Milroy Family of Dutchess County, New York

Click the above thumbnails for photos and obituaries of Robert Milroy and Mary (Carmichael) Milroy

Five surviving Milroy children, taken in 1927.

Back row (left to right): James Milroy (twin), John Milroy (the other twin), Lafayette Milroy
Front row (left to right): Jessie Watt (Milroy) Friday, Jane (Milroy) Bowman

Robert Milroy (1812-1896) and Mary Carmichael (1818-1909), my great great great grandparents, came to the United States from different parts of Scotland. Robert was originally from Wigtownshire (emigration date unknown) and Mary, according to her obituary, emigrated in 1835 - her family may have been living in Kelso in Roxburghshire where her younger sisters and brothers were born. In 1839, Robert and Mary were married in Brooklyn where they apparently spent some of the early years of their marriage and where at least two of their children were born. Their daughter Jane (my great great grandmother) was apparently born in Canada. Possibly the family was visiting one of Mary's sisters, Isabella (CARMICHAEL) GOODEARL or GOODEARLE, who lived in Kingston, Ontario, although Robert may also have had relatives in that area.

I was able to find a copy of a ship's passenger manifest that appears to show Mary arriving in New York City with her parents and siblings on the ship "Nashville" in October of 1834. The document is badly faded, but I can just make out names and some ages. The last column appears to show they came with 9 "packages" - luggage maybe? I feel very fortunate to have found this information - their names are among the very few on this document that are even partially legible.

William Carmichael, aged forty-something, occupation illegible, coming from Liverpool - can also make out some place of origin in Scotland but it's too far gone to see the name of the city. Something starting with "B" - "Berwickshire" perhaps?
Jane? Carmichael (another source gives her maiden name as Janet WATT), aged forty-something
William Carmichael, aged 13
Mary Carmichael, aged 15
James Carmichael, aged 10?
Illegible - probably Mary's sister Jane Carmichael, aged 9?
Isabella Carmichael, aged 6

In the 1840 US Federal Census, the only Robert Milroy (or any similar surname) living in New York was residing in the Second Ward of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. I think this is highly likely to be our Robert. The census shows the following information:

White males under 5 years: 1
White males 20-29 years: 1
White females under 5 years: 2
White females 20-29 years: 1

Both the 1900 census and Mary's obituary state there were 12 children. One of the little girls is probably Jessie Watt Milroy. The other two children listed in 1840 must have died in childhood since Jessie Watt Milroy is the oldest child listed with the family in the 1850 census. Two of these children must be twins (they run in this Milroy line) - that's the only way three children would fit between the date of marriage and the time of the 1840 census.

Robert's obituary says they moved to Dutchess County in 1840. They settled in Milan Township, where the rest of their children were born (except Jane who may have been born in Canada). Robert (who was 50 years old at the time) and his son William enlisted together in Company C of the 128th New York State Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. Robert's son Alexander also enlisted. He crossed the Hudson River to Ulster County and enlisted in the 20th New York State Militia, also known as the 80th New York State Volunteer Infantry. Since he was about 16 at the time, we guess that he may have run away from home to a place where nobody would know him and lied about his age to get into the army.

After the Civil War, Robert and Mary and some of their children moved into the village of Rhinebeck (also in Dutchess County), where they spent the rest of their lives. They are buried in Rhinebeck Association Cemetery.

Milroy Family Bible Transcription

This was transcribed for us some years back by someone who visited a library in Albany, NY, probably the New York State Library.

Mary Carmichael's birthplace read "Lander Berwickshire/Scotl" in the transcription that was given to us. I have changed it to "Lauder" according to information I've seen on Scottish geography. According to census information, It's possible that oldest daughter Jessie was born in 1840. The transcript we were given noted that the original Bible was too fragile to be photocopied. Also, the 1840 census appears to show this family with a little boy and two little girls - if two of these are the missing two of the twelve children noted in the 1900 census and Mary's obituary, surely they would have been mentioned in the family Bible. Possibly it was so faded and/or damaged that some of the information was difficult to make out. I have not (yet) personally seen this Milroy family Bible - would love to have good digital photos of it. The 1840 census also shows the family with a little girl under the age of 5 - Jessie? Should her birth year be 1840 instead of 1841? Was Robert and Mary's wedding date really a year or two earlier than the transcript lists it?

Record from a family bible - Albany, NY Library

D.A.R. Bible BkB1/pg 169    ...too fragile to be xeroxed...

