Buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetary, Detroit, Michiganspouse: Speir, Bertrand Sr. (~1883 - )
Rosalia is listed as being 2 years old in the 1860 Detroit census, but does not appear in the 1870 Bay City census.
According to the obituary of his brother Patrick in the April 5, 1941 Bay City Times, he was living somewhere in New York. He disappears from the Bay City R.L.Polks between 1902 and 1908.spouse: Rayer, Pauline (~1872 - )In 1910 Soundex he is listed as living in Detroit. 1920 he is listed as living at 3261 Monica Ave. in Detroit., with his wife Pauline, sons Thomas W. and Frank E.
Buried in Block 15, lot 24, 20.6 East 5 North, St. Patrick's Cemetery (Old Section)
Noted as living at 26 Shoemaker St. in the 1920 Census.spouse: Zink, Eleanor (1892 - )
1911 R.L.Polk Directory has him listed as living at 500 Garfield Ave. in Bay City. William G. Carney remembers his grandmother, who lived at 519 Garfield, mentioning this when he was young. Also listed at that address is a William J. Carney, a bricklayer. Grandma Katie says that there were a number of masons and bricklayers in the family. Nickname was "Pete", for some reason. No one living knows why. Dorothy was his third wife.spouse: Bolus, Dorothy J. (*1895 - )Catherine Cobley told me that he was a bar owner in downtown Detroit. William George Carney said he owned a bar at the foot of the bridge to Belle Isle in Detroit. Building still standing as of winter 1995.
1915 Bay County Circut Court Records, #5623 Pg 22. Iza Carney vs. William Carney. Married June 14, 1911 in Bay City. One child. Wife=Claimant. Filed on June 5, 1914, final action taken on March 13, 1915. Alleged cause of divorce, drunkeness and cruelty. Not contested.
1880 Census: Vol 2, Enumeration District 17, Sheet 48, Line 45 Mason, according to the 1911 R.L.Polk directory, and 1880 Census.spouse: Cornish, Viola (1864 - 1946)
In 1920 Soundex he is listed as living at 168 Magnolia in Detroit with his wife, son William who is 28, and grand-daughter Myrle who is 1 9/12 years old. Also noted living here is a "grand-daughter" named Margaret Hutton, aged 19.
Burind at Mt. Olivet Cemetary in Detroit----------child: Carney, Cora D. (1880 - 1929)
Age 32, of 211 Webster Steet, Commercial Artist for the Austin Construction Company of Midland. Died Thursday (Feb. 17) afternoon at 12:25 o'clock at Mercy Hospital of pnumonia. He had been ill for a week. Married here in 1934, he had lived in Bay City all his life and was born November 20, 1911. He was a member of St. James Church, and the AFL Union. Surviving besides his widow, Catherine, are: a son, William Carney Jr., at home; his parents - William J. Carney of Detroit and Mrs. June Pearll of Bay City; and his grandmother, Mrs. Viola Carney, of Detroit. Buried at Elk Lawn Cemetary. (February 18, 1944 Bay City Times Obituary)spouse: Brown, Catherine Jenny (1913 - 1998)His nickname was "Billie Pearll" since he grew up with Ted Pearll as his stepfather.
Owned a horse farm, likely in Romeo, according to Kathleen P.spouse:
:An attorney. At one time he was paid in some stock in Altes Lager Brewing Company, and later inherited the balance of the company from a client. He then gave up the law business and was President of the brewing company until he retired. He became a millionaire and lived the rest of his life on the Colby farm." - Letter from Kathleen Phifer 29 June 1998.spouse: Carney, Irene Marie (1897 - 1977)
"Was married to Howard Colby twice - first on 5 Mar 1917, divorced in 1927, and remarried to him about a year later. Divorced again in 1935." - Letter from Kathleen Phifer 29 June 1998.----------child: Colby, Jean Shirley (~1919 - )
Noted in William Noel Carney's obituary in the Bay City Times.spouse: Carney, William L. (1863 - 1920)
Burind at Mt. Olivet Cemetary in Detroit----------child: Carney, Cora D. (1880 - 1929)
1884/5 R.L.Polk lists her as the Widow of Edward, living at 715 7th Street which is where the rest of the Carney family is living.spouse: Carney, Edward (~1850 - ~1883)
Name was noted as Colleen and Caulline.spouse: VanTol, Robert L. (*1919 - )
She is listed in several R.L.Polks as being Widow of Patrick, but she disappears between the 1899/1900 and 1902 editions.spouse: Carney, Patrick (~1826 - 1886)