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Munley family members in Michigan

Munley family members in Michigan

Posted: 9 Jan 2007 10:59PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Munley
I am looking for Munley family who settled in Michigan. The ancestry information begins when they arrived, but I would like to have information on those lines that extended back into Ireland. I see many Munleys in PA and would be interested to know if they all stemmed from the same origins. Anybody know?

Re: Munley family members in Michigan

Posted: 25 Nov 2007 2:39AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: munley
I have a bit of info on the Munleys in Michigan. However, there does seem to be a few splits along the way. My grandfather was one of 11. Francis, Mary Agnes, Anna T., Elizabeth, Katherine, John Edward, William Michael, James, Gertrude B., Thomas Earl, and Helen Marie. They were born in Bay City, MI. The first in 1883, the last in 1902. They were the children of John Munley and Mariah Madigan both born in Canada. John was the son of John Munley and Bridget McGuerin, born in 1820 and 1825 respectively, in Ireland. They had four sons Patrick, John, Michael, and Thomas.

There was another group of Munleys living in Bay City at the time. Off the top of my head, I believe the mother's name was Mary and she was married to William. William was deceased at the time of the records I have and the sons of Mary lived close to her or with her in Bay City. The two families did not talk, to my knowledge, at least at the time my grandfather and father lived in Bay City.

There is also a group of Munleys in Owosso, who did originate from the Bay City group and did not know of the Bay City connection.

There are a few closer to the Detroit area but I do not know of their origins.

If there is any way I can help with the group, with which I am familiar, please let me know.

Re: Munley family members in Michigan

Posted: 25 Nov 2007 5:38PM GMT
Classification: Query
The Munleys "closer to Detroit" are none other than my father, brother, and mother! I suppose I could certainly help you there.

They come from the Bay City group you wrote of by way of my father. So, my maiden name is Munley.

I see you are a Munley too. Do you belong in the Bay City group or are you from another branch of Munleys?

Some of those you listed already are definitely relatives. Perhaps we can pool our knowledge and help one another build our trees.

Take care,
Marilyn

Re: Munley family members in Michigan

Posted: 25 Nov 2007 5:45PM GMT
Classification: Query
After writing that last post, I took a look at the tree I have so far. It appears that William and Mary are my great grandparents. To my knowledge, Mary came here from Ireland after William died. That is why there is no information on him anywhere. I believe he died in Ireland.

My father recently acknowledged that there was another Munley family in Bay City that they didn't know. Perhaps it was yours. Its sounding like that anyway. Did your group originate in PA? I am wondering if that was the source of all the Bay City settlement considering so many Munleys seem to live in that region.

Re: Munley family members in Michigan

Posted: 26 Nov 2007 3:22AM GMT
Classification: Query
We came in through Canada. My ggf, John dob 3/9/1857, his brothers, Patrick 5/1/1855 and Michael 10/1/1861 were all born in Canada. A younger brother, Thomas, was born in Michigan in 1868.

They lived in close proximity to Mary at one time, which led me to believe that there was some relationship. I will have to dig out the papers with their addresses on it. That may take until during the holiday break for me.

I know there was a Robert Munley, who had something to do with the airport on m13 in Bay City. I stopped and spoke with him many years ago.

The other Munleys, who we did not know or never met, lived in Owosso. The father, Jerry, worked at an auto dealership and they also owned a dry cleaning business. One of his daughters went to high school at the same time as I did. His son became a priest and was working in the Lansing, MI area. A friend of mine was principal at the school in his parish and she spoke once to him about the name and a possible Bay City connection. He told her that his father did come from there originally but did not know of any connection to anyone there. Rather bizarre.

I'll see if I can get those addresses from the papers with Marys name on it.

Re: Munley family members in Michigan

Posted: 26 Nov 2007 3:39AM GMT
Classification: Query
Read this one last. Sorry. My Munley connection was in Bay City. My gf was born there. He was one of the 11 I mentioned. He died there as well.

I did see that there were a number of Wayne Co. Munleys in the 1930 census. I take it that those would be yours; Thomas, Michael, Oleen, Irene, Josephine, Gerald, Joseph, and Sadie.

My direct line was in Genesee Co. at that time.

I would be more than happy to share any info I have.

Re: Munley family members in Michigan

Posted: 26 Nov 2007 7:02PM GMT
Classification: Query
Robert Munley is my uncle and godfather. He used to own that airport you mentioned. He and I have pooled our data. Some branches I found went back to 1620. Unfortunately, I can only get Munley data back to approximately 1850.

Irene was my grandmother. Some of the other names you mentioned are likely relatives, though I haven't worked out their connection too well. They are probably distant cousins.

What I find interesting is that Munley is not an especially common name. The lines are pretty distinct, which makes me wonder if they originate from the same place and are all related.

My grandfather, William Munley died young at the age of 57 and all of his history died with him. I have been trying to get memories of my relatives from my father, my uncle Robert (whom you met), and my aunt. There isn't a whole lot to go on.

What I do know, and you probably do too, if you've been working on Irish geneology long enough, is that the records were stored in Dublin. There was a fire there around 1927 that destroyed most everything. Irish history is hard to follow unless you know enough about your family's locations to get church records.

One other tip I could offer is that there are some online Bay City directories that list residents, the people that lived in their house, and their occupations. Based on that, I was able to fill in some blanks that were unclear in the census data.

Re: Munley family members in Michigan

Posted: 9 Dec 2007 1:04AM GMT
Classification: Query
I was looking closer at my family tree after you said your Munley family came out of Canada. I see that my ggf William Munley married Anna McCorry. He was from Welland, Ontario. His parents were William Munley and Mary O'Hara. Do any of these names tie into your lineage? If so, we may have a connection.

Please let me know.

Thanks,
Marilyn

Re: Munley family members in Michigan

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 12:40AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello Marilyn,Haven't made a connection with Mary and William.  I think you mentioned this but Mary's William didn't make it to Bay City. You thought he died in Ireland, if I remember correctly. Always thought there was something there but nothing concrete to connect.Did Wm. (Anna's husband) have brothers named James, Richard, and Michael? Also a sister named Mary?I do not have the ship's name, nor have I come across any passenger lists with mention of my relatives. I was wondering if you had seen this http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.munley/159/mb.ashx It is very interesting and speaks to Mayo Munnellys from that area going into Canada. Are you any relation to Fr. Munley over in the Lansing area? At least that's where he was at one time. I believe he is the son of Gerald Munley who lived in Owosso.Sorry I've posed more questions than answers. Other than that, I hope all is well.Mike Munley

Re: Munley family members in Michigan

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 2:15AM GMT
Classification: Query
Mike:

I do not know who William's siblings were. I don't have the information. However, maybe you have a missing piece to this. Are those other possible siblings related to you in some way?

Its too bad all of those names are so common.

Gerry Munley is a cousin. Or I should say WAS, he died in 1999. That means his son in Lansing is also a cousin. Gerry was the grandson of Michel Munley who was the son of William and Mary. Gerry's father was also named Gerald.

Anyway, we are probably related somewhere in here. The last name doesn't seem real common unless its been derived from one of the other spellings over the years.
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