John O'Connell - Genealogy Wise2024-03-29T12:24:35Zhttp://www.genealogywise.com/forum/topics/john-oconnell?groupUrl=mostwantedancestorslostandfound&xg_source=activity&id=3463583%3ATopic%3A180758&groupId=3463583%3AGroup%3A8945&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSomeone was kind enough to go…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2010-12-31:3463583:Comment:2989712010-12-31T19:27:49.308ZTerri O'Connellhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/TerriOConnell
<p>Someone was kind enough to go to the library for me in VT and I now have the obit for John. I was excited to learn that John had half siblings and I have been in contact with descendants of his sister Alice. Sad to say, she did not have any information on John. She did have a little bit of info on his Dad, Denis O'Connell, at one point, Denis was living in Minersville, NY. Other than that, all she knew is that he died before 1900.</p>
<p>As always, I will update this when I find more…</p>
<p>Someone was kind enough to go to the library for me in VT and I now have the obit for John. I was excited to learn that John had half siblings and I have been in contact with descendants of his sister Alice. Sad to say, she did not have any information on John. She did have a little bit of info on his Dad, Denis O'Connell, at one point, Denis was living in Minersville, NY. Other than that, all she knew is that he died before 1900.</p>
<p>As always, I will update this when I find more information.</p> Think I found John's death ce…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2010-10-25:3463583:Comment:2921432010-10-25T05:05:04.583ZTerri O'Connellhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/TerriOConnell
Think I found John's death certificate on ancestry.com today. I followed a few leads from someone else who gave me baptismal information. I did not want to add them to my main tree because I have no real proof it is correct info. Anyhow, once I started this new tree and add this info, I found a death record in Fair Haven, NY, date of death is exact. No wife listed though, and I know Marie is still living at this point. With this info, I returned to the census records of 1930 and found John and…
Think I found John's death certificate on ancestry.com today. I followed a few leads from someone else who gave me baptismal information. I did not want to add them to my main tree because I have no real proof it is correct info. Anyhow, once I started this new tree and add this info, I found a death record in Fair Haven, NY, date of death is exact. No wife listed though, and I know Marie is still living at this point. With this info, I returned to the census records of 1930 and found John and Marie in Fair Haven. All the dates seem to come together. I am really hoping this is it and I have the right family.<br />
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Will keep this updated as I find more info. I have been trying to find th…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2010-08-01:3463583:Comment:2726862010-08-01T04:21:56.355ZTerri O'Connellhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/TerriOConnell
I have been trying to find this census page and have not been able to. Can you direct me to where you looked it up. I paged through ancestry.com Rensselaer County and had no luck.<br />
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From an index I found death information on John's daughter, Mary Herring, her living relative was listed as son Ed. Cheney. So, this is looking like it fits.
I have been trying to find this census page and have not been able to. Can you direct me to where you looked it up. I paged through ancestry.com Rensselaer County and had no luck.<br />
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From an index I found death information on John's daughter, Mary Herring, her living relative was listed as son Ed. Cheney. So, this is looking like it fits. I sent email to historical so…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2010-06-09:3463583:Comment:2551162010-06-09T20:26:23.864ZTerri O'Connellhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/TerriOConnell
I sent email to historical society and got a response that unfortunately they have no information on the family.<br />
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I have not ordered death certificate for John yet, this has been a rough year and I had to cut costs within my research.<br />
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I do have a trip planned within the next few weeks to go and meet the cousin I talked about in earlier notes in this string. I am also going to the cemetery where John and the other O'Connell family members are buried. I am going to look into the local libraries…
I sent email to historical society and got a response that unfortunately they have no information on the family.<br />
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I have not ordered death certificate for John yet, this has been a rough year and I had to cut costs within my research.<br />
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I do have a trip planned within the next few weeks to go and meet the cousin I talked about in earlier notes in this string. I am also going to the cemetery where John and the other O'Connell family members are buried. I am going to look into the local libraries there as well (if time permits) it is a quick trip I am making through there and have so much to do.<br />
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I appreciate all the hints and help I have received here!<br />
Terri Been busy with other things a…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-10-13:3463583:Comment:1904192009-10-13T23:46:21.643ZTerri O'Connellhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/TerriOConnell
Been busy with other things and have not had a chance to look into yet. Might be a bit before I can. I will try the historian though! Will keep you updated as I find things out.<br />
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Terri
Been busy with other things and have not had a chance to look into yet. Might be a bit before I can. I will try the historian though! Will keep you updated as I find things out.<br />
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Terri I did see the city listings.…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-09-24:3463583:Comment:1814212009-09-24T01:44:14.211ZTerri O'Connellhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/TerriOConnell
I did see the city listings. I need to get to the library to see if they have access. I can only look as to what the Family Search Holds. We have a few great Genealogy Libraries that I an check out and hopefully they will have them.<br />
