Thomas J. FEALY

Father: Thomas FEALY
Mother: Ellen CASEY

Family 1: Mary C. McNAMARA

(1) Source: Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages via Ancestry.com.

  1. Martin FEALY
  2. Thomas F. FEALY
  3. Ignatius FEALY
  4. Joseph FEALY
  5. Agnes FEALY
  6. Aloysius FEALY
  7. Vincent FEALY
  8. Eugenia FEALY
  9. Francis FEALY
  10. Margaret FEALY

Family 2: Marianna MORCOE

(1) Source: District of Columbia, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index via Ancestry.com. 
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                _Denis FEALY___|
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 _Thomas FEALY_|
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|--Thomas J. FEALY
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|_Ellen CASEY__|
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Notes

Updated December 20, 2025. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1860 United States Census for District of Columbia, Washington Co., 5th Ward Washington City, Washington City D. C. Post Office: Pages 47-48; June 14, 1860.

Thomas FEALEY is the son of Thomas and Ellen FEALEY. He is 13 years old, born in Ireland, and is attending school.

(2) 1870 United States Census for District of Columbia, Washington Co., Second Ward in the City: page 351; July 29, 1870.

Thomas FOLEY is the son of Ellen FOLEY. He is 22 years old, born in Maryland and is a printer.

(3) Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages via Ancestry.com

- Name: Thos. FEALY
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Single
- Age: 24 (b. 1848; Limerick Co., Ire.)
- Marriage: 07 May 1872; Alexandria, Virginia
- Parents: Thos. and Ellen FEALY
- Spouse: Mary McNAMARA
- FHL Film Number: 30205

(4) 1880 United States Census for the City of Washington, DC.: Supervisor's District 17; Enumeration District 57; page 4; June 1, 1880.

Thomas FEALY is head of household, married to Mary [McNAMARA] FEALY. He is 32 years old and was born in Ireland as were his parents. He is a printer. Children in the household are Martin (age 5), Thomas F. (age 4), Ignatius (age 2), and Joseph (age 3 months / born Feb.), all born in the District of Columbia.

(5) Death of Children via Newspapers.com: Evening star; Washington, District of Columbia; Monday, April 23, 1894; Page 5

"FEALY. On Sunday, April 22, 1894, AGNES and EUGENIA, children of Thos. and Mary FEALY, aged twelve and five years respectively. Funeral private."

(6) District of Columbia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records via Ancestry.com

"In the name of God, Amen. I Mary FEALY, of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, ordain, and publish this to be my last will and testament. I appoint my beloved husband, Thomas FEALY, executor of this my last will and testament. I give and devise to the said Thomas FEALY my house and lot, numbered 1001 New Jersey Avenue, northwest, being Sub. 60, sq 559, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia in fee simple, with full power to sell, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of the same in such manner as he may deem desirable and proper in his own interest and that of our children. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal to the forgoing on this third day of June, A.D. 1896. Mary FEALY / her mark." Witnessed and signed by Daniel F. DRISCOLL, Edward PURCELL, and Andrew BEACH.

"1900 No 7314 D22; FEALY, Mary, deceased. Will: 1896 July 6 Filed with affidavit; 1899 Dec 8 Proved by two, Dec 12 proved by the third subscribing witnesses; 1900 April 2 Admitted for probate and records. Wills #48 L.A.D. folio 318."

(7) 1900 United States Census for District of Columbia, Washington City: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 73; Sheet 9A; June 5, 1900.

Thomas FEALY is head of household. Children in the household are Ignatius (b. July 1878 in Missouri), Aloysius (b. October 1884 in the District of Columbia), Vincent (b. April 1886 in the District of Columbia), Francis (b. January 1891 in the District of Columbia) and Margaret (b. September 1893 in the District of Columbia). The family resides on North Capitol Street.

