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Galway / Aran Island Schools in 1840s
« on: Tuesday 06 March 18 13:42 GMT (UK)  »
I know this may be a shot in the dark, however it's worth a try.

I'm trying to find any info relating to Maurice O'Connell (or Connell) and his wife, Jane Williams. He was born in Ireland in/around 1820 (no idea where), she was born on Anglesey in 1820/1821 as well. I know that they had three children while living in Ireland, and I recently found a Wales census form from 1851 relating to their daughter Jane O'Connell (b. 1848) as being born on "Aran Isle". They had two other children born in Ireland, and I would assume it would be Aran or Galway as well. They are Elizabeth L. O'Connell b.1841 and John (or Jack) O'Connell b.1843.

I do know that Maurice was a school teacher and worked as an arithmetics teacher on Anglesey in 1851 (he died in 1859 in Carlisle), and that his wife Jane was a schoolmistress in 1851 as well. I'm hoping that someone can point in the proper direction regarding how to find info about Aran, etc., as I've hit a brick wall.

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Anglesey Lookup Requests / Williams (of Llangoed/Beaumaris) help? Please?
« on: Monday 05 March 18 16:44 GMT (UK)  »
Hi! I'm beginning to go crosseyed from looking through all of the Williams records and have hit a wall. I'm trying to pull any/all info pertaining to my (3rd) great-grandmother, Jane Williams. Here's what I know/have thus far:

Born 1822 in Llangoed
Siblings: Catherine (b. 1809, d. 1879, unmarried); John (b. 1812, Llangoed; moved to Dorset and can be found living there in the 1841 census and until his death in 1888).
Married Maurice O'Connell (no marriage date; dropped the "O'" and was known as Jane Connell after Maurice died in 1859 in Carlisle)
Lived in Menai Bridge in 1851
Numerous children- the first among them: Elizabeth Lewis (O')Connell b.1841, John (O')Connell b.1843, Sarah (O')Connell b.1845.

I have a letter from Jane's daughter Elizabeth Lewis Connell to her brother (my 2nd great-grandfather) detailing which family members had passed since he left for the US. In said letter there is the mention of a death of an "Aunt Mary" on 5 August 1882 and lamenting the situation with her (I assume) widow, Edward. I don't know if Mary is Jane's sister (thus would be Mary Williams) or if she is the wife of Edward (who could be an Edward Hughes who afterward moved in with the daughter of a Hugh Hughes in Bangor around 1884/85) OR if both Edward and Mary are siblings of Jane. The only thing that's concrete is the birth of Jane and her siblings Catherine and John. I have proof of those.

In my search I've found a Mary Lewis, married to a William Williams who was a miller and could possibly be Jane, Catherine, and John's mother. It might fit with Elizabeth's middle name, however I don't have it as concrete fact. If any of these names sound familiar, I'm more than open for suggestion or input. OR to be told a better place to look.

Thanks!!!


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