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Offline greeneyesgudge

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O 'connell surname ?
« on: Sunday 07 April 13 22:42 BST (UK) »
is this an irish surname ? im researching philip o connell ive been told he has irish in him but in census records in michigan usa his bithplace is russia ukraine 1877 .were the irish in russia at the end of the 18 th century?and does anybody know why ? thanks mish
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Re: O 'connell surname ?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 07 April 13 23:11 BST (UK) »
Very unusual birth place for an O'Connell !! but yes, absolutely O'Connell is an Irish surname and a very common one. Philip is bound to have had an Irish father or Grand Father. I can only imagine the father was in Ukraine as part of an Army - probably the British Army, but he may have gone further afield. I had a similar ancestor who disappeared in Ireland but resurfaced in the UK with a brood of South African and Maltese children and going on that info I was able to figure out his military career.
(with a lot of  help on Rootschat)
If I was you I would post on the Armed Forces board, where there are some super knowledgeable people who should be able to tell you what armies were in the region in the in 1870's.

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Re: O 'connell surname ?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 10 April 13 01:38 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much hasta i will do that  :)
goodchild,gray,pitcher,popejoy,page,paul,edmonds,norris quatreman,gutteridge..wycombe birmingham .lazarus john francis india ,garrood,flick essex burnham ,Gudge surry n dorset ,alderton walton on thames an hampshire  kezia stapley frensham surry  ,holcroft bishopsgate manchester,matilda moxham jefferys bermondsey charles coates suffolk n cobham surry,mary white ripley surrey .turner suffolk .Fox n bruckshaw manchester ireland .clegg lancashire and moore ireland ,joseph clegg manchester

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Re: O 'connell surname ?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 11 April 13 08:35 BST (UK) »
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!
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