I found a Patrick Maroney in Massachusetts Vitals at NEGHS who died in Worcester April 17, 1904 of cancer at the Home Farm. This is an interesting find for me for several reasons.
First of all there is a Patrick Maroney-who ended for a time in Clinton-who is the brother of my husband's great grandmother. So there is somewhat of a naming pattern thing going here but that is flimsey. The connection doesn't lie there but it may lie in who the clerk listed as giving the information-Bridget Downs (sometimes with an e, mostly not).
Bridget was not a Worcester resident but from Boston. She is connected to the Maroneys in several other ways. On my husband's great grandparents' marriage information from the diocese Bridget Downs is listed as the witness for his great grandmother Margaret Maroney. When I researched Bridget it appears she married late in life to an O'Connell, a printer for the The Boston Globe, at age 40. Both she and Margaret are listed as cooks in their vitals. On her marriage vital Bridget lists her parents as Patrick Downs and Susan Maroney.
The Worcester Maroneys (except for Patrick who lists his mother as Ellen) list Michael Maroney and Lucy Killeen as parents. Bridget is listed as a niece of Patrick-not the brother but I am thinking an uncle of the Worcester clan and Bridget. So it appears to me that Michael, Patrick and Susan are siblings. I don't believe that either Michael or Susan immigrated to the US but it appears other siblings may have and may explain the movement from Boston to Worcester.
I also found a Michael Maroney ( if the Irish naming pattern runs true in the Worcester Maroneys I often wondered if there was a Michael Maroney and if he immigrated) who died on September 20, 1891 in Worcester at the age of 32 of typhoid fever who lists a Michael Maroney and a Mary Kileen as parents. Since most of the Maroneys died in the later 1900s it would make sense that neither Patrick or Michael are listed as relatives in their obits.
The question I have regards where Patrick died. He appears to be in the directory up 1903 but not in 1904 which would make sense. On his death certificate he is listed as dying at Home Farm in Worcester. Does anyone know anything about that? Are records available? My next step is to try to find an obit on my next WPL visit, then if I can't to obtain a death certificate to see if that may be the direction to find another generation of Maroneys in Ireland-from the Clinton census it appears that it may be in Tipperary.