When Chester A Rooney was born in September 1898, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Frank Elsworth Rooney, was 29 and his mother, Jane "Jennie Marie" Basom, was 31. He had at least 1 daughter with Anna Pearl Mutzabaugh. He lived in Coalport, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died on 15 May 1983, at the age of 84, and was buried in Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States.
Do you know Chester A? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Caitlin, Niall, Conor, Declan, Dermot, Eamonn, Fergus, Kieran, Roisin, Sean Patrick.
Irish:
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruanaidh or Ó Ruanadha ‘descendant of Ruanadh’, a personal name from ruanaidh ‘strong man, champion’. Ó Ruanaidhín was a variant in Connacht and Rowan might be adopted as equivalent in Down. Compare Mac Ruanaidh, now Croney , in Scottish Gaelic.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAs a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.