Father: Richard HOEY***
b: 15 SEP 1791 in Brannockstown Cross, Trim, Co.Meath, Ireland
Mother: Ann KEEGAN***
b: 1799 in Slane, Co.Meath, Ireland

Michael J. HOEY was 11 years old when the Hoey family sailed for Boston, Mass. from Cork, Ireland in 1846 on the Ship 'Albania'.

US CENSUS: 1850 Framingham, Middlesex, MA
US CENSUS: 1860 Natick, Middlesex, MA
Mass CENSUS: 1865 Natick, Middlesex, MA
Occupation: Saloon Keeper.

Massachusetts Vital Records Index:
Last Name First Name Town Years Volume Page Type
Hoey Michael J. Natick 1872 248 231 Death

On July 30, 1862, Michael enlisted in the Union Army and was assigned to the 39th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, where brother Thomas joined him in a few days. On May 8, 1864 Michael was wounded at Laurel Hill, Virginia, and was sent home for the remainder of the war. Upon his return to Natick he worked in a shoe factory and kept a saloon at the corner of Pond and South Main Sts.

In 1862 on Maryetta's birth registration Michael is listed as a "soldier".

Michael Hoey was only 37 when he died in 1872 of lingering typhoid fever. The Natick Bulletin characterized him as a man who "often manifested kind and generous impulses." He was a respected member of the St. Patrick's Benevolent Society, the Literary Associates, the Knights of Pythias, and Post 63 G.A.R., to which he "contributed liberally in time and money for the advancement of its interests." His widow Mary Kearns HOEY became proprietor of the Prescott House hotel on Union Court, where son George served as saloonkeeper. Sons Charles and Alfred operated Hoey's Drugstore on South Main Street and owned the Natick Basketball Team at the turn of the century.

Marriage: Mary E. KEARNS
b: 15 OCT 1839 in Co. Sligo, Ireland
(dau of Andrew KEARNS and Agatha McDONOUGH)
d: 18 JAN 1911 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Married: 1854 in St Patricks, Natick, Middlesex, MA

Children:
Andrew J. HOEY
b: 10 APR 1855 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 21 JUN 1926 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Ellen (Nellie) A. CASEY
b: JUL 1857 in Framingham, Middlesex, MA
(dau. of Sylvester CASEY and Ellen SULLIVAN)
d: 09 FEB 1913 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Cause of death: Heart disease.
Married: 26 APR 1882 in Natick, Middlesex, MA by Rev. John Walsh, Pastor of St. Patrick's church, Natick

Ann Elizabeth HOEY
b: 30 JUN 1856 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 19 APR 1933 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Marriage1: Patrick J. QUILTY
b: 1856 in Ireland
(son of Timothy QUILTY and Bridget MONKS)
Married: 25 NOV 1875 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Marriage2: Jacob DALPE
b: 1854 in Boston, Suffolk, MA
d: 03 SEP 1926 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Married: 1888 in Boston, Suffolk, MA

William H. HOEY
b: 26 NOV 1857 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 1898 in Natick, Middlesex, MA

Charles Henry HOEY
b: 05 MAY 1859 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 15 MAY 1931 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Ellen (Nellie) Agnes DONOVAN
b: 1868 in Framingham, Middlesex, MA
d: 28 JAN 1940 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Married: 5 MAY 1884 in Natick, Middlesex, MA

George Edward HOEY
b: 09 JUL 1860 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 22 AUG 1894 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Occupation: Saloonkeeper, Prescott House

Mary Etta HOEY
b: 31 MAR 1862 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 18 JAN 1955 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: James M. BURKE
b: 1863 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA
d: 09 AUG 1934 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Married: 21 OCT 1885 in Natick, Middlesex, MA by the Rev. P.B. Murphy.

Thomas F. HOEY
b: 14 MAY 1865 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 29 JAN 1876 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Cause of death: Peritonitis

Louisa Jane HOEY
b: 30 AUG 1866 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 15 MAR 1949 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Occupation: Dressmaker

John Quincy HOEY
b: 22 OCT 1868 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 03 JAN 1872 in Natick, Middlesex, MA

Francis T. HOEY
b: 18 MAY 1870 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 17 FEB 1948 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Occupation: Clothes Ironer

Alfred Eugene HOEY
b: 16 JUL 1871 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 06 MAR 1947 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Occupation: Pharmacist
Marriage: Winifred Agnes SPRUHAN
b: 21 SEP 1874 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
(dau. of John Spruhan and Winifred EAGAN)
d: 1960 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Married: 02 APR 1907 in Natick, Middlesex, MA by the Rev. M.F. Delaney