Kate Rooney (singer)

[14] Before settling down to studies with Charles Santley, she paid a visit to Manuel García who, despite his age, was still considered an authority on the human voice.

[16][17] In 1907 Rooney married William Kirkham, who had an art gallery and antique furniture business in the vicinity of Fifth Avenue, New York.

[28] She largely abandoned her singing career, preferring home and the social life of White Plains, New York, to the rigours of touring America, but reportedly, her voice was still good.

Rooney and her son Billy accompanying, as chaperone, the young Queensland singer Gertrude Concannon, left by the RMS Aorangi for Vancouver on 2 July.

Rooney was praised as a writer of humorous prose and as a painter,[37] winning a first prize of £250 in a competition sponsored by the Art Gallery,[11] though further details are elusive.

[38] Rooney married art expert William Kirkham at Corpus Christi Church, Brixton, England, on 2 October 1907,[39] and moved to New York.

Jeanette had a career in Australia as a contralto,[44] singing in J. C. Williamson's Imperial Grand Opera Company, the Sydney Royal Philharmonic Society and regular appearances on ABC radio.