ROBERT MILROY b 21 Jan 1812 Scotl/Galoway Parish of Stony Kirk
	      d 23 Feb 1896 ae84y

	m.17 Mar 1839
	   Mary Carmichael b 17 Apr 1818 d 26 Oct 1909 ae91y
			   born at Lauder Berwickshire/Scotl

ch:

Jessie Watt b1841 Bklyn m.1864 Wm Richard Friday
Jane b.1842 m.1859 John T. Bowman
Wm C b.1844 NYC m.II:1909 Adah E Hyde
Alexander b1846 Milan
Robert J b1849    "
James &
John b1851        "		John C. m1880 Alice Doyle
Arabel b1854      "
Mary Ann 1856
LaFayette b1860 m.1882 Susan Garvey

Daughter Jane's obituary notes that she was born in Canada. The 1910 and 1930 census listings confirm this. Mary's sister Isabella married Humphrey GOODEARL or GOODEARLE and they lived in Canada - perhaps Robert and Mary were visiting them when Jane was born. There are quite a few Milroys in Canada too - possibly some of them are Robert's relatives?

For more information on this family's descendants, see the listing section at the bottom of this page.

In 1922, the Rhinebeck Gazette published a long article about both the local history of this Milroy family and a biography of John Cornelius Milroy (1851 - 1930).

Milroys in the Civil War

According to Mary's long obituary, Robert and their sons William and Alexander were in the Civil War. I have seen muster rolls at the 128th NYSV Website listing Robert and William in Company C of the 128th Regt. of the New York Volunteers. The Dutchess County pension rolls for 1885 at USGenWeb's Dutchess County website show Robert being paid $4 per month for a wound to his right cheek.

"Milroys, Robert - Rhinebeck - w. r. cheek - $4.00 - Mar. 1878 (151,967)"

I found Alexander Milroy, another of Robert's sons, in Company A of the 20th New York State Militia (also known as the 80th New York Volunteers) from Ulster County. It appears that he ran away from home, crossed the Hudson River to Ulster County where nobody would know him (possibly by taking the ferry from Rhinecliff to Kingston), lied about his age, and joined the army there. A town clerk's register found on Ancestry.com shows him enlisting in Poughkeepsie instead. It would certainly have been easier for him to travel south to Poughkeepsie to enlist and then was mustered in in Kingston with the rest of the unit. Obviously this needs further investigation.

I got a further surprise from the register as it has the following note for Alex: "Deserted, was retaken, and is Still in Service". Alex was a naughty boy, but apparently stuck with the army after he was retaken. The register is dated "ca. 1865-1867". Other records show him being discharged in 1865, so he doesn't appear to have stayed with the army very long after the war. Still not sure how much action he saw in service, if any.

On August 11, 2001, I was able to visit the Port Hudson battlefield site in Louisiana with my parents (Robert Milroy and his son William fought here with the 128th NYSV). Most of the site is wooded and overgrown, but the state of Louisiana has cleared out some of the area around where the visitor center is located. I have looked at maps, but am still not quite clear on what part of the battlefield the vistor center is located (probably either the "Citadel" or Confederate General Gardner's headquarters?). I got a bit turned around on the winding road into the park, so I put what direction I think the photos are facing.

This is a view of the visitor center at the Port Hudson battlefield site. I think this is looking west toward the Mississippi River. The tower to the left is a four-story observation tower.
This is a view from the third floor of the obervation tower (looking northeast?)
Two cannons in front of the visitor center.

UPDATE: A correspondent has alerted me to the listings of the discharge certificates of Robert, William, and Alexander in the Historical Manuscripts Collection at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York. Their Collection of Hudson River Valley and Dutchess County Manuscripts apparently also has a listing for "Box 17, Folder/File - Milroy, Robert". I hope to be able to investigate this stuff the next time I am able to visit the area.

Collection Title: FDR Historical Manuscripts Collection
Box 0 Folder/File Discharge certificates of Alexander, William C. and Robert Milroy of Dutchess County, N. Y., following Civil War service. 12 July 1865 - 14 Nov. 1865
Collection Title: Roosevelt, Franklin D. Collection of Hudson River Valley and Dutchess County (NY) Manuscripts
Box 17 Folder/File Milroy, Robert 1865 -

Milroy House in Rhinebeck, New York

Three views that I took in May of 2002 of what I was told was the former Milroy house in the village of Rhinebeck. I was told that someone had been in the process of converting it into a restaurant a couple of years ago when it caught fire. It's hard to tell from what's left whether any remodeling had been done or how much. From the height of the chimneys, there was probably a second story.

