Walter Scott Rooney was born in 1888.
On August 29, 1911 -- a year after Walter graduated from Williams College -- he exchanged wedding vows with Ellinor in an evening ceremony at her parents' home on Ralph Street in Ballston Spa.
A newspaper account described the bride as "one of Ballston's most attractive . . . and popular . . . young ladies." The Rev. Arthur T. Young officiated at the ceremony which was witnessed by Walter's brother, Bill, and Ellinor's close friend, M. E. ("Bess") Kerley.
The Kerley family lived in the grand yellow house with the circular front porch at 72 West High Street. Designed by renowned Albany architect Marcus Reynolds, the historic structure later served as the offices of The Ballston Journal newspaper. Ellinor also had a close friend on McMaster Street named Bess Valentine whom she dubbed "Bess Val" to distinguish her from Bess Kerley.
According to the newspaper, Miss Cassie Galloghly of Albany "played the strains of the wedding march" as the bridal party -- including bridesmaids Bess Val and a young lady named Lucy McCreedy -- descended the stairway.
Ellinor Reynolds Rooney and Walter Scott Rooney were the parents of Andrew "Andy" Aitken Rooney, born on January 14, 1919, and died November 4, 2011.
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Additional biography:
The Times Record, Troy, N. Y. Monday 24 Aug 1959 page 32
Walter S. Rooney, survivor of the 1923 earthquake in Japan that killed 140,000 persons and for 45 years associated with the Albany Felt Co., died of cancer yesterday [23 Aug] at his home at Pilot Knob, Lake George. He was 71.
Mr. Rooney, a graduate of Williams College in the class of 1910, was on a trip to Japan to establish paper industry associations in the country when the earthquake struck. He was living in the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, but escaped injury.
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The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Monday 24 Aug 1959, page 6
Ballston Spa—Walter S. Rooney of Pilot Knob, Lake George, former resident of Ballston Spa and Albany, died Sunday afternoon [23 May] at Glens Falls Hospital.
He was born in Holyoke, Mass., May 22**, 1888, a son of Charles P. and Anne Aitken Rooney. He was graduated from Ballston Spa High School in 1906 and Williams College in 1910. He had been employed as a sale engineer by the Albany Felt Co. for 45 years, retiring three yeas ago. He made his home in Florida in Winter and at Pilot Knob in the Summer.
Survivors are his wife, Eleanor Reynolds Rooney of Pilot Knob; a son Andrew A. Rooney, Rowayton, Conn., and a daughter, Miss Nancy R. Rooney of New York City. He was the brother of the late William Rooney, Ballston Spa, and Fred Rooney.
Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Wheeler Funeral Home, and burial will be in the Ballston Spa Cemetery. The funeral home will be open Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
**passport indicated born May 20, 1888
This second section Transcribed by Bill Preston contributor #47695598
On August 29, 1911 -- a year after Walter graduated from Williams College -- he exchanged wedding vows with Ellinor in an evening ceremony at her parents' home on Ralph Street in Ballston Spa.
A newspaper account described the bride as "one of Ballston's most attractive . . . and popular . . . young ladies." The Rev. Arthur T. Young officiated at the ceremony which was witnessed by Walter's brother, Bill, and Ellinor's close friend, M. E. ("Bess") Kerley.
The Kerley family lived in the grand yellow house with the circular front porch at 72 West High Street. Designed by renowned Albany architect Marcus Reynolds, the historic structure later served as the offices of The Ballston Journal newspaper. Ellinor also had a close friend on McMaster Street named Bess Valentine whom she dubbed "Bess Val" to distinguish her from Bess Kerley.
According to the newspaper, Miss Cassie Galloghly of Albany "played the strains of the wedding march" as the bridal party -- including bridesmaids Bess Val and a young lady named Lucy McCreedy -- descended the stairway.
Ellinor Reynolds Rooney and Walter Scott Rooney were the parents of Andrew "Andy" Aitken Rooney, born on January 14, 1919, and died November 4, 2011.
This sectioned researched and prepared by Find A Grave member SticksandStones - 46888135
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Additional biography:
The Times Record, Troy, N. Y. Monday 24 Aug 1959 page 32
Walter S. Rooney, survivor of the 1923 earthquake in Japan that killed 140,000 persons and for 45 years associated with the Albany Felt Co., died of cancer yesterday [23 Aug] at his home at Pilot Knob, Lake George. He was 71.
Mr. Rooney, a graduate of Williams College in the class of 1910, was on a trip to Japan to establish paper industry associations in the country when the earthquake struck. He was living in the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, but escaped injury.
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The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Monday 24 Aug 1959, page 6
Ballston Spa—Walter S. Rooney of Pilot Knob, Lake George, former resident of Ballston Spa and Albany, died Sunday afternoon [23 May] at Glens Falls Hospital.
He was born in Holyoke, Mass., May 22**, 1888, a son of Charles P. and Anne Aitken Rooney. He was graduated from Ballston Spa High School in 1906 and Williams College in 1910. He had been employed as a sale engineer by the Albany Felt Co. for 45 years, retiring three yeas ago. He made his home in Florida in Winter and at Pilot Knob in the Summer.
Survivors are his wife, Eleanor Reynolds Rooney of Pilot Knob; a son Andrew A. Rooney, Rowayton, Conn., and a daughter, Miss Nancy R. Rooney of New York City. He was the brother of the late William Rooney, Ballston Spa, and Fred Rooney.
Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Wheeler Funeral Home, and burial will be in the Ballston Spa Cemetery. The funeral home will be open Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
**passport indicated born May 20, 1888
This second section Transcribed by Bill Preston contributor #47695598
Walter Scott Rooney was born in 1888.
