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Catherine Roland

Birth not recorded; died June 1937

Catherine Roland married Thomas Meaney and is the mother of at least six children, among them Catherine, who married Matthew Leahey, and Anna, who married Dennis Leahey — two Meaney sisters marrying two Leahey brothers at Bayonne within two years. Her maiden name comes from Anna's 1891 marriage record and was unknown in this archive until 9 August 2026; she had stood here as 'Catherine Meaney', a mother with ten relatives and no name of her own.

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Catherine Roland married Thomas Meaney and is the mother of at least six children, among them Catherine, who married Matthew Leahey, and Anna, who married Dennis Leahey — two Meaney sisters marrying two Leahey brothers at Bayonne within two years. Her maiden name comes from Anna's 1891 marriage record and was unknown in this archive until 9 August 2026; she had stood here as 'Catherine Meaney', a mother with ten relatives and no name of her own.

Recorded as: Catherine Meaney, Meaney

How is this person related?

Andrew John Leahey’s no single word covers it — connected through Dennis C. Leahey, who is a great-great-grandparent's sibling

Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.

Life

A written life story has not been added for this person yet.

References for this account: [1][2][3][4][5][6]

Death and burial

Evidence distinction: [RECORD] means text read from the photographed stone. [COMPILED] means volunteer-typed memorial information and is only a lead.

Find a Grave memorial 184119540

Why this memorial is attached

Matched by spouse Matthew Sylvester Leahy and the archive’s 1889 marriage report naming Matthew Leahy and Catherine Meaney. Find a Grave memorial 184119540 (findagrave.com).

Spouse Matthew Sylvester Leahy 1866–1934 (m. 1888)

[COMPILED] Volunteer-typed memorial fields

These fields are leads, not civil or church records, and do not replace documented dates. Find a Grave memorial 184119540 (findagrave.com).

Name: Catherine Elizabeth Meaney Leahy Birth: 13 Nov 1871 Death: 16 Aug 1939 (aged 67) Cemetery: Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Plot: Blk-F Sec-JA Gr-38 1E Family links: Parents: Thomas Francis Meaney 1849–1917; Catherine Meaney unknown–1937. Spouse: Matthew Sylvester Leahy 1866–1934 (m. 1888). Sibling: Ann Meaney Leahey 1875–1894. Children:
Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 100 wordsDennis C Leahey 1890–1968; Catherine Elizabeth Leahey Quinlan 1893–1940; Anna Estelle Leahey McNelis 1895–1964; Ellen Teresa Leahey 1897–1933; Helena Veronica Leahey 1900–1900; Thomas F Leahey 1902–1906; Bertha Marie Leahey Blackwood 1905–1953; Jean Cecilia Leahey Leary 1907–1981; Matthew Sylvester Leahey Jr 1912–1984; Matthew Leahey 1914–1914.

Photograph status: a photographed inscription is available and shown below. Find a Grave memorial 184119540 (findagrave.com).

[RECORD] Photographed inscription, transcribed verbatim

LEAHEY

Citation: Find a Grave memorial 184119540 (findagrave.com); monument photograph credited below.

Cemetery photograph from Find a Grave memorial 184119540
Photograph by Susan Peltz. Copyright remains with the photographer. From Find a Grave memorial 184119540 (findagrave.com).

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Places listed on this page

  • Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
  • Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City Cemetery or burial place
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Cemetery or burial place
  • St. Mary Star of the Sea, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
  • United States
  • Brooklyn, New York City, New York
  • Hamilton, Bermuda

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What the records say

5 of 6 records transcribed.