UPDATE 1 (October 2002): I received the following email and photos from another descendant of this family (the late Donald C. Milroy, Jr.).

"The view you have shown as the Milroy house is not the actual house, but the SITE of the original Milroy home. The original house that stood on this site was a white clapboard house, two and ½ stories high that had it's main entrance facing the north east or opening toward the back of the 1st National Bank of Rhinebeck. The main entrance had a cement porch about 10' sq. with 4 steps down to a stone sidewalk that extended to the driveway which was behind the house or on the south side of the house. A long cement porch ran along the North side of the house and the back or kitchen door was on this porch at the West end of the house. There was what was called the sun porch extended out from the house towards the Southeast. This sun porch, which was enclosed and had windows about 4' long spaced about 1' apart that could be raised during the summer months and replaced by screens, was two stories high and encompassed the entire southeast side of the house. The Children slept on the second floor of the sun porch since the main portion of the house had only two bedrooms on the second floor. The second floor of the sun porch was divided into three separated rooms with doors that when all were opened allowed a walkway along the outer wall. A door on the West side of the house opened directly into the dining room.
I have attached three pictures to this e-mail.

Milroyhouse#1 is a view of the house from West Market St.

Milroyhouse#2 is a view of the main entry taken from the lower driveway which was behind the house to the Southeast.

Milroyhouse#3 is a view of the West side of the house showing from Left to Right, the downstairs kitchen window, Dining room window and door and the Dining Room. Upstairs windows are, from Left to Right, bathroom and bedroom and an attic window. Below the two story Sun porch was cement slab or patio that had two entry doors into the cellar area, which was divided into two rooms, one for the furnace & storage, and one room that was used as a laundry room."

UPDATE 2 (August 2003): The owners of the restaurant bought this site in 1997. They are rebuilding the restaurant (they are scheduled to open in September 2003) and are looking for old photos of the Milroy house or the village of Rhinebeck to decorate it with. I can't help them as I only have one photo (the five-generation one above) for the Milroy family.

1890 Map of Rhinebeck

The Library of Congress has an 1890 map of the village of Rhinebeck which lists the following two buildings: #13 - General Blacksmithing - Milroy Bros. and #25 - Machine Shop; Milroy, Bachman, Marquardt. The map can be a bit confusing to read. North is toward the background, east is to the right, and west is to the left. The Milroy Bros. blacksmith shop was apparently located on the south side of Market Street about a block west of the intersection with Mill St. / Albany Post Road / Route 9. The Milroy house in the photos above was located on a short alley to the south of the blacksmith shop. The machine shop appears to have been a large three-story building on the southwest corner of the intersection of East Market Street and Center Street.

Graves of Robert and Mary (Carmichael) Milroy

Robert and Mary (Carmichael) Milroy's graves - 1990?

Graves of Robert Milroy (1812-1896) and his wife Mary (Carmichael) Milroy (1818-1909) in Rhinebeck Association Cemetery, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY. These photos were taken facing north. The Milroy plot is off to the right of the road into the cemetery. The red granite obelisk of the Hester family behind the Milroy graves makes a good landmark to look for.

Robert's stone reads:

ROBERT MILROY
of Co. C.
128th Regt. N.Y.S.V.
DIED
Feby. 23, 1896
Aged 84 yrs. 1 mo.
& 2 days

Dearest father thou hast left us
Here thy loss we deeply feel
But tis God who hath bereft us
He can all our sorrows heal.

The metal mount for Robert's flag reads "Post 104 GAR". Mary's stone reads as follows:

MARY CARMICHAEL
Wife of
ROBERT MILROY
DIED
OCT. 26, 1909
Aged 91 yrs, 6 mos.
& 9 days

Descendants of Robert and Mary (Carmichael) Milroy

Mary's long obituary says she had twelve children, while the family Bible entries (above) show only ten. I have never personally seen this family Bible - perhaps the writing was too faded or damaged to read? The 1900 census agrees with Mary's obituary and says she had 12 children, 6 of whom were still living in 1900. The 1840 census shows 1 little boy and 2 little girls under the age of 5 years living with this family - the two missing children? If so, they likely died in childhood since Jessie is the oldest child in the family in the 1850 census.

