Harney, James

Harney, James

Male 1866 - 1939  (73 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 92 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Harney, James  [1
    Immigration 1866 
    Born 28 Jun 1866  Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Baptism Aft 28 Jun 1866 
    1900 Census 1900  Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1910 Census 1910  Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1920 Census 1920  Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1930 Census 1930  Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Record - Civil 19 Aug 1939 
    Family History Researcher
    • Grandpa died of leukemia Big, powerful man was suddenly taken. I think he was only in the hospital a week or soHe was a believer in education and personally went to St. Paul to the legislature to lobby for "proper" schools in the township..Thompson township, Carleton County. He had bought 80 acres of land which had been the headquarters of the logging camp from his brother in law, John Sullivan married to his sister Margaret ( this is the branch of the family that is in Florida...John went up to the Yukon and disappeared in the gold rush --we found his last letters in a safe built into the huge log walls of our house when we remodeled when Dad bought the house also the father of Sister Maureen (nee Helen Harney) Psychiatrist/head of school in D.C.and also home base at college I attended) and the surrounding lands, logged and cleared was sold off as farm land and a colony of Finns bought up the surrounding lands...so it follows that the original teachers were not too highly educated Finns..and that wouldn't do for Grandpa...(Although he was loved and truly liked and revered by his neighbors..He had the personality that Mal had and that I see in both Paige & Dirck...they sort of "sparkle" among their peers and "like" everyone when they first meet them..sort of with joy..social people, finding little fault in others.......I have the pictures...and they have them in the museum in Esko..)I guess I don't have to tell you who became the beloved teacher of the first one room school in Harney/Esko....It was your Dad. My Dad said he was the best teacher he ever had. The school was up from the farm on the Himango/North Rd. Tom was kind and patient even with young siblings and a truly good teacher.I shared a lot opf this Harney information with Linda Harney MacDonaldat www. harneyworld@netscape.net she did 62 issues of the newsletter before she quit in 2002. Her address is 1269 Road 9, Powell Wy 82435Top of the mornin to you/and the rest of the day for yourself:He was my great friend. Born June 14, 1864 in Thurles Ireland. (David Harney took a picture of the church where he was baptized among others which I cherish and sent me a copy). He came to this country at age 11 with his family. They had horses and after a brief time in upper state New York (apples) they came down the great lakes on their way to the Dakotas...which was where the land was said to be so great!.But they were not destitute as so many Irish and had brought horses with them from Ireland and when they got to Duluth, the city was laying out the streets and so got jobs using their horses to lay out streets. Luckily as that is where Jim met Anna.His father, John had married Catherine Long in Thursles, County Tipperary,Ireland and they had 7 children (they brought all of them with from Ireland). I have the classic family picture taken when Grandpa was 23 and in the picture he looks just like my son, Dirck I was delighted to see. Grandpa was very good looking.. A big man, and as Mal says in his writings, very strong (an Irish hurler). I saw that tremendous strength in my father, brother and now in my son..unbelievable strength.Grandpa smoked a pipe. Of course, he had to sit on the back porch to do so and so it was fun for us kids to sit around his chair. He worked long hours and his farm was perfected by clearing all the land and putting stone fences all around. He loved his horses. And I remember he had a special horse barn (which had been the basis of the Sullivan lumber company) where he kept them..huge beasts..and the joy of being 6 years old was when he let me take the reins.. He was very proud of his grandchildren and I often got to walk the farm with him, big man that he was, he seemed like a giant to me. but where he had been strict with his own kids, he was a push over for his grandchildren.He drove like a race car driver...never under 60-70 miles an hour and my mother dreaded driving with them. She would sit in the back seat in a corner clutching my sister and I. He put Grandma's head through the windshield on one occasion making his turn off the highway...she got out and walked the mile home.. Windshield was destroyed Front end all bent in a ditch. My mother never got over that...she took it worse than Grandma..He died August 19, 1939, We had been at the hospital the day before, strange to see him in that hospital bed, labored breathing..(.I had my first lamb for dinner in the hospital cafeteria..and have never eaten it since) when they told us the next day that he had died, my Dad went to sit quietly...he was White of face and devastated!.. they loved their Dad.They had the wake at the farm. I remember your family was there and Tommy dared us (Pat & Tim & Marj & me) to touch Grandpa's hand in the coffin... and I remember , KNOWING That I was 6 weeks older than Tommy, I didn't hesitate a minute..neither did Tommy but the other kids all took off and wouldn't go in the parlor were the coffin was.The Harney family lived in Duluth so I got to know many of them...2 of them were professors at the College I attended.. so we had numerous funerals, family gatherings, etc. In 1996, Sister Maureen celebrated her diamond jubilee and so her immediate family, from Florida came for the ceremony...so I got to meet them and take pictures, etc.I also got to hear Sister tell of how she loved "Grandma Catharine"..etc.. first hand account!There was a Haney family news letter, discontinued now but I kept them up to date with our family ( It was not a family secret that when Grandpa (who worked the police department in Duluth and was foreman at the docks in Duluth...I have the pictures would stop on his way home and have a pint at the pub..) Anna belonged to the St. Mathew sect of Ireland and we were not even allowed soda pop in her house as "it had the spirits of the devil within it"..as apparently anything with a bottle cap had... I used to note in amazement, how her sons,, all successful men, would come home once a year, never have a drink or smoke in her house but all could nap in their chairs....even when they hadn't seen each other for a year.
      I will send you more Grandpa stories as I think of them.
      Happy St. Pat's day, Marion .
    Family History Researcher
    • Obituary listed birthdate as 6/28/1862, I had a date of April 9, 1866 in t he file previously, which had come from the WFT by Paul Ryan. Not sure whi ch is correct. Death Cert lists birth date as 6/22/1862. Marion Harney New bury lists his birth date as 6/14/1862

