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Kildare / Re: O'Connells of Kilcullen and Newbridge
« on: Monday 05 December 05 19:54 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for your interest, Christopher.  No I was not able to contact anyone in the O'Connell family directly.  I did send a letter to Dr. Michael O'Connell, but I got no reply and the letter did not come back--so I assume it was delivered.  Also I had an intermediary speak to Brendan O'Connell but I was told that Brendan was having some sort of family difficulty and had no time to email me.  After that I had some serious family medical problem and lost much of my enthusiasm for inquiry.  Temporarily I abandoned the search for communication.  Although I did think it a good suggestion to telephone someone in the family, I just thought it would be very awkward and uncomfortable to talk by phone.  So that plan was delayed or abandoned.  Now I am not pursuing anything other than hoping for a reply via email.

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Kildare / O'Connells of Kilcullen and Newbridge
« on: Wednesday 09 February 05 03:32 GMT (UK)  »
I would like to contact a member of the O'Connell family from Kilcullen.  Dr. Michael O'Connell who practices in Newbridge, Brendan O'Connell who owns the Brendan O'Connell insurance, main street, Kilcullen, and Nessa (O'Connell) Dunlea are siblings any of whom I would like to contact by email.  Indeed I would love to speak to anyone in those families.  Just to make contact would be wonderful.  My reason is to verify that I am a distant relative, and to ask about the O'Connell who emigrated to the USA in 1880.  I want to find out if he had any siblings who also came to the USA, either before him or subsequent to him.  If you know any of the aforementioned families, please ask one of them to email me, or ask for permission to send me an email address where I can contact them.  Thanks.

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Galway / O'Flaherty's of Inishmore
« on: Saturday 22 January 05 06:53 GMT (UK)  »
I would like to contact my distant relatives in Aran.  I have photos of Ronan, age 4 in 1984 and Niamh also taken in 1984 at Gort na goppel ( I can not spell it correctly) when my Uncle John O'Connell visited.   I have other photos taken when my sister visited more recently.  If you are an O'Flaherty related to Ronan O'Flaherty in Aran, please respond and I will contact by email if it is possible. 

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United States of America / Re: Emigrants to US -- Hargreaves / Turner
« on: Friday 14 January 05 04:19 GMT (UK)  »
I love reporting successes!  I have found grandfather's birth certificate, and where to order it.  I also found marriage record and where to order the certificate.  Source was lancashirebmd.com  a wonderful site.  Thanks to the person who recommended I try it.

So now I know that since my mother was born in Massachusetts USA in August 1908 and her parents were married in 1907 in clitheroe, they had to emigrate to the USA in 1907 or 1908.  But no record of their travel is found in the ellis island site.  My conclusion is that they must have arrived in some other USA port...probably Boston.  Now I am trying to find a source of boston arrivals.  If anyone has any ideas please let me know.  Thanks again.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Nice Names !
« on: Wednesday 12 January 05 04:40 GMT (UK)  »
First I expect that you readers will think me strange, but I must say it as I mean it.  there are two names in my family tree I admire.  One on my wife's side and one on my side:
 
My great grandfather:  Maurice (pronounced morris)

Wife's grandfather:  Murdock
 (spelled phonetically in case that is not the actual spelling)

I wanted to name my second son Murdock, but my wife said NO! kids will call him "doc" instead of his real name.  so I agreed.  Years later when we were attending a play that the son (David O'Connell) was a castmember of, I heard someone call out "Hey, Doc!  come over here a second..."  David started to go and I said "he called you doc, didn't he? "   Yes, said Dave, it's my initials, you know "D. O'C"   it just goes to show you.....don't it!

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Occupation Interests / Re: What is the most interesting occupation in you family tree?
« on: Tuesday 11 January 05 05:04 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry for that.  Brother was teasing me.  it was a joke.  Here is how it goes":

Two imigrants applying for a job.  When asked what experience they had, the first one said that she worked in a lingerie factory stitching ladies underwear.  The second one said she was a deesil fitter in the same factory.  the second one got half again as much per hour as the first one received.  One day the first one asked the second one what a deesil fitter was.  the second replied that she worked on the end of the assembly line.  her job was to verify that the underwear was acceptable.  She would pick up a pair of panties and look at them carefully and if acceptable she would say: "deesill fitter" and put them in the accept bin.

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Occupation Interests / Re: What is the most interesting occupation in you family tree?
« on: Tuesday 11 January 05 04:13 GMT (UK)  »
my brother tells me that our aunt was a "deesil fitter"  what ever that is.  she worked in a clothing mill of some sort in Massachusetts.

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Occupation Interests / Re: What is the most interesting occupation in you family tree?
« on: Thursday 06 January 05 02:56 GMT (UK)  »
A relative in scotland was an "Iron monger"

I think that is a fairly common occupation.

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United States of America / Re: Emigrants to US -- Hargreaves / Turner
« on: Tuesday 04 January 05 06:44 GMT (UK)  »
latest information is that james leo turner was born out of wedlock.  according to my second cousin,  James was the natural son of Jane alice turner and his father was east indian.  not adopted as was previously assumed. Next i would love to find the date of his marriage to Beatrice Hargreaves.  The problem I have had so far is that they were catholic (i assume since they practiced catholic in the usa), and i do not know how to find catholic marriage information.  Also there does not seem to be many catholics in clitheroe.

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