Unknown son Milroy (born before 1840, died before 1850)
Unknown daughter Milroy (born before 1840, died before 1850)
Jessie Watt Milroy (1841 - 1929) married William Richard Friday (1835 - 1905, listed as "Richard Friday" in the 1870 and 1880 Federal census listings for Milan Township). The 1850 census taker apparently had trouble with her parents' Scottish accents as he listed Jessie as "Jessewhat Millroy." According to Mary's obituary, Jessie and Richard apparently lived in Lafayetteville in Dutchess County. I have found mention of two children so far:
1. William Friday, born ca. 1868, is listed in the 1870 Federal Census for Milan Township. He does not appear in the 1880 census when he would have been about twelve years old. Perhaps he died young?
2. Luella Friday, (1871 - 1950), is listed in the 1880 Federal Census for Milan Township. She married Homer A. Wildey (1872 - 1931) and they had four children. Photo generously provided by a relative.
  1. Mabel Wildey (born 1894)
  2. Genevieve Wildey (born 1895) married Clayton C. Nelson (born ca. 1892), a World War I veteran.
  3. Harold Wildey (born 1896) married Nora (born ca. 1898, last name unknown). The 1930 census notes that Harold was a veteran of World War I.
  4. Roger Wildey (born 1898). married Florence (born ca. 1899, last name unknown). The 1930 census notes that Harold was a veteran of World War I.
Jane B. Milroy (1842 - 1938) married in 1859 to John S. Bowman (1826-1906). These are my great great grandparents. Their descendants are listed on the main Bowman and Simmons pages. Clicking the photos will take you straight to my page about John and Jane.
William C. Milroy (1844 - 1915) enlisted in the 128th NYSV along with his father. His mother Mary's obituary lists him as a survivor and gives his residence as Shickley, Nebraska. According to the above family Bible transcription, he apparently married in 1909 to Ada E. Hyde as his second wife.
According to further census research, William married Melinda (maiden name unknown, 1839 - 1908) in 1874. There were apparently no children from this marriage. After Melinda died, William married Ada Hyde (1864 - 1939) in 1909. No children from this marriage either.
The 1880 Federal Census for Hamilton, Fillmore, Nebraska (as transcribed on www.familysearch.org) lists him as "W. C. Milroy" - this is why it took so long for me to find him as I was looking for "William", not just "W". He is shown there as being married to a woman named "Malinda", born about 1839 in Pennsylvania. No children are mentioned in the 1880 census.
Records of Shickley Cemetery in Shickley, Fillmore County, Nebraska have been transcribed and uploaded at this Shickley Cemetery page. According to these records, William and his first wife Melinda D. (1839 - 1908) are both buried there.
A page on the history of Shickley mentions "W. C. Milroy" as being one of the earliest automobile owners in the area.
There is a small stone in the Milroy plot in Rhinebeck Association Cemetery that says only: "ADA MILROY 1864 - 1939". This is probably William's second wife Ada Hyde.
Alexander Milroy (1846 - 1880) also joined the Union Army - he signed up with the 20th NYS Militia (80th NYSV). He apparently gave his age as 18 when he signed up in October of 1861. According to the family Bible transcription above, he would really have been only 15 or 16 at the time. At some point during his service, he was promoted to Corporal. His description is given as "5 feet 3 1/2 inches tall, light complexion, dark eyes, light hair." Army records show him as being discharged in 1865. On the Sons of Union Veterans Civil War grave database, there is an entry for MILROY, A. from the 80th NYSV, Company A. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose, California. The Sons of Union Veterans database gives the death date as December 17, 1881. Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903, found on Ancestry.com, gives his death date as December 29, 1880.
Robert J. Milroy (1849 - 1851) died while the family lived in Milan and is buried in the Yeoman Cemetery according to Poucher's "Old Gravestones of Dutchess County". I visited this cemetery in May of 2002, but did not see this stone - it may be long gone by now.
James C. Milroy (1851 - 1941), one of twins. James married Mary Ann Casey (1857 - 1923). James and Mary Ann are apparently buried in the Rhinecliff Catholic Church cemetery in Dutchess County. They had five children who may also be buried there.
1. Mary Milroy (b. ca. 1879) - this is according to the 1900 census for the village of Rhinebeck - no further information yet.
2. John Thomas Milroy (1880 - 1967) married Nora Connor (1882 - 1957). They had three children:
  1. Joseph Kenneth Milroy (1911 - 1996). World War II veteran - Sergeant in U.S. Army Air Corps.
  2. Paul A. Milroy (1915 - 2000). World War II veteran - Sergeant in U.S. Army Air Corps in Italy and North Africa.
  3. Gregory J. Milroy (1917 - 1992). World War II veteran. Activated from National Guard Unit. Served in Battery C of 156th Field Artillery.
3. Catherine "Katie" Milroy (1883 - 1946) married in 1905 to William H. "Bill" Asher (1883 - 1932). They had three children:
  1. Dorothy Marie Asher (1908 - 1986) married George Bickel (1904 - 1974)
  2. James E. Asher (1906 - 1986)
  3. Louis R. Asher (1912 - 1994) married Helen Wetzler (1912 - 1993)
4. William J. Milroy (1885 - 1965) - no further information yet.
5. Alexander J. Milroy (1887 - 1957) - was in World War I, U.S. Naval Reserve, according to his grave marker in Rhinecliff Catholic Church Cemetery (photo generously contributed by a relative).
John C. Milroy (1851 - 1930), the other twin. John married in 1880 to Alice Doyle (1859 - 1945). They had three children that I know of and are buried in Rhinebeck Association Cemetery near John's parents. The Ada Milroy stone is just visible behind the left side of John and Alice's monument. In 1922, the Rhinebeck Gazette published a long article about both the local history of this Milroy family and a biography of John Cornelius Milroy (1851 - 1930).
1. Robert J. "Pop" Milroy (1881 - 1971) married Irene M. Staley (1888 - 1972).
  Robert operated a garage on West Market Street in Rhinebeck, possibly at the same location where his father and uncle's blacksmith shop had been located? This scan is a receipt from his garage for work done on my great grandmother (his first cousin) Elma (Bowman) Simmons' car in 1921. At that time, the work done cost $54.40 (5 gallons of gasoline cost $1.55). I would hate to think what all that would cost nowadays lol.
  I found the following article in an old newspaper - believe it refers to this Robert Milroy:
  
