O'NEILL surname

[Stacey.tree31]

Hello.
I'm trying to help a friend locate their great grandfather.

The only information I have is:
John E O'Neill born 16th August 1908
Married Winifred Ethel Thompson in 1939 Coventry, Warwickshire.
Their daughter is: Margaret O'Neill born 1943 Coventry.

All the family know is that John came over to England from Ireland and they have no idea where he was born.
I have found John after his marriage, just not before. Thank you

[Wexflyer]

Do they have the 1939 marriage registration, which will give his father's name and occupation?
Will need this to proceed and confirm potential matches.

[Wexflyer]

At least 45, maybe more John O'Neill births were registered in Ireland in 1908. None of those that immediately pop up seem to have the birthdate specified by OP (16/Aug/1908)  - OP could go through one by one looking at  birthdates. Even if a match is found, name of father will be needed to fully confirm.
Irishgenealogy.ie

[heywood]

Is the daughter deceased? We are not allowed to post the names of living people on Rootschat.
I don’t see a birth of that name in Coventry though in 1943.
There is a female birth in Coventry and one of the name you have in Warwick.
Were there any other children born to your couple?

[Pennines]

The only John E. O'Neill's birth I can see, is a John Edward O'Neill born Q/E Sept 1908 in Castletown Registration District.

Oddly this isn't showing on the Irish Genealogy site - but is on the Civil Registration Index for Ireland on Ancestry.

However - as has been said - obtaining John's marriage certificate would be needed really, to confirm his father's name.

[Wexflyer]

The only John E. O'Neill's birth I can see, is a John Edward O'Neill born Q/E Sept 1908 in Castletown Registration District.

Oddly this isn't showing on the Irish Genealogy site - but is on the Civil Registration Index for Ireland on Ancestry.

That birth is on Irish Genealogy
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1908/01639/1655086a.pdf

Not born 16th August. I would not put much weight on the initial. Often a confirmation name.

[Kiltaglassan]

The only John E. O'Neill's birth I can see, is a John Edward O'Neill born Q/E Sept 1908 in Castletown Registration District.

Oddly this isn't showing on the Irish Genealogy site - but is on the Civil Registration Index for Ireland on Ancestry.

That birth is on Irish Genealogy
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1908/01639/1655086a.pdf

...and in 1911 census
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cork/Kilcatherine/Eyeries/378303/

[Pennines]

Great find. Wexflyer - I was looking in the Civil Records on the Irish Genealogy site.

Interesting that the record you found appears to be a copy certificate - with a different birth date - but is in the Church Records. Have I understood that correctly? I have never seen an entry like that before in the Church records.

[Wexflyer]

Great find. Wexflyer - I was looking in the Civil Records on the Irish Genealogy site.

Interesting that the record you found appears to be a copy certificate - with a different birth date - but is in the Church Records. Have I understood that correctly? I have never seen an entry like that before in the Church records.

It is a civil birth registration. It is just that all the actual images are made available with a URL address which includes "churchrecords". It isn't, they were just lazy in setting up their file structure.