Hello. First time visitor on this site. I've read the threads about other Rocktown O'neills and we're not quite a match, but pretty close.
I'm looking for info on Michael O'NEIL(O'neill) married to Margaret McCOURT. I have no confirmed documentation on either. In Griffith's evaluation, there is a Michael O'Neill, farmer, 1859, which is a pretty good match but I can't confirm it.
They are the parents of my gggf George O'NEILL (O'NEIL), farmer, born 1851 Rocktown, parish Maghera, Londonderry and died 1922 Belleville, Ontario. He married Rose Scullion of Cavan, her father being Patrick Scullion, in Ballyscullion. She was baptized 1851 in Ballyscullion and died in Belleville, Ontario in 1937. George and Rose emmigrated to Canada in 1879.
There's a story my mom remembers that her grand father was one of 10 siblings that left Ireland during the famine. All went to Australia except one. I've debunked this story as her grandfather was born and died in Ontario. But George O'NEIL could be part of this story - the one that went to Canada during the famine (1879).
In the Ontario census, there's a John O'NEIL that shows up in the same household. I don't know what relation he is to George and Rose. And I wouldn't be surprised to find out if Michael and Margaret immigrated to Canada also, although I haven't found them in any shiplist.
So my ultimate goal is to find out if this story is true, to find George O'Neil birth town and registration, and any info on Michael and Margaret and their children.
