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Br Absadius Michael (John) Moroney

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31 Oct 1894 (aged 21–22)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
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Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Brother Absadius Michael (John Moroney) was born in New York City and entered the Novitiate in 1889 in Amawalk, New York. He died on October 31, 1894, in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 21 and is buried in Memphis, in Calvary Cemetery.

John Moroney was born in 1872 in New York and entered the Novitiate at Amawalk at age seventeen in 1889. There he received the habit and religious name of Brother Absadius Michael. He taught at La Salle Academy, Providence, Rhode Island, and the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New York City. He was sent to Memphis for health reasons with the belief that the dryer climate would be of help. He died there at age twenty-two, having been a De la Salle Christian Brother for only five years.
Brother Absadius Michael (John Moroney) was born in New York City and entered the Novitiate in 1889 in Amawalk, New York. He died on October 31, 1894, in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 21 and is buried in Memphis, in Calvary Cemetery.

John Moroney was born in 1872 in New York and entered the Novitiate at Amawalk at age seventeen in 1889. There he received the habit and religious name of Brother Absadius Michael. He taught at La Salle Academy, Providence, Rhode Island, and the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New York City. He was sent to Memphis for health reasons with the belief that the dryer climate would be of help. He died there at age twenty-two, having been a De la Salle Christian Brother for only five years.

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