  The Rhinebeck Gazette
  Saturday, June 17, 1911
  front page
  AUTO STAGE IN FLAMES
  Car Belonging to Mann, La Foyard and Marquet Caught Fire on River Road Tuesday Morning
  The automobile stage belonging to the firm of Mann, La Foyard and Marquet caught fire near the engine early Tuesday morning while on the way to Rhinecliff. The car had just crossed the bridge at the foot of Curnan's hill when Mr. La Foyard noticed flames pouring out of the front end. He stopped the car and leaped to the ground with his assistant.
  The alarm was sent to the village and soon several persons were on the spot. Robert Milroy took his automobile and with his father sped to the scene with two fire extinguishers. By their operation the flames were extinguished immediately. There were twelve gallons of gasolene (sic.) in the tank under the front seat and this fortunately the fire did not reach. While the car was burning, several wagons were stalled on either side fearing to pass on account of a possible explosion. The damaged car was towed to the village late in the afternoon by John W. Quick with his big motor truck. The cause of the fire is not known. The machine was protected by insurance.
  
  Robert and Irene are buried in Rhinebeck Association Cemetery. They had seven children.
  1. Guy R. Milroy (1910 - 1964)
  2. Vivien "Vivi" Milroy (1911 - 1994) married William Gerald Stickel, Sr. (1908 - 1979). They are buried in Rhinebeck Association Cemetery along with their son, also a veteran (see below).
    1. William Gerald Stickel, Jr. (1930 - 1993). His stone reads:
      
      WILLIAM GERALD STICKEL, JR.
      CPL US MARINE CORPS
      KOREA
      NOV 6 1930 MAR 27 1993
  3. Donald Carmichael "Donnie" Milroy, Sr. (1913 - 1992) married Marion H. Day (1912 - 2006). Both are buried in Rhinebeck Association Cemetery.
    1. Donald "Big Donnie" Carmichael Milroy, Jr. (1937 - 2004). Married twice. Both spouses still living and has living children. He sent me the photos of the old Milroy house above. Donald is buried in the Krum Elbow Cemetery in Hyde Park, New York.
    2. Peter M. Milroy (1943 - 1987). Never married, no children. Peter was a Vietnam veteran: he was a Navy Hospital Corpsman and served aboard the hospital ship USS Sanctuary
    3. Lynn P. Milroy (1946 - 2000). Married once and divorced. No children.
  4. Roger J. Milroy (1915 - 1971)
  5. Bobbette Milroy (1926 - 1990), one of twins. She is buried in Rhinebeck Association Cemetery.
  6. Irene M. "Renie" Milroy (1928 - 1996) married Ralph Whittaker (1926 - 1981).
2. Francis A. Milroy (ca. 1883/4 - 1889). Francis died in childhood and is buried next to his parents in Rhinebeck Association Cemetery, Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., NY. I had a hard time getting a good photo of this stone. It reads:
  
