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"Rigney Collection" *
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1877
Twins, Marcella (seated) and Rose Rigney, daughters of John and Eliza (Elizabeth) Lowry Rigney
Rose and Marcella Rigney (unknown which is which)
~1885
See a short history of the Rigney family, written by Rose Rigney O'Donnell
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Rose (left) and Marcella Rigney (Tacoma News Tribune article)
June 1939
Rose Rigney at left, Marcella Rigney top stair in middle, Greta Herr, middle, bottom row at front door of the Catholic Church. This is probably the Catholic Womens Improvement Club formed April 1923 to restore the church.
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1924
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Rose and Marcella Rigney (unknown which is which)
1945
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Rose Rigney O'Donnell (left), Marcella Rigney Henly, and Greta Herr in kitchen of Rigney home, corner of Lafayette and Pacific.
~1930
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Rose Rigney O'Donnell and Marcella Rigney Henly. Unknown which twin is which in photo
Neil and Marcella Rigney Henly and family. Children are: Eugenia, b. 1887; Neil, 1890; Elizabeth, 1892; Margaret ("Greta"), 1894; Mary, 1896; Anna, 1899;, and George, 1902 (?).
Captain Neil and Marcella Rigney Henly in Rose Rigney O'Donnell's side yard. See closeup at Rigney015.
Captain Neil and Marcella Rigney Henly's home at the foot of Union Avenue befoer the railroad track was built.
Group photo of extended Rigney family
Group photo of work party, probably that of Northern Pacific RR as it built the railroad through Steilacoom in around 1912
l. to r. - Jack, Mary, and Will Graham, Alice Henly, Emily Graham, Mrs. M. Herr, Mrs and Mr. Thomas Graham, Mrs. And Capt. Neil ,Henly, Lizie Graham, L. R. Herr, Ada Graham
Rose Rigney O'Donnell (foreground, left), Neil and Marcella Rigney Henly at right. Church of the Immaculate Conception.
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Marcella and Neil Henly
Neil L. Henly, son of Neil and Marcella Rigney Henly
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John Rigney, Jr. (seated)
Neil Henley home at the corner of Union Avenue and Starling Street.
Steven Judson home at corner of Main and Starling Streets.
Dottie and brother, Arlie Weston. Arlie died at 5 years old in Eureka, CA. Relationship to Rigney family unknown. Dorothy Weston was the daughter of Olive and Howard Weston, the latter being the son of Nancy and Rudolphus Weston.
Olive Lewis Weston, mother of Dottie (in Rigney022above). Photo taken in Eureka, CA
Olive Lewis Weston. Olive married Howard Weston. Born March 28, 1859, she is 10 years old in this photo
Dorothy "Dottie" Weston who later married Jack Gale.
Dorothy "Dottie" Weston. This is a post card, perhaps meaning that she was well known, at lease in the region.
John L. Rigney, Jr. He married Ellen Modden in 1878. They purchased their home in Steilacoom in 1882. See Rigney029.
Ellen Madden Rigney, wife of John L. Rigney
Family of John L. Rigney, Jr. (son of pioneer John Rigney), and Elizabeth Rigney on the porch of their home at 1614 Rainier Street, known as the Albert Balch home. Build in 1858.
Pioneers John and Elizabeth Rigney. Photo copyrighted by the Tacoma Public Library.
John and Elizabeth Rigney's first house, constructed in 1852 off 74th and South Tacoma Way in what is now Lakewood. Their home was along the well travelled road from Steilacoom to Puyallup.
Boat at dock on Steilacoom waterfront
Boat at dock on Steilacoom waterfront
"Iona", grandfather [Neil] Henly's launch…carried passengers between Steilacoom and the McNeil Island Penetentiary
See Rose Rigney O'Donnel's account of the establishment of the Church of the Immaculate Conception
1930's
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Pioneer Stephen Judson was the executor of John Rigney's will. Relationship to Rigney family other than that is unknown.
* Photos in the Rigney Collection were donated to the Steilacoom Hisorical Museum Association by lifetime member Catherine McKasson, granddaughter of Greta Herr.
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See John and Elizabeth's marriage record here.
Rose Rigney O'Donnel (left)l and Marcella Rigney Henly reminiscing about days as telegraph operators. Unknown which twin is which in photo
1949
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