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From: "Bill and Cathy McGrath" <>
Subject: [OCONNOR-TIPP-L] O'CONNORS IN TIPPERARY
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:51:45 -0800

Here is a little more information on my Tipperary O'Connor's

MY ggg grandparents were: William O'Connor
Catherine Gleason

Two children that I know of were:

Timothy O'Connor - (my gg grandfather)
Born: Around 1836-1838 - Nenagh, Tipperary
Left Liverpool
Arrived USA 1857 - Came to Troy, NY

Michael O'Connor
Born: Around 1845 - Newport, Tipperary
Left Queenstown
Arrived New York 1879 - Came to Troy, NY

There also seems to be some connection with the O'Rourke family
in Newport either through the O'Connor's or the Gleason's.

Some of the O'Connor relatives in Troy used to write to O'Rourke's
on Pound Street in Newport up until the 1970's. There was a
Michael O'Rourke and his niece Catherine.

Outside of Timothy having a brother Michael, the name Michael
doesn't seem to be repeated in the descendents of Tim. William,
Timothy, Joseph and Francis were the names of children of Timothy
and William, one of his son's . Another son of Tim's was Patrick
(his second son) who was named after his wife's father. Since
there was no Michael, I am leaning towards the O'Rourke's being
related to Catherine Gleason. Which may also explain where the
Michael name came from for Tim's brother.

It seems that nearly all the men in my family tree, myself included,
marry a woman named Catherine. I must have 40 "Catherine's"
and that's only going back to the mid l800's.

Would love to find more out on my O'Connor's and Gleason's and to
determine where the O'Rourke's fit in.

Thanks to Pat for setting up the O'Connor-Tipperary list. Pat and I
are searching O'Connor's in Troy, NY (where I was born and lived for
many years) but we haven't found a common link yet.

Regards,

Bill McGrath
Clifton Park, NY

(Also researching McGRATH-HAYES-KENNEDY from Thurles, Tipperary.

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