Record exhibit

Catherine Elizabeth Meaney Leahy memorial, Holy Name Cemetery

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Partly proved

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Catherine Elizabeth Meaney Leahy, born 13 November 1871 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; died 16 August 1939 at Bayonne; buried Holy Name Cemetery, plot Blk-F Sec-JA Gr-38 1E. Parents Thomas Francis Meaney 1849-1917 and Catherine Meaney d.1937. Spouse Matthew Sylvester Leahy 1866-1934, married 1888. Sibling Ann Meaney Leahey 1875-1894. Children: Dennis C 1890-1968, Catherine Elizabeth Quinlan 1893-1940, Anna Estelle McNelis 1895-1964, Ellen Teresa 1897-1933, Helena Veronica 1900-1900, Thomas F 1902-1906, Bertha Marie Blackwood 1905-1953, Jean Cecilia Leary 1907-1981.

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Thomas Francis Meaney memorial, Holy Name Cemetery

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Thomas Francis Meaney, born 19 November 1849 at Hamilton, Bermuda; died 23 November 1917 at Bayonne; buried Holy Name Cemetery, Blk-D Sec-C Gr-94 1B. Married Catherine 1869. Catherine Meaney d. June 1937, buried Blk-D Sec-C Gr-94 1C.

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Thomas F. Meaney household, 1900 United States census, Hudson County

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Hudson County, New Jersey. Thomas F Meaney, born November 1849 in Bermuda, married 1870; wife Catharine E Meaney; children Daniel, Thomas, James, Richard, Caroline.

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Marriage of Dennis Leahey and Anna Meaney, Bayonne, 7 June 1891

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St. Mary Star of the Sea, Bayonne — baptism of Caroline Meaney, 30 October 1887

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265 | Caroline Meaney | Oct 17 - 1887 | Oct 30 - 1887 | Thomas / Cath. Rohling | James Fannon, Jane Fannon | Married to Louis Smith Jan 22 - 1911 in St. Mary's A.M. Egan

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St. Mary Star of the Sea, Bayonne — baptism of Joanna Meaney, 12 January 1890

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10 | Joanna Meaney | Dec 28 - 1889 | Jan 12 - 1890 | Thomas / Cath. Rohlan | William Smith, Joanna Finnan | Married to Henry Smith. Jan 14 - 1913 at St. Mary's. A.M. Egan

Historical context

These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.

Bayonne and the Industrial Waterfront, 1870–1920

The Bayonne in these family records was a new city built around water, rails and heavy industry. Bayonne Township was formed only in 1861, uniting older settlements on Bergen Neck; it became a city in 1869. The…

What Sponsors and Witnesses Can Tell Us

Catholic registers often preserve the people standing just outside a family photograph. A baptism normally names the child, parents, date and sponsors or godparents; a marriage normally names the couple and wit…

What we still don't know

  • Her birth, her origins and her death, none of which is recorded. With a maiden name to search on, her marriage to Thomas Meaney — probably in the 1860s or 1870s — is now findable in a way it was not before.
  • Whether Roland is the spelling. It is one clerk's hand at Bayonne; Rowland, Rolan and the Irish Rowlands are all worth trying.
  • Her children's births would each give her name again and would test the spelling.
  • [HER SURNAME IN THE PARISH REGISTER] Two of her daughters' baptisms enter her as “Cath. Rohling” (1887) and “Cath. Rohlan” (1890) — the clerk's attempts at Roland, and an independent confirmation of the name from a source that is not a headstone or a family notice.

References

  1. [1] Catherine Elizabeth Meaney Leahy memorial, Holy Name CemeteryBack to citation 1
  2. [2] Thomas Francis Meaney memorial, Holy Name CemeteryBack to citation 2
  3. [3] Thomas F. Meaney household, 1900 United States census, Hudson CountyBack to citation 3
  4. [4] Marriage of Dennis Leahey and Anna Meaney, Bayonne, 7 June 1891Back to citation 4
  5. [5] St. Mary Star of the Sea, Bayonne — baptism of Caroline Meaney, 30 October 1887Back to citation 5
  6. [6] St. Mary Star of the Sea, Bayonne — baptism of Joanna Meaney, 12 January 1890Back to citation 6

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