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From: "Judith Edwards" <>
Subject: Re: [Irl-Westmeath] Connell or O'Connell, Clonmellon Area, Meath, Westmeath
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:22:46 +1100

Tom, Hi, My Connell family came from the Westmeath area. My
ggrandfather was Patrick Connell a Farmer and Catherine Maher my grandfather
was Thomas Connell he was born in Mullingar County Westmeath from
information I received from Michael Conlon the following children were also
born in Mullingar Parish.
1857 March James
1858 March Thomas
? Catherine (decd.young)
1861 Aug Eliza
1864 Anne
1865 July Bridget "
1866 Dec. Patrick
1868 April Bridget
1870 Catherine.

I know our dates don't tie in but maybe back there somewhere we just might.
My Thomas migrated to Australia prior to 1894. Judith



>From:
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>To:
>Subject: [Irl-Westmeath] Connell or O'Connell, Clonmellon Area, Meath,
>Westmeath
>Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 19:16:42 EST
>
> Three siblings from Ireland were in Cattaraugus County, New York State,
>USA 1840s thru 1880s. They were Mrs. Edward Jones, Margaret O'Connell, b
>about 1810; her sister Mrs. Thomas Brown, Jane O'Connell, b about 1808; and
>presumably their brother Andrew O'Connell, b about 1805. All USA records
>seen on these three give their surname as O'Connell. In the 1880 census
>Margaret and Jane stated they were from Westmeath.
> Records from the RC Church at Clonmellon which covers a portion of both
>Westmeath and Meath gives the name as Connell. Margaret Connell m. Edward
>Jones of Archerstown, Westmeath in 1840 . There is no record of the
>baptism
>of Margaret, Jane or Andrew Connell at Clonmellon nor is there a record of
>Jane Connell's marriage to Thomas Brown. They must have lived in a nearby
>RC
>parish in Meath or Westmeath.
> Margaret's death certificate lists her father as "J." O'Connell and her
>mother as Mary (blank). Edward Jones and Margaret O'Connell named their
>second son James. Perhaps Margaret's father was James Connell. Also, the
>1796
>Flax Growers list showed a James Connell and Thomas Connell in Killallon,
>Meath. The Clonmellon RC Church records go back to 1757. Unless there were
>changes over the years to the church parish boundaries, I don't understand
>why all these names don't appear in the baptism and marriage records. Any
>help to unravel my Connell/O'Connell problem would be greatly appreciated.
>Thanks, Tom O'Hare, Buffalo, N.Y., USA.
>
>
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