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James FINNEGAN

James FINNEGAN

Male 1840 -

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  • Name James FINNEGAN 
    Born 1840  County Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Medical Condition blind  [1, 2
    Census 1860  Ovid, Seneca Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Rochester, Monroe Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1870  [3
    hotel keeper 
    Census 1880  Olyphant, Lackawanna Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [1
    musician 
    Person ID I130500  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2021 

    Father Owen FINNEGAN,   b. Aug 1818, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1875  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Mother Jane BAIL,   b. CA 1824, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1874  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Family ID F57081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine ROCHE,   b. CA 1845, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1866 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Monroe County, New York (City of Rochester), enumerated in August 1870:
      James Finnegan, 30, b. Ireland, hotel keeper, value of real estate $1,000, value of personal estate $800; Catherine, 24, b. Ireland; Eugene, 3, b. NY; Mariah J, 1, b. NY.
      NOTE: The census entry included five additional persons of no apparent relation, presumably employees or tenants at the hotel.

      1880 Census, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (City of Olyphant), enumerated on Jun 7 1880 at "Drummond Street and vicinity":
      James Finnigan [sic], 38, b. Ireland, musician, blind, cannot read/write; wife Catherine, 33, b. Ireland; son Eugene, 13, b. NY; dau Jennie, 11, b. NY; son Stephen, 9, b. NY; son John, 5, b. Pa; son Louis, 2, b. Pa. [4]
    Children 
    +1. Ambrose Joseph FINNEGAN,   b. 11 Jul 1883, Olyphant, Lackawanna Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1957, Scranton, Lackawanna Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F57080  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1710] 1880 Census.

    2. [S1791] 1860 Census.

    3. [S1972] 1870 Census.

    4. [S1604] Death record of son.