- Address: 1001 New Jersey Avenue
- Birth date: February 1848; age 52
- Number of Years of Present Marriage: n/a (widower)
- Birthplace: Ireland, as were his parents
- Immigration: 1853, in the U.S. for 47 years, a naturalized citizen
- Occupation: Grocer
- Home: Owns his home with a mortgage; it is not a farm

(8) Marriage License via Newspapers.com: Evening star; Washington, District of Columbia; Monday, April 15, 1907; Page 5

"Marriage licenses have been issued to the following... Thomas FEALY and Marianne ROUARK."

(9) District of Columbia, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: Thomas FEALY
- Gender: Male
- Age: 55
- Birth Date: 1852
- Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1907
- Marriage Place: District of Columbia
- Spouse: Marianne ROURK
- FHL Film Number: 2108440

(10) 1910 United States Census for the District of Columbia, Washington City, Precinct 2 (part of): Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District29; Sheet 8A; April 19, 1910.

Thomas FEALY is head of household, married to Mary A. [MORCOE] FEALY. Children in the household are Aloysius (age 28), Francis I. (age 19), and Margaret M. (age 16). All children are listed as born in the District of Columbia.

- Address: 67 New York Avenue
- Age: 62 years old, married 2 years (his second marriage)
- Birthplace: Ireland, as were his parents
- Occupation: Typographic Printer
- Home: Owns his house free of mortgage

(11) U.S., City Directories via Ancestry.com: Washington, District of Columbia

- 1870: FEALY Thomas, printer, R I av nr 13th nw
- 1871: FEALY Thomas, jr, printer, 1301 R I av nw (his mother Ellen is a grocer at the same address)
- 1877, FEALY Thos, printer, 89 Myrtle ne
- 1878: FEALY Thomas, printer, 31 Mass av nw
- 1884: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N J av nw
- 1888: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N J av nw
- 1889: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N J av nw
- 1890: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N J av nw
- 1891: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N J av nw
- 1892: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N J av nw
- 1893: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N J av nw
- 1894: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N J av nw
- 1895: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N Y av nw
- 1896: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N Y av nw
- 1898: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N Y av nw
- 1900: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N J av nw
- 1901: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N J av nw
- 1905: FEALY, Thomas J, grocer, 1001 N J av nw
- 1910: FEALY Thos, printer, 67 N Y av nw
- 1911: FEALY Thomas J, compositor, 67 N Y av nw
- 1913: FEALY Thos, printer, 67 N Y av nw

(12) Washington, District of Columbia, U.S., Death Certificates via Ancestry.com

- Date of Death: July 30, 1913
- Name: Thos. FEALY
- Sex: Male
- Age: 65
- Conjugal Condition: Widowed
- Occupation: Printer
- Birthplace: Ireland (as were his parents)
- Duration of Residence in District: 60
- Place of Death: En route 7th & L Homeopathic Hospital
- Cause of Death: Crushed by falling building 7th & L during storm; Primary - fractured ribs; immediate - shock
- Duration: accidental / few minutes
- Residence: 67 NY. ave NW
- Burial: Mt. Olivet Cem.; Aug 2nd, 1913

(13) Death via Newspapers.com: The Washington Herald; Washington, District of Columbia; Thursday, July 31, 1913; Pages 1-2

