Finnegan, Bernard

1849 - 1912  (63 years)

• Name	Finnegan, Bernard
  Birth	17 Oct 1849	Wayne, Washington, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  News Mention	22 Jul 1892
  Kaukauna Sun
  1892 Kaukauna Sun dated 7/22/1892; Mrs Edward Kiley of Ironwood, Mich spe nt a few days with Barney Finnegan and family. 1892 Kaukauna Sun dated 8/26/1892; Mrs Driscoll and Mrs Golden both of Chi cago were welcome visitors at Barney Finnegans last Sunday. 1892 Kaukauna Sun dated 9/02/1892; "Holland" Mr Bernard Finnegan is busy ha uling lumber for the erection of his new granery.
  News Mention	14 Aug 1896
  Kaukauna Sun
  1896 Kaukauna Sun dated 8/14/1896; William O'Brian of Antigo is spending v acation here in the city guest of Mr & Mrs Barney Finnegan.
  News Mention	26 Nov 1897
  Kaukauna Sun
  1897 Kaukauna Sun dated 11/26/1897; Mr & Mrs B Finnegan and sons David & G eorge spent a few days last week visiting friends in Milwaukee.
  1900 Census	1900	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 17a
  on 8th St.; Listed living with wife and three children, born Nov 1849, age 50 married 27 yrs, born in Ireland, Occup ation Locomotive engineer.
  News Mention	6 Dec 1901
  Kaukauna Times
  1901 Kaukauna Times dated 12/06/1901; Mr. & Mrs Barney Finnegan, Miss Mae F innegan, David Finnegan and Mrs R. B. Powers attended the funeral of condu ctor O'Brian at Antigo Saturday. Deceased was a cousin of Mrs. Finnegan.
  1905 State Census	1905	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  page 41
  Bernard Finnegan56 Catherine Finnegan55 David Finnegan23 Mae Finnegan26 George Finnegan16 Listed living with wife and 3 children ag ed 56, wife Catherine age 55, david age 23 surveyer, Mae age 26 clerk, Geo rge age 16 student.
  News Mention	18 May 1905
  Kaukauna Sun
  1905 Kaukauna Sun dated dated 5/18/1905; Bernard Finnegan and daughter M ae left for Chicago to visit relatives.
  News Mention	24 Oct 1912
  Kaukauna Sun
  1912 The Kaukauna Sun dated October 24th, 1912 stricken with Apoplexy, (pa ralysis due to stroke ) Barney Finnegan brought home from Pelican Wednesda y. Our esteemed townsman, Barney Finnegan, was stricken with apoplexy Mond ay evening at the home of Frank Caney at Pelican. He left here Sunday wi th his wife to visit friends at Pelican where he worked as our railroad en gineer for many years. Mr. Finnegan arrive here from the north accompani ed by his wife and his son, Dave of Antigo, and was taken at once to his h ome on the south side. He condition is very critical and his sons have be en called home. Mr. Finnegan is of a very genial nature and he has a ho st of friends who are very sorry to hear of his illness.
  Death	26 Oct 1912	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	31 Oct 1912
  Kaukauna Sun
  See Image Barney Finnegan, passed away fr om this life at 10:00 Saturday morning, after having been ill from a stro ke of apoplexy which he suffered on the Monday previous while visiti ng at Pelican. He died surrounded by his wife and children. He was uncon scious from Tuesday until his death. Barney Finnegan was of a very geni al disposition and he was highly esteemed by everyone who knew him. He w as a faithful employee of the C. and N. W. Railroad as engineer for ov er a quarter of a century and had a host of friends among the railway me n. He left Kaukauna a few years ago and was engineer on the short run o ut of Pelican to Crandon and for several years, returning to Kaukauna seve ral months ago to spend the remainder of his life in retirement. Deceas ed was born at Wayne Washington County Wisconsin on October 17th 1849 a nd was married in 1873 at Oshkosh to Miss Catherine O Halleran and they li ved at Oshkosh till 1888 when they came to Kaukauna. Surviving are his wi fe and the following children; Mary of Waukegan Illinois, David J. of Kauk auna, George of Milwaukee, and Mrs. R. B. Powers of Kaukauna. One sist er and three brothers also survive. Mr. Finnegan was a dutiful husband a nd loving father and was a faithful member of the Catholic church. He w as a member of the Kaukauna Council Knights of Columbus, of St. Mary's Cou rt C O F and #156 of Antigo. The society's attended the funeral in a bod y, large delegations been present. The funeral services were held at S t. Mary's Church and 9:00 Monday morning, solemn requiem High Mass been ce lebrated. Internment was in the parish cemetery. The floral tributes we re many and beautiful. The pallbearers were Louis Nelson, Harry Langloi s, Morris Hoolihan, Peter Hoolihan, M J. O'Donnell, and Thomas Kavanaug h. Among those present from out of town at the funeral were Thomas Finneg an and his wife, James Finnegan and son, Frank Finnegan and wife, Mrs. M ay O'Halleran and son, M.F. McCabe and his wife and John O'Brien of F on du Lac; Mrs. L.C. Kelly and son, Mrs. Rohan and daughter, and Ed Brah an and daughter of New London, Mr. and Mrs. John Finnegan and John Sho rt of Chilton, Pat O'Brien, R. J. Webster and his wife, Miss May Rohan, Mr s. Charles Gillon of Oshkosh, Mr. and Mrs. Caney, A.J. Ward and wife, J. B urns, M H Taggart and son and John Flaherty of Pelican, Mrs. John Chartie rs of Antigo, Mrs. Gary, of Green Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Pat Brown of Wausau, P at Mulloy and daughter of Mercer, Mrs. Martha Borenz of Waukegan, Illinoi s; Mr. and Mrs. Goode of Appleton, Mrs. Theo Hayes of Fon du Lac, Mr. Gar rity of Antigo, and Miss Mary Golden of Rosholdt.
  	Finnegan, Barney Obituary
  Probate	16 Jan 1913  [1]
  Name: Bernard Finnegan Probate Date: 16 Jan 1913 Probate Place: Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1913 Inferred Death Place: Wisconsin, USA Case Number: 3367 Item Description: Probate Records, Files 3358 - 3378a
  Burial	St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  		Finnegan, Bernard St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  Notes	possible marriage record Calumet Co Vol 1 #320 11/23/1881 (the 1881 is a Bernard married to Katie Goggins) or Brown Co V ol 3 #145?
  Person ID	I1064	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2017

  
  

  Family	O'Halleran, Katherine,   b. Abt Mar 1849, Limerick, Ireland d. 9 Nov 1932, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 83 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1873
  Children	+ 1. Finnegan, Margaret,   b. 8 Aug 1874, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA d. 25 Nov 1962, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Age 88 years)   2. Finnegan, Mae,   b. 21 Feb 1876, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA d. 2 Aug 1961, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 85 years)   3. Finnegan, David J.,   b. 18 Aug 1880   d. 8 Apr 1919, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 38 years)   4. Finnegan, George Bernard,   b. 7 Jul 1886   d. Abt Nov 1973, Arlington Heights, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2010

  
  

• Sources

  [S1269] Wisconsin, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1987, Ancestry.com, (Wisconsin, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1987, Ancestry.com https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9088), http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=RoU6758&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=Bernard&gsfn_x=0&gsln=Finnegan&gsln_x=0&MSAV=1&msbdy=1849&msddy=1912&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=7t6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=855519.