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Place of Birth: County Cavan, Ireland
About Andrew Carney
- Andrew Carney (1794, Ireland – 1864, Boston) immigrated to the United States in 1816.
- Carney partnered with Jacob Sleeper to form Carney & Sleeper, Clothiers.
- Carney was a wise investor and grew his fortune with investments in Boston's real estate market.
- Carney's interests turned to finance and he assisted in founding the First National Bank of Boston and the John Hancock Insurance Company for which he worked as a director.
- Carney cared for the youth of Boston by founding the St.
- Vincent Home for Girls, and was a benefactor of the House of the Angel Guardian for Homeless Boys and the Home for Destitute Catholic Children.
- Carney worked with Jesuit leaders in Boston, and helped finance the Church of the Immaculate Conception and Boston College in 1863.
- Carney established Carney Hospital, the first Catholic hospital in New England in 1863.
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