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Name | Michael Dominic Finnerty | |
Born | 13 Apr 1891 | Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario |
Christened | 17 Apr 1891 [1] | |
Gender | Male | |
Emigration | 1892 | Canada to the US |
Legal | Mar 1913 | Duluth, Minnesota [2] |
Sentenced to the reformatory at St. Cloud for "holding up Laaki Pitto, a Finn, at Cloquet Monday and relieving him of $25." | ||
Legal | Apr 1913 | Waupun, Wisconsin [3] |
Sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to stealing a violin from saloonkeeper Peter Jacobinus. "Finnerty admitted that he had taken the violin, but said that he was intoxicated at the time and meant to return it." | ||
Legal | Oct 1915 | Carlton, Minnesota [4] |
Convicted of holding up a saloon. | ||
Legal | 4 Dec 1915 | Carlton, Minnesota [4] |
Taken to Stillwater prison to serve "an indeterminate sentence," after being convicted of holding up saloon of James Wilson and stealing 90 dollars. | ||
Address | 1917 | Stillwater, Minnesota [5] |
Inmate at Minnesota State Prison. | ||
Address: Inmate at Minnesota State Prison in Stillwater, Minnesota. Occu | ||
Census | 1920 | Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota [6] |
Living with widowed mother Catherine (Benton) Finnerty and brothers John and Sylvester. | ||
Census | 1930 | Carlton, Carlton, Minnesota [7] |
Inmate at Carlton County Jail in Carlton, Minnesota. | ||
Legal | 24 Sep 1941 | St. Paul, Minnesota [8] |
Convicted of forgery. Sentenced to serve up to 15 years in Stillwater penitentiary. | ||
Godparents | Hugh Andrew MacDonald and Anna Benton, "sister of the mother, who as well as the father could not sign". | |
Religion | Roman Catholic | |
Physical Description | Tall, medium build, gray eyes, brown hair, not bald (WWI draft registration card). [9] | |
Died | 14 Oct 1948 | St. Joseph's Hospital, New York, NY |
Association | Anna Maria Benton (Relationship: Godmother/godson) | |
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Person ID | I1670 | Moran |
Last Modified | 23 Nov 2022 |
Father | John Finnerty, b. 23 Dec 1847, Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario , d. About 1918, Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota (Age 70 years) | |
Mother | Catherine Benton, b. 23 Jan 1857, Ontario, Canada , d. 09 Jan 1941, Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota (Age 83 years) | |
Married | 27 Jul 1875 | Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario |
Family ID | F407 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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