Pharmacist.
Born at Emerson on 4 September 1888, daughter of Catherine Ann Kelly (1857-1932) and John Alexander Carmichael (1851-1930), she received her early schooling in Swan River and attended the Manitoba College of Pharmacy where she graduated with a degree in pharmacy in 1912. She was one of the first female pharmacists in Manitoba. She apprenticed in Dauphin before opening her own drug store. She spent over 50 years in pharmacy including 20 years as chief pharmacist at the Misericordia Hospital. She retired in 1963.
On 3 June 1913, she married Joseph Thomas Mooney (1877-1954) at Swan River and they had three sons: John MacNeill Mooney (1914-?), Joseph Lawrence “Lorne” Mooney (1916-1971), and Wilfred Thomas Mooney (1920-1987). At the time of her death, she lived in the Maple Leaf Apartments.
She died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 17 October 1978 and was buried in the Assumption Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Mary Carmichael, Joseph Thomas Mooney], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [John MacNeill Mooney], Saskatchewan Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Joseph Lawrence, Wilfred Thomas Mooney], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [John Carmichael, Catherine Carmichael], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1931 Canada census, Ancestry.
“Pharmacist Mary Mooney graduated 50 years ago,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 June 1962, page 22.
“Prescription for life, by a 50 year pharmacist," Winnipeg Free Press, 16 June 1962, page 14.
Obituary [Joseph Mooney], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 August 1971, page 21.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 17 October 1978, page 46.
Death registration [Wilfrid Mooney], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 October 2025
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