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Birth:          6 Apr 1887 Philadelphia, Pa.
Christening:    17 Apr 1887 Church of the Gesu, Philadelphia, Pa.
Death:          31 Mar 1974 Pinellas Co., Fla.
Cause of Death: Alzheimers

Notes
1900 in Phila. with parents 
1910 in Upper Darby, Pa.
1920 in Phila., Pa., with mother high school teacher
1930 in Chicago, Ill., unm, theatrical producer, father b Irish Free State, m b England
1940 cannot find
191 East Oak St.
ssn 351 24 1843 issued in Ill before 1951 last residence St. Petersburg Fla
listed as author on Amazon of "Heidi: A play in three acts, from the book of the same 
name" (1945); "The Gift: A Play in One Act" (1921)
Other sites also list her as author of "Love in a Fix" (1923) and also "The Camel with 
the Wrinkled Knes; Fantasy in A Prologue and 3 Short Acts" dramatized from the 
Raggedy Ann Story of the Same Name by Johnny Gruelle (1940) and "End of Summer"
per mom, was married but husband left soon after marriage and she resumed Foley 
name
per Milwaukee Journa 10 Feb 1939 on news.google, a story about her work with 
theater says she was on the faculty of a college in Minnesota, and from time to time it 
sends for her to direct a Shakespeare production for them.

passport applic in 2 files in ownancestry folder
Phila Archdiocese Archives email 2 June 2009
baptism sponsors J.A. and Martha C. Flaherty
baptized by Rev. C. Cicaterri, S.J.
baptized as Mary Agnes, surname shown as Farley
Fla Death Idx (says b 6 Aug 1886, not possible3)
per jackbivans.homestead.com/ReflectedmemorieswithDon.html, she owned Jack and 
Jill Players in Chicago, a school "owned by Marie Agnes Foley, a patient and kind 
Irish-Catholic single woman of about 50 years old." She had four teachers specializing 
in different aspects of theatre and art, with about 125 students. Jack Bivans was a 
professional radio actor and got his start with great aunt Marie. He was the asst flight 
engineer on the "Straight Flush" that accompanied the first atomic bombing of Japan.
phone conversation 18 Aug 2012 with Ron Foley: Edward brought his sister to Florida
www.findmypast, marr record City of Phila.
occ playwright
marriage annulled

Parents
FOLEY George Henry (Feb 1852 - 19 May 1910)
O'BRIEN Mary Frances (3 Dec 1860 - 24 Apr 1949)

Siblings
FOLEY George Francis (4 Jun 1882 - 14 Jun 1970)
FOLEY ----- (EST 1883 - BEF 1900)
FOLEY Eugene (28 Apr 1884 - Aug 1973)
FOLEY Alfred Joseph (21 Feb 1886 - 11 Aug 1959)
FOLEY Marie Agnes (6 Apr 1887 - 31 Mar 1974)
FOLEY Teresa Katherine (16 Jun 1888 - 5 Sep 1944)
FOLEY Walter Herman (30 Jul 1889 - 30 Oct 1961)
FOLEY Francis (EST 1891 - EST 1894)
FOLEY Agnes (2 Feb 1891 - 24 Jul 1891)
FOLEY Howard Hugh (13 Nov 1892 - Aug 1981)
FOLEY Hugh Gerald (1 Feb 1894 - 20 Oct 1958)
FOLEY Wilfred Francis (25 Feb 1895 - Sep 1986)
FOLEY Paul Henry (31 May 1897 - 3 Jan 1990)
FOLEY Virginia E. (14 Jan 1898 - Mar 1993)
FOLEY Maurice John (4 Aug 1899 - 1 Aug 1900)
FOLEY Edward Joseph (25 Aug 1900 - 17 Jan 1990)
FOLEY Francis (May 1902 - 17 Oct 1902)

Marriage To MCKINNEY Joseph Cecil (20 Aug 1890 - )
    m. 12 Sep 1923 Philadelphia, Pa.

Notes

Parents
MCKINNEY Joseph (EST 1860 - )
KILROY Nan (EST 1860 - )

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