John Finnerty

1847 - 1918  (70 years)

• Name	John Finnerty
  Born	23 Dec 1847	Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario
  Christened	10 Jan 1848	Mount St. Patrick, Brougham township, Renfrew Co., Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Godparents	Patrick M[ooney?] and Hanna McGarrigle
  Occupation	Shantyman (lumberjack); carpenter
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Emigration	1892	Canada to the US
  Address	1915	Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota   [2]
  	Finnerty Jno, carp. r. 10 13th
  Died	About 1918	Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota
  	Presumably died between 1915 and 1920 (wife Catherine enumerated as widow in 1920 US federal census)
  Person ID	I1386	Moran
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Peter Finnerty,   b. 1810, Co. Kerry, Ireland ,   d. 08 Jun 1900, St. Patrick's Orphanage and Asylum, Ottawa  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Anne Havey,   b. About 1815, Co. Sligo, Ireland ,   d. 8 Jun 1868, Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Married	11 Aug 1843	Notre Dame, Quebec City, Québec
  Family ID	F270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Benton,   b. 23 Jan 1857, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 09 Jan 1941, Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota  (Age 83 years)
  Married	27 Jul 1875	Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario   [3]
  Witnesses	27 Jul 1875
  	Michael Heavy, Mary Finnerty and Thomas Benton
  Land	23 Mar 1891	McNab township, Renfrew County   [4]
  	John Finnerty and Catherine Finnerty sold land to James McCreary. One thousand and fifty dollars for a part of the southwest half of Lot 2, Concession 13, McNab township.
  Children	1. James Finnerty,   b. 23 Sep 1876, Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario ,   d. 16 Sep 1948, Kandiyohi, Minnesota (Willmar State Hospital)  (Age 71 years) + 2. John Finnerty,   b. 24 Aug 1878, Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario ,   d. 29 Jan 1965, Carlton Co., Minnesota  (Age 86 years)   3. Margaret Dunleavy Finnerty,   b. 29 Dec 1882, Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario ,   d. 6 Feb 1939, Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota  (Age 56 years)   4. Edward Francis Finnerty,   b. 07 Jan 1885, Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario ,   d. 9 Aug 1902, Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota  (Age 17 years) + 5. Thomas Benton Finnerty,   b. 15 Feb 1887, Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario ,   d. 15 Apr 1943, San Diego, California  (Age 56 years)   6. Sylvester Finnerty,   b. 07 May 1889, Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario ,   d. 22 Feb 1972, Carlton, Minnesota  (Age 82 years)   7. Michael Dominic Finnerty,   b. 13 Apr 1891, Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario ,   d. 14 Oct 1948, St. Joseph's Hospital, New York, NY  (Age 57 years)   8. Peter Finnerty,   b. Dec 1893, Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota ,   d. 13 Nov 1941  (Age ~ 47 years)   9. Mary Finnerty,   b. Feb 1897, Minnesota ,   d. 01 Jan 1904, Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota  (Age ~ 6 years)
  Histories		Lumberman Ancestors Many of our ancestors, both Irish and French Canadian, worked in the lumber trade.
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S197] Register of St. Patrick's, Mount St. Patrick/Dacre. [S437] U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, image 76 of 201. Hibbing, Minnesota, City Directory, 1915 (includes Cloquet) [S93] Register of St. John Chrysostom, Arnprior. [S393] Land Records of Renfrew County, 1827-1955. McNab Township (v. H, 3434-3897) 1885-1888; (v. J, 3898-4414) 1888-1892; (v. K, 4415-4766) 1892-1894. No. 4293.