Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameJames Aloysius ROONEY 
Memounnamed birth record beta.familysearch
Death24 May 1946, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey66
MemoPaterson directory
BurialHoly Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, New Jersey66
Occupationtraffic dept. Paterson NJ; inspector, city street
Education5 years of college; Colby College
ReligionCatholic
FatherJames A. ROONEY (1845-1892)
MotherMary Elizabeth ACKERMAN (1858-1904)
Census notes for James Aloysius ROONEY
1910 not found
1920 New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, 9th ward, E.D. 134, sheet 5B (taken 3 Jan 1920), film T625-1966
342 Market, dwelling 59, family 116
Lee, Mary, head, rents, female, white, age 70, widow, born Pennsylvania, parents born Germany
listed with 5 other family members
Rooney, James A., boarder, male, white, age 30, single, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey, inspector, city street dept.
1930 New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, 11th ward, block 1233,E.D. 16-88, sheet 7B (taken 7 Apr 1930)
873 Madison Avenue, dwelling 105, family 145
Rooney, James, head, owns $1500, no radio, male, white, age 35, married at age 27, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey, inspector, street dept
---------, Isabelle, wife, female, white, age 28, married at age 21, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey, teacher, public schools
Byrne, Rachel, aunt, female, white, age 57, single, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey
1940 New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, ward 11, block 3, E.D. 26-150, sheet 3B
2 Madison ?, household 68, owns, $3000
Rooney, James, head, male, white, age 48, married, 5 yrs college, born New Jersey, lived in same house in 1935, inspector, city worker
---------, Isabell, wife, female, white, age 39, married, 5 yrs college, born New Jersey, lived in same house in 1935, teacher, public schools
---------, Keven, son, male, white, age 9, single, 5th grade, born New Jersey, lived in same house in 1935
1920 New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, 9th ward, E.D. 134, sheet 5B (taken 3 Jan 1920), film T625-1966
342 Market, dwelling 59, family 116
Lee, Mary, head, rents, female, white, age 70, widow, born Pennsylvania, parents born Germany
listed with 5 other family members
Rooney, James A., boarder, male, white, age 30, single, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey, inspector, city street dept.
1930 New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, 11th ward, block 1233,E.D. 16-88, sheet 7B (taken 7 Apr 1930)
873 Madison Avenue, dwelling 105, family 145
Rooney, James, head, owns $1500, no radio, male, white, age 35, married at age 27, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey, inspector, street dept
---------, Isabelle, wife, female, white, age 28, married at age 21, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey, teacher, public schools
Byrne, Rachel, aunt, female, white, age 57, single, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey
1940 New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, ward 11, block 3, E.D. 26-150, sheet 3B
2 Madison ?, household 68, owns, $3000
Rooney, James, head, male, white, age 48, married, 5 yrs college, born New Jersey, lived in same house in 1935, inspector, city worker
---------, Isabell, wife, female, white, age 39, married, 5 yrs college, born New Jersey, lived in same house in 1935, teacher, public schools
---------, Keven, son, male, white, age 9, single, 5th grade, born New Jersey, lived in same house in 1935
Military notes for James Aloysius ROONEY
Served in World War I
11 months in U.S. Navy - Merchant Marine
11 months in U.S. Navy - Merchant Marine
Obituary notes for James Aloysius ROONEY
Unknown newspaper; clipping on Find-a-Grave
James A. Rooney, City Inspector, Dies in Hospital
James A. Rooney, city street department inspector for nearly 30 years, and navy veteran of World War I, died yesterday morning at 7:45 o’clock in St. Joseph’s Hospital, following a brief illness. He was the husband of Isabelle Hennion Rooney of 2 Madison Terrace.
Born in Paterson, he was a life-long resident of this city. Mr. Rooney was a member of St. Joseph’s R.C. Church, and its Holy Name Society, and an active member of the church’s cub scout pack. Mr. Rooney was the son of the late James and Mary Ackerman Rooney, pioneer residents of the Sandy Hill section of the city. He was also a member of Passiac County Council No. 3; of the New Jersey State Civil Service Association.
The funeral will be held Monday morning at 8 o’clock from the Scanlan Funeral Home, 421 Twelfth Avenue at East Twenty-eighth Street. A half hour later a Solemn High Requiem Mass will be offered in St. Joseph’s R.C. Church. Interment will follow in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, and one son, Keven J. Rooney.
James A. Rooney, City Inspector, Dies in Hospital
James A. Rooney, city street department inspector for nearly 30 years, and navy veteran of World War I, died yesterday morning at 7:45 o’clock in St. Joseph’s Hospital, following a brief illness. He was the husband of Isabelle Hennion Rooney of 2 Madison Terrace.
Born in Paterson, he was a life-long resident of this city. Mr. Rooney was a member of St. Joseph’s R.C. Church, and its Holy Name Society, and an active member of the church’s cub scout pack. Mr. Rooney was the son of the late James and Mary Ackerman Rooney, pioneer residents of the Sandy Hill section of the city. He was also a member of Passiac County Council No. 3; of the New Jersey State Civil Service Association.
The funeral will be held Monday morning at 8 o’clock from the Scanlan Funeral Home, 421 Twelfth Avenue at East Twenty-eighth Street. A half hour later a Solemn High Requiem Mass will be offered in St. Joseph’s R.C. Church. Interment will follow in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, and one son, Keven J. Rooney.