      From Linda Harney Macdonald files; JAMES HARNEY (1865-1938)Born 24 Jun 1865, in Ireland, a twin of Thomas Harney, and son of John Har ney and Catharine "Kate" (Long) from Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland. The fam ily immigrated to Wisconsin, later settling in Carlton County, Minnesot a. James became a Naturalized citizen in 1880. James married Anna Rya n, daughter of Daniel, on 18 Nov 1891, Buchanon, WI (family has the da te as 14 Nov 1888, Duluth MN). Anna Ryan was born in Kaukana, WI on 14 M ay 1865 (census says 1868) and her parents were from County Cork, Irelan d. James and Anna's children, all born in MN, are: John (1892-1987); Mala chi L. (1895-1984), the famous Treasury Agent who helped convict gangst er Al Capone; Thomas E. (1897-1989); James (1899-1932); Anna (b.1902, di ed age 9); Leo F. (1904-1997); Catharine (Mrs. Jake) OSBOLT; and Mart in P. Harney (b.1909). James Harney died in Cloquet, MN, 1938. James w as the first postmaster in the area which was named Harney after hi m. He also was a Duluth Police Officer earlier in life. - From Vital Rec ords, Censuses, and family records of Marion Harney Newbury. Chart: MNJKL. WES.
      Date: 7/09/2002 2:32:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: mlukkari@arrowhead.l ib.mn.us To: jaywilpolt@aol.comSorry it is taking so long to get back to you. I have not had much lu ck in locating obituaries as listed. The St. Louis County death index lis ts the following:HARNEY JOHN NA 10/29/1910, HARNEY JOHN T 10/26/1928, HARNEY MARGARET NA 2/ 17/1940 182, HARNEY MICHAEL J. 10/31/1929HARNEY BRIDGET NA 12/21/1934, HARNEY THOMAS NA 6/07/1936, HARNEY EDITH NA 5 /20/1940 536, HARNEY JOSEPH NA 4/09/1953I will send you what I find. You may want to check with your local libra ry and interlibrary loan the Duluth newspapers. Since they are record ed as deaths in St. Louis County, they may have been listed there. Mary Lu kkarila Library Director.
    Died 19 Aug 1939  Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary 25 Aug 1939 
    Buried Calvary Cemetery, Cloquet, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4996  1FamilyTree | JaysRelated, HaleyKleckner37946, TomTurriff28815
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2018 

    Father Harney, John,   b. Abt Feb 1835, , , , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1910, , , Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Long, Catharine "Kate",   b. Abt Jun 1832, , , , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1910, , , Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Family ID F2377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ryan, Anna Margaret,   b. 14 May 1865, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1954, Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1891  Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Record (Family)
    • 1888 Harney Family lists James and Anna were married in Duluth on 11/14/18 88.
    Marriage Record (Family) 18 Nov 1891 
    News Mention (Family) Abt 18 Nov 1931 
    Children 
     1. Male Harney, John James,   b. 20 Aug 1892, Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1985, Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     2. Male Harney, Malachi Lawrence,   b. 11 Jun 1895, Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1984, Saint Louis Park, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +3. Male Harney, Thomas Edward,   b. 5 Feb 1897, Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1989, Dunedin, Pinellas, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    +4. Male Harney, James G.,   b. 14 Nov 1899, Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1932, Tamarack, St. Louis, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     5. Female Harney, Anna Stella,   b. 28 Jul 1902, Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1910, Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 8 years)
    +6. Male Harney, Leo Frances,   b. 9 Jan 1904, Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1997, Cloquet, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     7. Female Harney, Catharine,   b. 11 Dec 1905, Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1993, Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +8. Male Harney, Martin Philip O'hAlhairne,   b. 22 Jul 1910, Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 2006, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2014 
    Family ID F2376  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Jun 1866 - Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Nov 1891 - Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1900 Census - Page 06 - 1900 - Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1910 Census - page 19a - 1910 - Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1920 Census - page 07a - 1920 - Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1930 Census - page 09b - 1930 - Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Leukemia - Aged 73 years - Llymphatic Leukemia - 19 Aug 1939 - Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Calvary Cemetery, Cloquet, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S19] World Family Tree, Brøderbund Software, Inc., (Release date: December 15, 1997 Customer pedigree.).


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