"Terrific Windstorm, Worst in Capital's History, Causes Damage to Property of Over $1,000,000 / Building Blown Down in Storm; Two Persons Killed, Twelve Injured / ... Like an egg shell crushed under the heel, the Saul Building, at Seventh and L Streets Northwest, yesterday afternoon collapsed before the wind. Two persons are dead and twelve injured. The fifty-year-old structure, uninspected for years, wend down before the blast which swept from out the North like a house of cards. The victims never had a chance. The building fell upon them, hurling them down -- down into a mass of debris in the basement. The brick and woodwork of three floors piled upon them... Thomas FEALY, father of Rev. Ignatius FEALY, of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, was just outside the building, about to bring a little boy out of the rain. The falling wall struck him. He was taken out dead... A horse owned by Timothy J. CASEY, of 1103 Seventh Street Northwest, was killed under the falling walls. The horse was attached to a wagon driven by Timothy J. CASEY, jr., aged twelve. It was in an effort to call the boy in out of the storm that Mr. FEALY lost his life. He said the boy was about to go into the Saul Building when the first warning sound came from the falling walls. The boy leaped back and ran across the street. Mr. FEALY's life was crushed out where he stood. It was in the very midst of the storm, at 3:15 o'clock, that an unusually strong gust of wind struck the top floor of the building, which stood out above the roof of the adjoining structure, 1103 Seventh Street. The wind dislodged the roof and tumbled in the side wall. The flooring gave way, and the whole mass went with a crash straight through to the basement, carrying all with it. All those in the building were on the first floor... Thomas FEALY was crushed to death under the falling brick from the front wall... The Firemen, augmented by about fifty laborers, made quick work of the debris. Ambulances from two hospitals and patrol wagons from three precincts were pressed into use to hurry the injured to hospitals. Thomas FEALY was taken from under the piled up bricks on the pavement dead, but his body was rushed to Homeopathic Hospital as a last hope... Among the first of those not in the immediate neighborhood to reach the scene... Rev. Ignatius FEALY... the young clergyman from St. Joseph's Church, who had rushed to the scene in an automobile in order to give aid to the injured, found that his own father, Thomas FEALY, of 67 New York Avenue Northwest, was among the killed."

(14) Death via Newspapers.com: Times Herald; Washington, District of Columbia; Thursday, July 31, 1913; Page 2

"LOSES HIS LIFE IN EFFORT TO SAVE BOY / Body of Thomas J. FEALY, Who Dies in Saul Building, Taken to Residence. / The body of Thomas FEALY, who lost his life in protecting a boy from the storm at the Saul Building yesterday afternoon, was taken to the family residence, 67 New York avenue northwest this morning. Mr. FEALY was in the tin shop of Thomas J. CASEY, 1103 Seventh Street northwest, when the Saul building was wrecked. One of the walls of the Saul building crashed through the side of the tin shop the debris falling on him. He died before he could be rescued. Funeral services will be conducted from St. Aloysius Church Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. A witness to the tragedy in telling the brother, Patrick FEALY, who is employed by the Washington Gas Light Company, gave a graphic picture of the man's fate. 'I saw Mr. FEALY standing in a doorway when the Saul building began to fall,' he said. 'He was shouting across the street to two friends who were warning him of the impending danger. Just as he was about to open the door and make a rush for safety, the structure fell throwing the wall through the tin shop and he was buried beneath it."

(15) Death via Newspapers.com: Evening star; Washington, District of Columbia; Thursday, July 31, 1913; Page 1

"Thomas FEALY, sixty-five years old, employed by Timothy CASEY, whose place of business was in the room adjoining the Saul real estate office, also caught under tons of fallen brick and timber and taken out with his neck broken, his skull smashed like an eggshell and his body a mangled mass of flesh and bone."

(16) Funeral Plans via Newspapers.com: Times Herald; Washington, District of Columbia; Friday, August 01, 1913; Page 2

"HILTON AND FEALY RITES TOMORROW / Funerals of Victims of Distaster in Saul Building at Home and Church / The funerals of Walter E. HILTOn and Thomas J. FEALY, the two victims of the Saul building disaster during Wednesday's storm, will be held tomorrow... The FEALY funeral services will be at St. Aloysius Church at 9 o'clock... The FEALY funeral will be from the residence, 67 New York avenue, to St. Aloysius, where a son and nephew will have part in the services. The Rev. Father Ignatius, son of the deceased, will be celebrant of the requiem High mass, and Leo FEALY, a nephew, will be master of ceremonies. Thomas FEALY is survived by six sons, besides father FEALY, who will act as pallbearers. They are Martin, Francis and Aloysius of this city; Thomas of Philadelphia, and Vincent and Francis FEALY of New York. Mrs. FEALY and a daughter, Miss Margaret, also survive. Charles COLUMBUS, secretary of the Retail Merchants' Association, is a nephew of the deceased. Thomas FEALY, the father of the deceased, also met a violent death. He was killed by an explosion during the civil war at the Government arsenal and powder magazine in Washington, where he was employed."

