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Thomas Mooney
Abt 1805 - 11/12/1872
Thomas and his wife Mary Ann McCaul were Calum's, Jamie's and Pippa's
five times great grandparents.
Little is known about Thomas at present. He was born in about 1805, it
is presumed in Dublin city, Ireland. From information obtained from his daughter Teresa's first marriage in Corfu in
1862 we know that he was married to a woman named Mary Ann (now confirmed as Mary Ann McCaul,
from their son Thomas's RC marriage record in 1865). From a subsequent marriage by Teresa in 1866, in Nenagh, Tipperary, we
further learn that Thomas was a weaver by trade, a fact confirmed by the marriage of his son, Thomas, in 1865, where his trade
is again noted as a weaver. (The existence of Thomas junior was confirmed by a DNA match in August 2024.)
Later in life Thomas worked as a news vendor. He eventually died on 11 DEC 1872 at 17 North Gloucester
Place, Dublin, and was buried a day later in St Bridget's section of Glasnevin Cemetery, in lair N I 277. The lair register
noted that he was a 67-year-old Catholic married newsvendor, with his son Thomas the informant, resident
at 4 Rathmines Avenue (source: www.dctrust.ie). Thomas' civil death record has not been located.
Thomas' wife Mary Anne McCaul survived him, eventually passing away on 1 JAN 1899,
the cause being old age, and buried two days later in the same lair as her husband. Mary Anne was a Catholic housekeeper,
aged 85, and resident at 23 Upper Tyrone Street, Dublin. Her son was Thomas was again the informant,
resident at 13 Arbutus Place, Dublin (Source: www.dctrust.ie). Mary Anne's civil death record slightly contradicted the burial record, noting her age as 84 rather than 85. It further
listed her as a newsman's widow (source: IrishGenealogy.ie 1899 D GroupReg ID 4318152 Dublin North).
Children of Thomas MOONEY and Mary Ann
McCAUL:
Teresa Mooney
b: abt 14/10/1834 d: 16/5/1919
Calum's, Jamie's and Pippa's four times great grandmother - see below
Mary Mooney (unconfirmed)
b: abt 25 MAY 1838
A Mary Mooney is noted as having been baptised at St Mary Pro Cathedral on 25 MAY
1838, her parents noted as Thomas and Mary Mooney, though this is not enough to confirm that she was Teresa's sister.
The sponsors were John Mooney and Bridget Cudney (Source: IrishGenealogy.ie DU-RC-BA-614633
p.497)
Thomas Mooney
b: abt 1842 d: 7/3/1918
Thomas's descendant Daniel O' Connor showed up as a 16cM DNA match to Calum's,
Jamie's and Pippa's great uncle Bill in August at 2024, in the 5th-8th cousin range.
Thomas married Jane Stephens on 24 JUL 1865 at the Roman Catholic chapel of Rathmines
in South Dublin. Thomas was aporter of full age, resident at 10 Cuffe Street, Dublin, and son of Thomas Mooney, weaver.
Jane was the full age daughter of pensioner Alexander Stephens, and a servant resident at 63 Richmond Street. The witnesses
were Dan and Julia Nowlan (IrishGenealogy.ie 1865 M Group Reg ID 3077980, Dublin South). From the parallel Roman Catholic
church marriage record, Thomas's mother was noted as Marie McCaul, i.e. Mary McCaul.
Jane sadly died on 4 APR 1873 at 3 Rathmines Avenue, noted as aged 28, and the wife of a porter, with
the cause of death being a cerebral haemorrhage. The informant was Catherine Stokes of 16 Duggan Place (IrishGenealogy.ie
1873 D Group Reg ID 7456943, Dublin South). Jane's burial record notes her as aged 30, Roman Catholic, and as a
wineporter's wife. Her address at death was 4 Rathmines Avenue. Jane was buried in the St. Bridget's section of Glasnevin
Cemetery two days after her death, in the Mooney family lair at N I 277 (Source: www.dctrust.ie).
Thomas remarried to Bridget Maguire on 3 MAY 1874 at the Roman Catholic Chapel of
Harrington Road in the registrar's district of Donnybrook. He was noted as a widower of full age resident at 4 Rathmines Avenue,
and with his father, Thomas Mooney, stated to be a dead servant. Bridget was a full age spinster from 8 Waterloo
Road, illiterate, and the daughter of William Maguire, a dead labourer. The witnesses were James Kane and
Mary Byrne (IrishGenealogy.ie 1874 M Group Reg ID 2838207, Dublin South).
