Margaret Cowhey was born in January 1832 in Ballingarry, Ireland. She and her brothers and sisters Bridget Cowhey, Kate Cowhey, John Cowhey, and Jimmy Cowhey came to the United States in 1853 to escape the great Irish Famine after the death of both their parents from cholera. Margaret married Michael Burns in December 1873 in Chicago after the death of her first husband, Cornelius Cagney. Margaret and Cornelius Cagney had at least seven children:
Michael Cagney.
Elizabeth Cagney.
James Edward Cagney (d. 1906).
Kate Cagney.
Three unnamed infants.
Margaret outlived all of these children except for James, who died just a few weeks after his mother. Margaret Cowhey Cagney Burns died on March 10, 1906 in Chicago.
Margaret's grandson Robert Francis Burns and his wife Paulette are buried in this same plot.
Michael Cagney.
Elizabeth Cagney.
James Edward Cagney (d. 1906).
Kate Cagney.
Three unnamed infants.
Margaret outlived all of these children except for James, who died just a few weeks after his mother. Margaret Cowhey Cagney Burns died on March 10, 1906 in Chicago.
Margaret's grandson Robert Francis Burns and his wife Paulette are buried in this same plot.
Margaret Cowhey was born in January 1832 in Ballingarry, Ireland. She and her brothers and sisters Bridget Cowhey, Kate Cowhey, John Cowhey, and Jimmy Cowhey came to the United States in 1853 to escape the great Irish Famine after the death of both their parents from cholera. Margaret married Michael Burns in December 1873 in Chicago after the death of her first husband, Cornelius Cagney. Margaret and Cornelius Cagney had at least seven children:
Michael Cagney.
Elizabeth Cagney.
James Edward Cagney (d. 1906).
Kate Cagney.
Three unnamed infants.
Margaret outlived all of these children except for James, who died just a few weeks after his mother. Margaret Cowhey Cagney Burns died on March 10, 1906 in Chicago.
Margaret's grandson Robert Francis Burns and his wife Paulette are buried in this same plot.
Michael Cagney.
Elizabeth Cagney.
James Edward Cagney (d. 1906).
Kate Cagney.
Three unnamed infants.
Margaret outlived all of these children except for James, who died just a few weeks after his mother. Margaret Cowhey Cagney Burns died on March 10, 1906 in Chicago.
Margaret's grandson Robert Francis Burns and his wife Paulette are buried in this same plot.
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