(17) "Of Interest" via Newspapers.com: The Washington Herald; Washington, District of Columbia; Sunday, August 03, 1913; Page 13

"Thomas FEALY, who was killed in Wednesday's storm, was a printer by trade and had been employed in the G. P. O. at various times."

(18) Tribute via Newspapers.com: The Washington Herald; Washington, District of Columbia; Monday, August 04, 1913; Page 2

"HIGH TRIBUTE PAID TO THOMAS FEALY / Members of St. Vincent De Paul Society Tell of Storm Victim's Charitable Work. / Declaring that in the death of Thomas FEALY, who was killed in the collapse of the Saul Building Wednesday afternoon, the church had lost a zealous and an ideal layman, officers and members of St. Aloysius' branch of the St. Vincent De Paul Society at a meeting held yesterday, paid tribute to the memory of Mr. FEALY, who had been associated with the organization for more than thirty-five years, a great part of which time he had held the office of secretary. The Rev. James NOONAN, spiritual director of the society; President John J. FULLER, and others, spoke of Mr. FEALY's long and faithful service in the cause of Christian charity. It was said that Mr. FEALY had frequently devoted his evening and Sundays to the work of visiting the poor, whose cases had been brought to the society's attention, and having their wants attended to. 'Mr. FEALY's whole life was a preparation for death.' said Father NOONAN 'It is a pious custom to pray that we may be delivered from a sudden and unprovided death. The death of Mr. FEALY was indeed a sudden one but those who knew him are aware that the end had been well provided for. His life reflected credit upon the Church and upon the Society of St. Vincent De Paul.' Mr. Joseph RYAN, for several years associated with Mr. FEALY in the charitable work of the St. Vincent De Paul Society, was appointed by President FULLER as secretary to succeed Mr. FEALY."

(19) Find a Grave

- Name: Thomas J FEALY
- Birth: 1848
- Death: 1913 (aged 65)
- Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Plot: Section 1 Lot 14OE1/4 Site NW
- Memorial ID: 176773781

(20) O'Connell, Jr., Joseph M., editor. "The O'Connell and FEALY Families of Sliabh Luachra." Hyattsville, MD: Self-Published, 2006.

Children include Martin, Ignatius, Thomas, Joseph, Vincent, Francis, Margaret and Aloysius FEALY. The source provides much more detail on these children and their descendants. The source also has extensive notes on Thomas FEALY. A brief synopsis:

- "In the Washington Star account of the accident which killed his father on 18 December, 1865, he was described as a messenger for the Washington Board of Aldermen."
- "From 1862 through 1864, Thomas FEALY was listed in Washington, DC city directories as a laborer residing at 4th and "A" streets, Northeast, although the entry for 1863 listed 4 1/2 and "B" streets, Northeast. This may reflect that the residence was an "alley house" with some question as to the exact address."
- "In 1870 and 1871, Thomas was listed at the same 1301 Rhode Island Avenue address as his mother." During this period he was probably a printer.
- Apparently left the Washington area for a period of time but was back by 1885 "as a grocer at 1001 New Jersey Avenue, Northwest," and again in 1895.
- "On 30 July 1913, the Washington area was struck by what appears to have been a tornado. The Washington Post for the following day, 31 July, described it as a cyclonic storm and reported serious damage throughout the area." Thomas was one of those killed. The O'Connell book speculates on some of the confusion surrounding Thomas' death.