Thomas was noted as Mr T. Mooney at 13 Ovoca Road in the 1894 Thom's Official
Directory for Dublin, with his property qualification listed as 16L (£16).
Bridget eventually passed away at 13 Ovoca Road, Dublin, on 17 FEB 1895, the cause being heart
disease, and was buried in the Mooney family lair in the St. Bridget's section of Glasnevin Cemetery. She was 55, Roman Catholic,
and a clerk's wife. Her husband Thomas was the informant (source: www.dctrust.ie).
In the 1911 census Thomas was noted as residing as a boarder at 10 Bessborough Parade, Dublin.
He was aged 69, Roman Catholic, could read and write, and was a widower. His occupation was noted as a "cellar man in grocer's",
and he was born in Dublin. The property belonged to Margaret Belton, aged 51, a milliner (source:
NAI 1911 cenus database).
Thomas lived in Dublin through the Easter Rising, eventually passed away himself on 7 MAR 1918 at
Our Lady's Hospice at 10 Bessborough Parade, Dublin. He was aged 76, Roman Catholic, a widower, a foreman, and with the cause
of death being pneumonia. His son, also Thomas, was the informant, his address being noted as 10 Ormeau Street,
Dublin (source: www.dctrust.ie).
Children of Thomas MOONEY and Jane STEPHENS:
Thomas Patrick Mooney
b: 24/3/1867
Thomas was born on 25 MAR 1867 at 43 South Richmond Street, with his parents noted as Thomas Mooney,
porter, and Jane Stephens. The informant was Kate Nixon of Orwell Park, Rathgar, with the birth registered on 9 APR 1867
(IrishGenealogy.ie 1867 B Group Reg ID 7954364, Dublin South).
Thomas married Mary Bible on 21 SEP 1893 at St. Kevins Roman Catholic Church. Thomas
was a full age solicitor's assistant, and resident at 13 Ovoca Road, Dublin, with his father noted as a clerk. Mary was the
full age daughter of deceased carpenter Francis Bible, and resident at 71 Charlemont Street, Dublin. The witnesses were Henry
Byrne and Annie Connor. The accompanying RC church record erroneously noted Bridget Maguire to be Thomas' mother, rather
than Jane Stephens, and notes Annie Connor to also be resident at 71 Charlemont Street.
In 1901, Thomas was at 5 Kimmage Road, Rathmines, Dublin, noted as 33, a solicitor's general assistant,
Roman Catholic, and able to read and write. With him were his wife Mary,
aged 29, and three children - Mary Teresa, aged 6, Teresa, aged 3, and Jane,
aged 10 months.
In 1911, Thomas was at 10 Ormeau Street, Dublin, noted as a 44 year old solicitor's general clerk.
With him was 39 year old Mary, his wife, and the following children: Teresa, aged 13, Jane,
aged 10, Elizabeth, aged 8, David Leo, aged 6 (all scholars), and 11 month old Josephine.
Mary Teresa Mooney
b: 4/2/1869 d: 18/11/1892
Mary was born on 4 FEB 1869 at 5 Rathmines, Dublin. Her father, noted as a porter, informed the registrar
on 22 FEB (source: IrishGenealogy.ie 1869 B GroupRegID 8370280 Dublin South).
Mary never married and died aged 23 at 13 Ovoca Road, Dublin, on 18 NOV 1892, the cause being consumption
(tuberculosis). She was buried two days later alongside her grandfather in Glasnevin Cemetery in lair N I 277. Her brother
Thomas, of the same address, was the informant. In the record, Mary was noted as being a dressmaker (source: www.dctrust.ie). In her civil death record, Mary was noted as being the daughter of a clerk, with the record also further noting she
had suffered from tuberculosis for a year. Thomas was again the informant, on 19 DEC 1892 (source: IrishGenealogy.ie 1892
B GroupRegID 3856738 Dublin South).
Catherine Mooney
b: 6/3/1871
Catherine was born on 6 MAR 1871 at Church Street, Rathmines. Her father Thomas was noted as
a porter of a wine merchant. The informant was Catherine's aunt, Teresa Burns, who was also the four times
great grandmother of Calum, Jamie and Pippa. Teresa (noted as Theresa) was resident at Church Street, Rathmines, and was present
at the birth - registration was on 20 MAR 1871 (source: IrishGenealogy.ie 1871 B GroupRegID 11823636 Dublin South).