On August 29, 1911 -- a year after Walter graduated from Williams College -- he exchanged wedding vows with Ellinor in an evening ceremony at her parents' home on Ralph Street in Ballston Spa.
A newspaper account described the bride as "one of Ballston's most attractive . . . and popular . . . young ladies." The Rev. Arthur T. Young officiated at the ceremony which was witnessed by Walter's brother, Bill, and Ellinor's close friend, M. E. ("Bess") Kerley.
The Kerley family lived in the grand yellow house with the circular front porch at 72 West High Street. Designed by renowned Albany architect Marcus Reynolds, the historic structure later served as the offices of The Ballston Journal newspaper. Ellinor also had a close friend on McMaster Street named Bess Valentine whom she dubbed "Bess Val" to distinguish her from Bess Kerley.
According to the newspaper, Miss Cassie Galloghly of Albany "played the strains of the wedding march" as the bridal party -- including bridesmaids Bess Val and a young lady named Lucy McCreedy -- descended the stairway.
Ellinor Reynolds Rooney and Walter Scott Rooney were the parents of Andrew "Andy" Aitken Rooney, born on January 14, 1919, and died November 4, 2011.
This sectioned researched and prepared by Find A Grave member SticksandStones - 46888135
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Additional biography:
The Times Record, Troy, N. Y. Monday 24 Aug 1959 page 32
Walter S. Rooney, survivor of the 1923 earthquake in Japan that killed 140,000 persons and for 45 years associated with the Albany Felt Co., died of cancer yesterday [23 Aug] at his home at Pilot Knob, Lake George. He was 71.
Mr. Rooney, a graduate of Williams College in the class of 1910, was on a trip to Japan to establish paper industry associations in the country when the earthquake struck. He was living in the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, but escaped injury.
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The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Monday 24 Aug 1959, page 6
Ballston Spa—Walter S. Rooney of Pilot Knob, Lake George, former resident of Ballston Spa and Albany, died Sunday afternoon [23 May] at Glens Falls Hospital.
He was born in Holyoke, Mass., May 22**, 1888, a son of Charles P. and Anne Aitken Rooney. He was graduated from Ballston Spa High School in 1906 and Williams College in 1910. He had been employed as a sale engineer by the Albany Felt Co. for 45 years, retiring three yeas ago. He made his home in Florida in Winter and at Pilot Knob in the Summer.
Survivors are his wife, Eleanor Reynolds Rooney of Pilot Knob; a son Andrew A. Rooney, Rowayton, Conn., and a daughter, Miss Nancy R. Rooney of New York City. He was the brother of the late William Rooney, Ballston Spa, and Fred Rooney.
Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Wheeler Funeral Home, and burial will be in the Ballston Spa Cemetery. The funeral home will be open Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
**passport indicated born May 20, 1888
This second section Transcribed by Bill Preston contributor #47695598
On August 29, 1911 -- a year after Walter graduated from Williams College -- he exchanged wedding vows with Ellinor in an evening ceremony at her parents' home on Ralph Street in Ballston Spa.
A newspaper account described the bride as "one of Ballston's most attractive . . . and popular . . . young ladies." The Rev. Arthur T. Young officiated at the ceremony which was witnessed by Walter's brother, Bill, and Ellinor's close friend, M. E. ("Bess") Kerley.
The Kerley family lived in the grand yellow house with the circular front porch at 72 West High Street. Designed by renowned Albany architect Marcus Reynolds, the historic structure later served as the offices of The Ballston Journal newspaper. Ellinor also had a close friend on McMaster Street named Bess Valentine whom she dubbed "Bess Val" to distinguish her from Bess Kerley.
According to the newspaper, Miss Cassie Galloghly of Albany "played the strains of the wedding march" as the bridal party -- including bridesmaids Bess Val and a young lady named Lucy McCreedy -- descended the stairway.
Ellinor Reynolds Rooney and Walter Scott Rooney were the parents of Andrew "Andy" Aitken Rooney, born on January 14, 1919, and died November 4, 2011.
This sectioned researched and prepared by Find A Grave member SticksandStones - 46888135
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Additional biography:
The Times Record, Troy, N. Y. Monday 24 Aug 1959 page 32
Walter S. Rooney, survivor of the 1923 earthquake in Japan that killed 140,000 persons and for 45 years associated with the Albany Felt Co., died of cancer yesterday [23 Aug] at his home at Pilot Knob, Lake George. He was 71.
Mr. Rooney, a graduate of Williams College in the class of 1910, was on a trip to Japan to establish paper industry associations in the country when the earthquake struck. He was living in the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, but escaped injury.
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The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Monday 24 Aug 1959, page 6
Ballston Spa—Walter S. Rooney of Pilot Knob, Lake George, former resident of Ballston Spa and Albany, died Sunday afternoon [23 May] at Glens Falls Hospital.
He was born in Holyoke, Mass., May 22**, 1888, a son of Charles P. and Anne Aitken Rooney. He was graduated from Ballston Spa High School in 1906 and Williams College in 1910. He had been employed as a sale engineer by the Albany Felt Co. for 45 years, retiring three yeas ago. He made his home in Florida in Winter and at Pilot Knob in the Summer.
Survivors are his wife, Eleanor Reynolds Rooney of Pilot Knob; a son Andrew A. Rooney, Rowayton, Conn., and a daughter, Miss Nancy R. Rooney of New York City. He was the brother of the late William Rooney, Ballston Spa, and Fred Rooney.
Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Wheeler Funeral Home, and burial will be in the Ballston Spa Cemetery. The funeral home will be open Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
**passport indicated born May 20, 1888
This second section Transcribed by Bill Preston contributor #47695598
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