Here is question that you may have n answer to... How does this name go from O'Neile, to O'Neill, to O'Neil, to Neill? Was this because of the way the enumerator spelled it? Or a transcriber's error? Also, did people not care what thier brothers and sisters named thier children..and then give thier own children the same name? I have a confusing situation with the 1881 census and Francis O'Neil and his family. In Carlisle there is Francis (37) and his wife Margaret (34) with children, William (11), John (6), James (4), Margaret (1) and Mary Jane (8). In Gateshead there is a family named CASSIDY. Head, David (60) and wife Mary (56) and children, Margaret Ann (21), Mary (18) and Daniel (15) with them are 2 nephews and a niece...John O'Neil (15), James O'Neil (11) and Ellen O'Neil (8) (Could these be Francis' brother John's children?) Now that all makes sense..I figure they may be cousins (the children). Now here is where I get confused...as I cannot find Francis in the 1901 census in Carlisle. I do find a Francis Neill (54), widower, in Gateshead with sons John (25) a general laborer, James (2?) a blacksmith striker; and daughters Margaret (21) and Ellen (17). Well, now that I have written this out to you I think I have figured out....these are 2 families with children of the same names.....what is the probability that they are related??? Any ideas? They are most welcome :) Jan