Esther Mooney
b: abt 1852 d: 28/5/1875
Esther was born in about 1852 in Dublin. She married John McGuinness on 27
APR 1873 at the Roman Catholic church at Marloboro Street, Dublin. At the time both had been previously unmarried, were of
full age, and resident at 17 Gloucester Place. Esther was a servant, daughter of Thomas Mooney, weaver, and John was a labourer,
son of James McGuinness, labourer. The witnesses were Thomas Mooney (likely her brother) and Catherine
Dunn (source: IrishGenealogy.ie 1873 M GroupRegID 2816583).
Esther died just two years later on 28 MAY 1875 at 1 Lower North Cumberland Steet, aged 23,
the cause being consumption (tuberculosis), and was buried alongside her father two days later at Glasnevin Cemetery. She
was Roman Catholic, and a labourer's wife; her brother Thomas was the inforrnant, he being resident at Hilton Street, Dublin
(source: www.dctrust.ie). Her civil death record notes that she had phthisis (TB) about 9 months, with her husband John
acting as the informant to the registrar on the same day that she died (source: IrishGenealogy.ie 1875 D GroupRegID
7623841 Dublin North).
 Teresa Mooney
Abt 14/10/1834 - 16/5/1919
Teresa was Calum's, Jamie's and Pippa's four times great grandmother.
According to both the 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses, Teresa was born in
the city of Dublin, County Dublin in approximately 1835, and it was confirmed from her marriage certificate in Corfu that
her parents were Thomas and Mary Ann Mooney, with the record for her second marriage also
confirming Thomas as her father, and furtehr noting his occupation to be a weaver. A DNA match in August 2024 with a desendant
of her brother, also called Thomas Mooney, was insrumental in fleshing out her wider family. A marriage record
for Thomas also confirmed their mother's maiden surname to be McCaul.
Teresa Mooney was baptised as the daughter of Thomas
and Mary Anne Mooney on 14 OCT 1834 at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Pro-Cathedral in Dublin City. The sponsors
were James McCormick and Esse Ryan.
It is not yet known when and how Teresa made her way to Corfu, but it was here on 27 JUN 1862 that
she married Corporal Alexander William Halliday of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of Foot (Queen's),
at the island's Garrison Church, deep in the Mediterranean Sea. She was noted as being of full age, a spinster and daughter
of Thomas and Mary Ann Mooney. The service was Anglican in nature, performed by Sydney Cluck M.A., Chaplain to the Forces,
and the witnesses were James Crabtree and Catherine Elizabeth Johnston.
Alexander's regiment was reposted to Gibraltar and on 7 OCT 1863 Teresa gave birth to their daughter
Florence Teresa Halliday, with Florence baptised by Reverend T. Gardiner, Chaplain to the Forces, on the
11th.
By 1866 the regiment was again reposted, this time to Bermuda, where two key events occurred.
The regimental muster roll for Bermuda in Feb/Mar 1866 (TNA:
WO 12/2093) shows that Teresa's husband Alexander tragically died on 31 JAN 1866. Although the death took place in the aftermath
of a serious yellow fever epidemic which took many lives from the military unit, there is no indication as to whether Alexander
was himself killed by the plague. After all of Alexander's outstanding debts were paid off, Teresa was given just 8 1/2d.
At the time Teresa had no doubt just discovered that she was a couple of months pregnant - she gave birth to
a son, William, aka Alexander William Halliday, on 16 AUG, who was subsequently baptised in Bermuda on the 29th by Reverend J. Bullock, the regimental chaplain.
With two infant children to care for, it is perhaps
not surprising that Teresa remarried quickly. The marriage took place on 28 DEC 1866 in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
showing that Teresa had almost immediately departed Bermuda after Alexander's birth - indeed, regulations stipulated that
widowed women had to leave the unit of their deceased husband within four weeks after his death. Her new husband, William
John Burns, had also been on Bermuda, and like her former husband Alexander was also a corporal with the 2nd
Battalion of the Queen's Royal Regiment. From the marriage certificate Teresa (noted as Theresa Halliday)
was described as widowed and the daughter of Thomas Mooney, weaver, whilst William was a private, second
class, with the Queen's regiment, and the son of Allen Burns, also a weaver. Teresa was a widow but William
was recorded as a bachelor. The witnesses were an Allen Burns and a James Wilkinson
- the service was Church of Ireland in nature, performed after license.
William appears to have been based militarily at Nenagh, and whilst there he reattested for another
eleven year stint of service with the regiment. He was discharged from the regiment on 28 JAN 1870 as being unfit for
service. His Chelsea pension papers show that his intended place of residence upon discharge was 29 North Queen Street
in Belfast.