  FRANCIS A.
  SON OF JOHN C. &
  ALICE MILROY
  DIED JUNE 4, 1889?
  AGED 5 YRS, 9 MOS.
  & 25 D'S
  (illegible first line of inscription)
  He doeth all things well
3. Anna "Annie" Milroy (1886 - 1972). Anna married Wallace Lown (1886 - 1930). They had one son:
  1. Louis Gordon "Slim" Lown (1919 - 1945). He was accidentally electrocuted on active duty with the Naval Reserve toward the end of World War II while working with electrical equipment aboard a Navy ship in the harbor in San Diego, California.
Arabel Milroy (b. 1854). I can find no further information on Arabel other than that she was living with the family in Milan when the census taker came through in 1860. She may have died young.
Mary Ann Milroy (b. 1856). I can find no further information on Mary Ann other than that she was living with the family in Milan when the census taker came through in 1860. She may have died young.
Lafayette Milroy (1861 - 1951) married in 1882 to Susan Garvey (ca. 1862 - 1909). In 1921 Lafayette married Anne (Gainey) Leary (born ca. 1866 - died 1952) The obituary of his older sister Jane (Milroy) Bowman says that Lafayette lived in Hyde Park, Dutchess Co., NY. I heard somewhere that he is buried in the Catholic cemetery in Rhinecliff, New York. Lafayette and Susan had the following five children listed in the 1900 census for the village of Rhinebeck (the 1900 census shows 5 of 6 children living - I don't have a name for the deceased child yet).

Lafayette Milroy and descendants at some kind of church event.
1. Mary Ellen "Nellie" Milroy (born ca. 1884/5) married Daniel E. Lynch and they had one son - Eddie Lynch, who died sometime around 2000 to 2004.
2. William Daniel Milroy (1884 - 1957) married in 1911 to Yvonne Morin (1891 - 1941) and had 4 children.
  1. William Wilson Milroy (1913 - 1977) married in 1935 to Elisabeth "Lil" Boyle (born ca. 1914).
  2. Joseph Morin "Morie" Milroy (1914 - 2000) married in 1937 to Madeline Edna "Madge" May (born 1913).
  3. Francis Parker Milroy (1916 - 1980) - Catholic priest. Stationed at a mission in Arequipa, Peru. Later died at and was buried at Arequipa, Peru.
  4. Genevieve Yvonne Milroy (1918 - 2001) - became Catholic nun under the name Sister Mary Yvonne. Teacher at Mount Saint Mary's On Hudson (Sisters of Saint Dominic) in Newburgh, Orange County, New York.
3. Catherine Louella "Lulu" Milroy (1886 - 1968) married in 1918 to Frank V. Murphy (1891 - 1918). They had 7 children. I list the ones known to be deceased.
  1. Jerome T. or Thomas J. Murphy (ca. 1910 - bef. 2011)
  2. Leo John Murphy (1920 - 1998).
  3. Frances G. Murphy (ca 1922 - bef. 2011)
  4. Kathleen V. Murphy (1924 - 2011) married Thomas Avigliano (1906 - 1986). No children.
  5. Evelyn Murphy (died bef. 1929). The descendant of one of her brothers says that Evelyn died in childhood, possibly from mis-diagnosed appendicitis.
4. Charles Leo Milroy (1890 - 1966). World War I Navy veteran and later police officer.
5. Genevieve Milroy (born 1894). Became a Catholic nun under the name Sister Mary Virginia. Teacher at Mount Saint Mary's On Hudson (Sisters of Saint Dominic) in Newburgh, Orange County, New York.
6. Unknown Child Milroy - died before 1900. Susan (Garvey) Milroy told the census taker in 1900 that she'd had six children and five were still living at that time. No further information yet.

Other MILROY Websites

Ron Field's Family History Site - This site has information on a branch of the MILROY family that settled in Ontario, Canada. There are also old family photos, some letters in PDF format, etc. There is a link to Ron's extensive database on Rootsweb's WorldConnect. He has a very good set of resources on his links page.
The Susan Coolahan Family Home Page - This website has a descendant tree for a branch of the MILROY family that went to Australia.

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