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I guess that makes sense on ordering Marie's death certificate. Didn't really think that one through. Will try to see if I can locate any marriage records too.<br />
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As for the cemetery inquiry, they did not have much info. The church that the cemetery originally…
I did see the city listings. I need to get to the library to see if they have access. I can only look as to what the Family Search Holds. We have a few great Genealogy Libraries that I an check out and hopefully they will have them.<br />
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I guess that makes sense on ordering Marie's death certificate. Didn't really think that one through. Will try to see if I can locate any marriage records too.<br />
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As for the cemetery inquiry, they did not have much info. The church that the cemetery originally belonged to burned down many years ago and the church across the street acquired the cemetery. They have the "books" with all the listings, but she only had sparse information. I should call again to double check what they have on her. From Cemetery records of King…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-09-24:3463583:Comment:1814002009-09-24T01:05:29.215ZTerri O'Connellhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/TerriOConnell
From Cemetery records of Kingsbury, Washington Co, NY<br />
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O'Connell, Marie, b. 1859 d. 1950<br />
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So, John was a year younger then her. Though John's cemetery records only claim Bridget as his wife, though she is not buried with him.<br />
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I would find it odd that at the age of 60, he would change jobs from working at pulp mill to farmer. I spoke with a Granddaughter of his and she did not know who Marie was. Though the granddaughter is 79 years, and did not have much contact with extended family.<br />
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I guess…
From Cemetery records of Kingsbury, Washington Co, NY<br />
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O'Connell, Marie, b. 1859 d. 1950<br />
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So, John was a year younger then her. Though John's cemetery records only claim Bridget as his wife, though she is not buried with him.<br />
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I would find it odd that at the age of 60, he would change jobs from working at pulp mill to farmer. I spoke with a Granddaughter of his and she did not know who Marie was. Though the granddaughter is 79 years, and did not have much contact with extended family.<br />
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I guess the best thing to do is order Marie's death certificate as well. See if there are any clues on it as to how she would be related. Again, she is the last O'Connell in this cemetery, in the same section. Some how, she has to connect.<br />
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As to the string of unrelated replies. I love them. You have helped tremendously! Thank you. I looked through for Curran a…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-09-23:3463583:Comment:1813692009-09-23T22:18:02.426ZTerri O'Connellhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/TerriOConnell
I looked through for Curran as well, only 2 people found. John and Hanorah Curran, both born in IRE. Will have to see if they fit into her family. Family Search must have put up the state census lately, last time I checked they had nothing for me. Note to self, go back and check every month or so.
I looked through for Curran as well, only 2 people found. John and Hanorah Curran, both born in IRE. Will have to see if they fit into her family. Family Search must have put up the state census lately, last time I checked they had nothing for me. Note to self, go back and check every month or so. GeneJ,
Thank you for this. T…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-09-23:3463583:Comment:1813632009-09-23T22:02:32.580ZTerri O'Connellhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/TerriOConnell
GeneJ,<br />
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Thank you for this. This is definitely the family. Fist census record that show Hattie for me and wife Bridget. I had not been able to find them on anything else. I will do some more searching here to see if I can find other records.<br />
As for the occupation, he is listed as a quarryman, in the Federal census records he was working for the paper mill.<br />
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I still cannot find him in 1920 0r 1930 Federal Census. I went to a class last night at a library to see if someone can help me. They said…
GeneJ,<br />
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Thank you for this. This is definitely the family. Fist census record that show Hattie for me and wife Bridget. I had not been able to find them on anything else. I will do some more searching here to see if I can find other records.<br />
As for the occupation, he is listed as a quarryman, in the Federal census records he was working for the paper mill.<br />
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I still cannot find him in 1920 0r 1930 Federal Census. I went to a class last night at a library to see if someone can help me. They said he might have not been home when it was done, so he was not counted or maybe he was in a home by that time. I am trying to search out other children to see if maybe he is with them. I believe I have found son Daniel and daughter Mary, but of course, he is not there.<br />
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Thanks for the help that you give here. It is greatly appreciated! Reread some letters from the…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-09-21:3463583:Comment:1808362009-09-21T22:40:02.117ZTerri O'Connellhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/TerriOConnell
Reread some letters from the descendants of Kate O'Connell. Her son said he remembers Aunt Elizabeth (Daha) having a gas station outside of Grovesrville, NY. Which seems to be between the Hudson Falls area and Black River, which is where Kate raised her family.
Reread some letters from the descendants of Kate O'Connell. Her son said he remembers Aunt Elizabeth (Daha) having a gas station outside of Grovesrville, NY. Which seems to be between the Hudson Falls area and Black River, which is where Kate raised her family.