Patrick J. Foley

Job Title(s)

Assistant Lead Wool Sorter

Dates of Employment

c. 1890 – abt 1892

Last Name  Foley 
First Name  Patrick 
Middle Initial  J 
Born  abt 1843 in Ireland
Home Address 

(1890) 

 s s Mill 2 e of Commercial, Salem, Oregon 
Died  18 February 1921 in Portland, OR 
Place Buried  St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery (now St. Barbara’s) in Salem, OR 
Spouse  Catherine Douglas 
Date of Marriage  1868 
Children  John, Mary E (Minnie), Sadie (Sarah), George, Owen, Geraldine Foley 
Dates of Employment  1890 – abt 1892 
Job(s)  Assistant Lead Wool Sorter 
Story  Patrick Foley worked as a sorter for TKWM at the time of its opening in 1890. 

Patrick Foley was born in Ireland around about 1843 and immigrated to the US in 1860. He may have first lived in Illinois and served during the Civil War. Further research is needed to confirm. Patrick married Catherine Douglas in 1868.  

By 1870 Patrick and Catherine were living with their young son John in Salem according to the 1870 Federal Census. At the time, Patrick worked working as a wool sorter, a trade he would continue for the better part of 40 years. By 1880, the Foley’s had added three more children to their family and had moved to Liberty St. At the reporting of the census, Patrick was working as a saloon keeper. 

In 1890 Patrick was back in the wool business working at TKWM as the assistant lead wool sorter and living on Mill St, 2 blocks east of Commercial in Salem. A few years after that, the family moved to Portland where Patrick continued to work in the wool mill industry. By 1900, two more children had been added to the family. In 1910, the Foley’s took on boarders while living at 434 Samhill St, Portland, OR. 

Sometime between 1910 and 1919, the family moved to Oregon City, where Catherine passed away in September of 1919. Soon after, Patrick and son George moved to farmland in Clackamas County. George never married and remained with his father till the end.  

Patrick died 18 February 1921 in Portland and was buried in the Catholic cemetery in Salem, St. Joseph’s (now St. Barbara Cemetery). His wife Catherine and daughter Mary are buried there as well. Patrick’s grave was unmarked until 1936 when a veteran’s headstone was arranged for. 
References 
Name  Remarks 
Census  1870Patrick Foley B abt 1841 in Ireland. Home in Salem, OR. Occupation wool sorter. Father of foreign birth. Patrick Foley 29, C Foley 23, John Foley no age. 

1880P Foley. B abt 1848 in Ireland. Lives on Liberty St in Salem, OR. Married HOH. Father B in Ireland. Saloon Keeper. P. Foley  32, Katharine Foley  34,  John Foley  11, Mary E. Foley  9, Sarah Foley 4,  George Foley  2. 

1900Patrick Foley [Patrick Faley] B abt 1841 in Ireland. Rented house at 193 Parst St, Portland, OR. Married HOH. Immigrated 1860. Wool sorter. Married 1868. Years married 37. Wife, Father and Mother B in Ireland. Patrick Foley 59, Katherine J Foley 54 wife, tele opr), Sadie Foley 24 (daughter, tele opr), George Foley 22 (son, deckhand), Owen Foley 19 (son, laundryman), Geraldine Foley 16 (daughter), Orrin W Forsyth 42, Emma C Forsyth 4, Edith Forsyth 20, John Kemp 25, Mary Mcnichols 46, George W Thomas 32, Anna Thomas 31, Frances Thomas 1, Lillian Rhea 28.
1910Patrick J Foley [Patrick Foley] B abt 1843 in Ireland.  Rented home at 434 Samhill St, Portland, OR. Immigrated 1860. Wool sorter. Married HOH. Wife, father, and mother all born in Ireland. Married 42 years. Weeks out of work 16. Patrick J Foley 67, Catherine J Foley 64, George P Foley 31 (son), Sadie A Hatton 34 (daughter), Mildred C Hatton 5 (gnd daughter), Frank Yonker 30 (boarder). 

1920Patrick Foley. B abt 1843 in Ireland. Rented land and farms in Clackamas, OR. Immigrated 1860. Naturalized 1880. Widowed. Father and mother born in Ireland. Patrick Foley 77, George P Foley 42 (son, single riverboat deck hand). 
City Directory (Salem unless otherwise indicated  1891Patrick Foley. s s Mill 2 e of Commercial, Salem, Oregon, Wool Sorter 
Find a Grave  Patrick Foley. B unknown. D 18 Feb 1921 in Portland, OR. St Barbara Cemetery, Salem, OR. Application for Vets headstone says this person was a Cpt in Co C of the 23 Ill Inf. during the civil war. 

Catherine Jane Foley. B 2 Nov 1845 in County Derry, Ireland. 74 yrs. old. D 28 Sep 1919. St Barbara Cemetery. Buried 1 Oct 1919. Priest Hilbrand. Old age from Oregon City.  

Mary E Foley. B 1871 in Oregon. D 13 Apr 1896 (age 24-25) in Marion County, OR. St Barbara Cemetery. Priest J S White. Died from Phthisis (lung disease) 
OR Death Index  Death date: 18 February 1921 Death place: Portland Certificate #: 422 
Illinois Civil War Muster Records  Several Patrick Foleys named in these records. One record was used in 1936 to justify a soldier’s headstone for a Patrick Foley in St Barbara Cemetery, Salem. However, based on the Illinois records, it could not be confirmed that any of these soldiers were Patrick Foley, the subject of this research. Further research is needed.  
Willamette Valley Death Records  Catherine Jane Foley. Death Age:73.  Birth Date: 2 Nov 1845 in Ireland. Death Date: 28 Sep 1919 in Clackamas. Burial Date: 1919 in Salem, OR. Spouse:  Patrick Foley 
Newspapers.com  CJ 1 Apr 1808 pg. 3. The following letter was received by the “Journal” yesterday from James Douglass, of Harrisville, Rhode Island, inquiring as to the whereabouts of the family of Patrick Foley: Editor Journal: –Can you find or give me any information of the family of Patrick Foley, who was in Waterloo, Linn county, in 1896, when their daughter, Minnie, died. Any information of them will be thankfully received by yours respectfully. JAMES DOUGLAS, P.O. Box 408 Harrisville, Rhode Island 

CJ 2 Apr 1908 pg. 1. John Q. Wilson informs us that the lost man inquired after in this paper, one Patrick Foley, was formerly a woolen mill employee at Salem, but went to Portland and later to Pendleton where he worked last. 
Church of St Joseph, Salem, OR. Record of Interment.   Faley (sp) Patrick B. Ireland.  

Foley Catherine Jane. B 2 Nov 1845 in Derry, Ireland. D 28 Sep 1919 (74) of old age. From Oregon City. 

Foley Mary E. B in Oregon. D 12 Jun 1896.  
WHC Resources  None identified at this time.