Philadelphia. Passenger manifest available on www.ellisisland.org, indexed under the above name and date, line 13. Year of immigration given as 1904 in 1910 U.S. Census. OCCUPATION: Maid (1910 U.S. Census) Domestic (1910 Death Certificate) ADDRESS: 164 West Harvey Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1910 U.S. Census) Price Street, Philadelphia (1910 Death Certificate) DEATH: According to family history compiled by Patrick Teague and shared as an informal communication to Robert Simon on 29 September 2011, died in Philadelphia of typhoid after drinking from a fountain in Fairmount Park. A record of her funeral, in the records of the Kirk & Nice Funeral Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, gives her date of death as 23 July 1910 and the cause of death as typhoid fever. Also, her parents are named as Frank McKenna and Mary Dolan. Died at St. Luke's Hospital, Philadelphia. Record available on the "Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985" database on www.ancestry.com. BURIAL: A record of her funeral, in the records of the Kirk & Nice Funeral Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, gives her date of burial as 26 July 1910. Buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Record available on the "Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985" database on www.ancestry.com. Buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Section 8, Range 7, Lot 29, Grave 2, according to records in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Office. Buried in same lot as John McKenna, her brother, who died in 1911.