Teresa and William had two children between them. The first was Sarah Jordan Burns,
born in Rathmines, Dublin on 1 MAR 1871, showing their stay in the north was brief. At this point Teresa was resident at Church
Lane. Just 19 days later, on 20 MAR 1871, Teresa registered the birth of her niece Catherine Mooney in
Dublin, with her address again given as Church Lane. Her own daughter Sarah was baptised on 8 JUN 1871, with the baptism record
on Irish Genealogy (www.irishgenealogy.ie) noting that the family lived at this point at 14 Wexford Street and that her father was a porter. Their stay in Dublin
appears to have been temporary, with their second daughter, Teresa Burns, born in Belfast (urban district
no.2), County Antrim, on 11 APR 1873 (Source: FamilySearch).
On 1 AUG 1878 Teresa's son Alexander was admitted to the Royal Hibernian Military
School in Dublin. On his Military History Sheet, Alexander's next
of kin are reported as Father: William, Mother: Trease (i.e. Teresa), and sisters: Florence and Sarah. There is no mention
of his other sister Teresa, and it seems possible that she may have died in infancy - a one year old girl called Teresa
Burns was buried in Belfast in 1874 (Source: Ancestry - Death 1874: Belfast Vol 16 p.238). Alexander later went on to
serve in the same regiment as his father. Three years later in 1881,
Teresa's eldest daughter Florence married Edwin Graham in Barrow-on-Furness in England.
On 25 FEB 1892, Teresa's younger daughter Sarah married Benjamin Newsom
at the parish church of St. Pauls in the city of Dublin. Whilst he was of full age she was still technically a minor. Sarah's
address at the time was 18 Watling Street, and her father was noted as still alive and an engineer (Source: Irish Genealogy
www.irishgenealogy.ie DU-CI-MA-46397).
Teresa was noted as being in County Dublin for the 1901 census, listed as a 65 year old widowed Teresa
Burns residing at Woodroffe's Cottages at New Kilmainham, Dublin. She was noted as Anglican by way of religious persuasion,
a seamstress who could read and write, and born in Dublin City. She was also noted as a widow, but it is not yet known
when William died.
Teresa's son Alexander left the army between 1901 and 1911. In the 1911
census he appears in Dublin at 3 Synnott Row, in the Parliamentary division of College Green, in
the Inns Quay Ward, where he is noted as a motorman who had been born in Bermuda. Also present in the household were his 39
year old wife Margaret, from County Dublin, to whom he had been married for just two years, and his 75 year
old mother, again noted as Teresa Burns. The interesting details concern their religion. Whilst Teresa is noted as of the
Church of England, and from County Dublin, both Alexander and his wife are listed as Roman Catholic.
Teresa eventually passed away on 16 MAY 1919, aged 83, at 3 Synnot Row, Dublin. Her death record notes
that she was the widow of a soldier, and that the cause of death was senile decay and asthma. The informant to the registrar
on the following day was May Kelly, resident at 15 Dorset Row (GROI D 1919 Q2 Vol 2 p.423). Teresa was buried in Glasnevin
Cemetery, Dublin. Her burial record records her date of death as 16 MAY 1919, with her address at time of death again
given as 3 Synnot Row, Dublin. Teresa was buried in lair VH 265 in the St. Bridget's section of the cemetery, the same
section of the cemetery as her parents and siblings (Source: Glasnevin Trust website).
Quite what Teresa made of the Easter Rising in the city some three years earlier we may never
know!
Children of Teresa MOONEY and Alexander HALLIDAY:
Florence Halliday
b: 7/9/1863 d: 18/9/1911
Florence was Calum's, Jamie's and Pippa's great great grandmother
- see Halliday page.
Alexander William Halliday
b: 16/8/1866 d: aft 1911
Children of Teresa MOONEY and William John
BURNS:
Sarah Jordan BURNS
b: 1/3/1871 d: 22/7/1895
Sarah was born at Church Place, Rathmines, Dublin, on 1 MAR 1871.
Her father was noted as William John Burns, a porter for a wine merchant, and her mother as Theresa
Burns, formerly Halliday. Theresa was the informant to the registrar on 20 MAR (Source: GROI B 1871
Group Reg ID 11696018 Dublin South). She was baptised on 8 JUN 1871, with the baptismal record on Irish
Genealogy (www.irishgenealogy.ie) noting that her family lived at that point at 14 Wexford Street, with her
father again noted as a porter.
Sarah married Benjamin Newsom, a labourer from 18 Black
Street in Dublin, on February 25th 1892, with her own residence noted on Irish Genealogy as being at 18 Watling Street. The
ceremony was performed at the Anglican parish church of St. Paul's in Dublin, with witnesses listed as Frederick Newson and
Lydia Ann West. No occupation is given for Sarah, who is noted as a minor. Her father William was now noted as an engineer,
with Benjamin's father, also called Benjamin, described as a labourer (Source: Marriage - Irish Genealogy DU-CI-MA-46397).
