Mary Finn

Birth Name Mary Finn
Gender female

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1872 Ireland   1a
Event Note

Mary said she was 19 when she married

Residence November 12, 1891 Ballynamaghery Townland, Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland was of Ballynamaghery when she married 1a
Immigration about 1892     2a
Residence (Wife) 1905 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, New York, United States 141 North 11th Street 2a
Event Note

1905 New York State Census
13th election district, block E, 14th Assembly District, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY,page 6
at 141 North 11th Street

James Tarsney, 50, born in Ireland, in US 14 years, machinist
Mary Tarsney, 30, born in Ireland, in US 14 years
Felix Tarsney, 22, born in Ireland, in US 6 years, electrician
Charles Tarsney, 23, born in Ireland, in US 5 years, electrician
Kate Tarsney, 17, born in Ireland, in US 5 years, braid maker
Peter Tarsney, 12, born in US, at school (6)
John Tarsney, 6, born in US, at school (1)
Francis J Tarsney, 4, born in US

Letters of Administration (Stepmother) June 17, 1908 King’s County Surrogate Court, Kings County, New York, New York, United States re: Lucy Tarsney's death 3a
Event Note

June 17, 1908
Kings County Surrogate's Court
In the matter of the application for limited letters of administration of the goods, chattels, and credits which were of Lucy Tarsney.
Petition filed June 17, 1908
Decree made June 17, 1908

The petition of James Tarsney ... resident of 287 Union Avenue, Brooklyn, the father of Lucy Tarsney deceased.

That said deceased departed this life at Essex Connecticut the 18th of May 1908, and was at or immediately previous to her death a resident of the county of Kings.

'That she died without a will.'
'That she died a natural death and that the petitioner saw her remains after her death.'

That said deceased at the time of her death was possessed and owner of no personal property but left her surviving a cause of action for damages for personal injuries resulting in her death against on New York Hartford Transportation Company and others

'That she owned no real estate, that she made no arrangement for transferring any property after her death'

That the names of the husband or widow, and the next of kin of the deceased ... are:

James Tarsney, father, 287 Union Avenue Brooklyn
Mary Tarsney, step mother, 287 Union Avenue Brooklyn
Mary Tarsney, sister, 287 Union Avenue Brooklyn
Charles Tarsney, brother, 287 Union Avenue Brooklyn
Felix Tarsney, brother, 287 Union Avenue Brooklyn
Catherine Tarsney, sister, 287 Union Avenue Brooklyn
John Tarsney, half brother, 287 Union Avenue Brooklyn
Frank Tarsney, half brother, 287 Union Avenue Brooklyn

dated and signed 16 June 1908, James Tarsney, witnessed by H B Maurer[?], commissioner of deeds, NYC

June 17, 1908, Hon. Herbert T Ketcham, surrogate, ... orders that limited letters of administration be awarded to said petitioner

Census (Wife) April 26, 1910 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, New York, United States 287 Union Ave 4a
Event Note

1910 Census, Brooklyn Ward 14, ED 289

at 287 Union Ave

James Tarsney, 54, arrived 1892, married 2x, this time for 18 years, born in Ireland, parents also, naturalized, laborer, tube manufacturing company
Mary Tarsney, 36, married 1x, this time for 18 years, 2 children, 2 alive, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1892
Katherine Tarsney, 23, single, daughter, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1902, bookbinder
John Tarsney, 11, born in NY, parents in Ireland
Francis Tarsney, 9, born in NY, parents in Ireland

Families

Family of James Tarsney and Mary Finn

Married Husband James Tarsney ( b. about 1865 d. November 24, 1911 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage November 12, 1891 Killanny, County Louth, Ireland   1a
Event Note

Superintendent Registrar's District: Dundalk
Registrar's District: Louth
District: Louth
Union of Dundalk
County: Louth
Marriages #8
at Roman Catholic Chapel of Killanny
November 12, 1891
James Tarsney, of full age, a widower, a teacher of Dundrockan. father: James Tarsney, a farmer. dead
Mary Finn, 19, a spinster, a general servant, of Ballimagary [Ballynamaghery]. father: Peter Finn, a farmer, alive.
Witnesses: Peter Finn, Bridget Finn

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Peter Tarsneyabout 1893October 28, 1907
John Tarsneyabout 1899
Francis J Tarsneyabout 1901

Source References

  1. Irish Civil Registration Records, Marriages
      • Page: November 12, 1891, Registrars District: Dundalk, Co Louth, marriage at RC Chapel in Killanny
  2. 1905 New York State Census
      • Page: Assembly District 14, ED 13, page 7
      • Citation:

        New York State Census, 1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKSD-RNP : 20 December 2017), James Tarsney, Brooklyn, A.D. 14, E.D. 13, Kings, New York; citing p. , line 7, county offices, New York.; FHL microfilm 1,930,267.

  3. New York, Kings County Estate Files
      • Page: Lucy Tarsney, 1908; Surrogate Court
      • Citation:

        "New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7GD-CMN : 6 December 2014), Lucy Tarsney, 1908; Surrogate Court, Brooklyn; FHL microfilm 004240787.

  4. 1910 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY, Ward 14, ED 289, sheet 15A, family 264