”Hi this is John Prindle From the San Francisco USA Area…I was named after my grandfather John Mitchell from Cloone. He was born June 29, 1888. He died in `1961, the year before I was born.
He was the only son of William Mitchell born 1826. I understand he raised cattle in Cloone. He had at least four sisters who remained in the area. I was wondering if you could direct me to someone in your area (or post any information that might be helpful) who might know more about his history. John Mitchell married Rose O'Brien and came to America in 1926.
John Mitchell was the youngest and only son with 6 sisters (Margaret 1880-1938, Briget 1879-1869, Catherine, Alice 1885-1984,Theresa, and Anne). He sold the family farm in June of 1925 to a cousin, Micheal..son of Patrick Mitchell.....
John's paternal Grandparents were Owen Mitchell and H Kiernan who had six living children. Patrick, William, John, Bridget ....two other daughters (perhaps one was named Anne from reply below) married Tom Brady and Tom Mckeon
John Mitchell's parents were William Mitchell and Margaret Rourke Mitchell (1847-1849)”
Hi Mitchell-obrien,
I am descended from Maria / Mary mitchell (born approx 1872), daughter of William Mitchell and Margaret Rourke. I have been looking for descendants of Mary's sister John Mitchell (who married Rose O'Brien) for some time.
Just to confirm this is the same family, I believe you may have had an uncle William Mitchell who may have worked for the civil service in an engineering capacity?
Mary / Maria Mitchell married a Patrick Reynolds in about 1893 and ended up having numerous children, I don't know if that name crops up in your research?
I don't have any additional information than that which you already have going back in time, but I have had some luck mapping the wider mitchell family still in Ireland.
