Moloney Rappaport Family Tree

Letter - John Fleming/LeRoy D. Moloney, March 23, 1993, Pontificio Collegio Irlandese, Via Dei SS. Quattro,1, 00184 Roma, Tel. 7315766 - 736649, FAX 738453: Dear LeRoy, First of all let me apologise for not writing sooner in reply to your last letter. Pressure of work here in the College is the usual, and true, excuse. My reading of the departure of Timothy Roach Moloney for the United States was the breakdown of his marriage with Deborah Fleming. Some years ago a cousin of mine, who like me is descended from David Fleming, a brother of Deborah's, gave me a letter with an extract in it from a neighbour in Ardpatrick, where the Flemings have lived for centuries and where they are all buried, who saw Timothy in St. Louis after he left Deborah. The extract reads: "Could you give me any information of what became of Debby Fleming's husband. Is he living or when did he go.? Her son is out here. He was home to see her last summer. He says that she is living in Kilfinane and doing well. I have heard that her husband is out here and married again...." This letter was written in Saint Louis on January 27th 1867. There seems to be some discrepancy here, however, as Deborah's tombstone reads that she died on July 30th 1862. Perhaps it should read 1872. There is no record of the death of Anastatia. She probably died after her mother and no one took the care to put her name on the stone. Anastasia is a Fleming family name. At present we are having some repairs done to our own grave, namely the burial. I hope to have Deborah's headstone re-erected. It fell in recent years. It is interesting to note that whoever erected Deborah's headstone was more partial to the Flemings than to the Moloneys as they gave her maiden name in bolder print than her married name. I am always amused when I see it and recognised for many years that there must have been some story behind it. The O'Rourkes, who wrote the 1867 letter seem to think that Timothy was either a butcher or a baker by trade before he went to the United States. Up to 1985 I was Secretary to Bishop Henry Murphy and Bishop Jeremiah Newman, his successor, from 1973 onwards. Since then I have been on the staff of the Irish College, Rome. With every best wish, Yours sincerely, /s/ John

 Rev. John Fleming. 
 Vice-Rector Letter - John Fleming/LeRoy D. Moloney, July 6th, 1991, Pontificio Collegio Irlandese, Via del SS.  Quattro, 1, 00184 Roma, Tel. 7315697-737295-738453- 736649: Dear LeRoy, 
 Very many thanks for your recent letter concerning your great grandmother and my great grand aunt, Deborah Fleming.  I reckon that this makes us third cousins. 
 Yes I have some information on Deborah and of course I know where she is buried.  In fact, not knowing that she had any descendants I had arranged to have her stone re-erected when I was having our family grave repaired. Unfortunately the man I asked to do the work forgot to do so.  I mean, however, to get some one else to do it. 
 Just now I am off to Ireland on holiday and I think it best to leave my long letter to you until the autumn. 
 With kind regards, 
 /s/ John Fleming