The couple had two children, before Sarah sadly died at Meath Hospital in Dublin on 22 JUL
1895, aged just 24. The cause was a cerebral abcess, which she had suffered for forty days. At the time of her death Sarah
was noted as Sarah Newson, resident at 10 Mountpelier Hill, Dublin, and her husband was noted as a gardener.
The informant was Janie Tobin of Meath Hosiptal (GROI D 1895 Q3 Dublin Vol. 2, p.500).
Sarah's husband soon remarried to an English Roman Catholic woman called Elizabeth,
in Jan-Mar 1901 (Source: GROI B 1901 Q1 Dublin North Vol. 2 p.516). The family shortly after appears in the 1901 census
at 10.6 Montpelier Hill, Arran Quay, Dublin. Benjamin Newson senior is a 38 year old Anglican gardener domestic
servant, Elizabeth is a 23 year old Roman Catholic from England, and the children are Florrie, and 8 year
old scholar, and Benjamin, a six year old scholar (both Anglican and able to read and write). (Source: NAI
1901 census.)
Ten years later, the family has grown considerably. Now based at 18 Findlater Street, Dublin (still
at Arran Quay), Benjamin senior is a 48 year old garden labourer. Eliza is 34, and Benjamin junior is a 17 year old unemployed
tailor. Both Benjamins are still Anglican and Eliza still Roman Catholic. The family has now expanded, however, with six more
children, all raised as Catholics - Kathleen (age 9), Ernest (age 7), Annie
(age 6), Sarah (age 4), Mary (age 2), and Rosalina (age 6 months). (Source:
NAI 1911 census).
Benjamin died aged 65 on 11 AUG 1927 at 18 Findlater Street, Dublin, the cause being aortic
disease and cardiac failure. His profession was noted as being a watchman. His widow Elizabeth was the informant
on 15 AUG (Source: GROI D 1927 Q3 Dublin North Vol. 2 p.244, age 65).
CHILDREN of Sarah BURNS and Benjamin NEWSOM:
Florence Teresa Newsome
b: 15/01/1893
Florence was born on 15 JAN 1893 at 63 Benburb Street. In the civil birth rcord her father was noted
as Benjamin Newsome, a gardener, and the informant on 4 FEB was her grandmother, Teresa Burns, also of 63
Benburb Street , who being illiterate signed with an X (Source: IrishGenealogy.ie B 1893 GroupRegID 9028487 Dublin North).
Florence was baptised in the parish of St. Paul, Dublin, on 15 FEB 1893. Her father was noted
as a gardener, and the family address again given as 63 Benburb Street. The officiating minister was the Reverend Mahaffy
(Source: IrishGenealogy.ie). He was subsequently buried at Glasnevin Cemetery.
Benjamin Thomas Newsome
b: 23/6/1894
Benjamin was born at 10 Montpelier Hill on 23 JUN 1894. His father was a gardener, and his mother
the informant to the registrar on 10 JUL (Source: GROI B 1894 Q3 Dublin North Vol. 2 p.495). The subsequent baptismal
record also notes he was born on 23 JUN 1894 at 10 Montpellier Hill, Dublin, and baptised at St. Paul's Church of Ireland
on 4 JUL 1894. His parents were Benjamin and Sarah and his father again noted as a gardener (Source: IrishGenealogy.ie Record
DU-CI-BA-177384 Image d-273-2-1-136).
Benjamin was noted in the 1901 census at Montpellier Hill with his father, stepmother and sister
Florrie. In 1911 he is located at 18 Findlater Street, Dublin with his father, stepmother, and six sisters (not including
Florrie, who was absent).
CHILDREN of BENJAMIN NEWSOM and Elizabeth:
Kathleen Newson
b: abt 1901
Ernest John Joseph Newsom
b. Apr-Jun 1903
Annie Mary Newsom
b. Jan-Mar 1905
Sarah Christina Newsom
b. Oct-Dec 1906
Mary Bridget Newsom
b. Oct-Dec 1908
Rosaline Newsom
b. Oct-Dec 1910
Teresa BURNS
b: 11/4/1873
Teresa was born at 55 Lancaster Street in Belfast, County Antrim, on 11
APR 1873. Her father was noted as William John Burns, labourer, and her mother as Teresa Burns, who also acted as the
informant on 1 MAY. (Source: GROI B Group Registration ID 10786240 Belfast Urban No.2).
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