Bill, Do you know how much time they spent in the Liverpool area? Were they just there for one census? Took me a bit of time but found your 1881 census-the family is 50 Howe St, Everton, West Derby, Lancashire England- their last name in this census is ONeil (one l). Annie was born in Ireland (Dundalk) about 1854 (age 27). Henry is the oldest, born in 1876 in the US (MA), then Annie age 3 born in US in NY, then Kate and Joseph age 9 months, born in Liverpool, Lancashire in 1880 about July. Church of St James Bootle is Catholic I know you have the above Bill but if someone else is looking this detail might help. I have looked for birth records in various other sites today but struck out. Joan On Dec 27, 2014, at 8:25 PM, Bill Mayrose via <eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > > > > My O'Neill ancestors spent some time in Liverpool but I have only been able to find limited information. The 1881 UK Census > shows Annie O'Neill (wife of mariner Owen) living at 50 Howe Street with children Henry, Annie, Kate and Joseph. Owen and Annie (nee Farrell) were married in Massachusetts (USA) where Henry was born. According to the 1881 census, Annie was born in New York around 1878 (I have yet to find any record of her birth). The census shows Kate (Catherine Marie) and Joseph Henry > being born around June 1880 (have not been able to locate any birth records). Another researcher has their birthday as > August 23, 1880 and suggests that they may have been baptized at the Church of St. James Bootle. > > I contacted the Church of St. James and was told that their older records reside at the Crosby Library. I tried emailing the library but the email addresses on different websites are not valid. Any suggestions on how I can contact the library or otherwise access birth or baptism records for twins Catherine and Joseph? > > Other information: Owen was born in Birkenhead around 1850 to Henry & > Margaret O'Neill and the 1861 and 1871 census has them living in Bootle > cum Linacre. > > My thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me. > > Bill Mayrose > Massachusetts, USA > > > > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you, Christine, for the information about the Crosby Library. I will reach out to them. Thank you, Joan, for your response. Owen (age 1) is living at 29 Oak Street in Birkenhead on the 1851 census. In 1861, the family is at 5 Pine Grove in Bootle cum Linacre. In 1871, Owen (age 20) is living with his sister Alice (O’Neil) Howard and her family at 11 Linacre in Bootle/Derby. Owen came to the U.S. in the early 1870s. After marrying Annie and having their first child in Fall River, Massachusetts, it appears that they were in New York for the birth of daughter Annie. Annie and 4 children are in Liverpool for the 1881 census (I don’t know where Owen was). I found Owen in an 1890 Fall River directory and he became a naturalized U.S. citizen there in 1902. I do not know where he or his family lived in other years until Catherine and Joseph get married in New York City in 1905 and 1909, respectively. In 1871, Annie Farrell (age 16) was living with her family at 28 Charters Street (?) in the Howard Street sub-registration district of the Liverpool registrations district. Bill > Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] O'Neills in Liverpool > From: mominatornana@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 16:24:47 -0500 > To: wmayrose@hotmail.com; eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com > > Bill, > > Do you know how much time they spent in the Liverpool area? Were they just there for one census? > > > Took me a bit of time but found your 1881 census-the family is 50 Howe St, Everton, West Derby, Lancashire England- their last name in this census is ONeil (one l). Annie was born in Ireland (Dundalk) about 1854 (age 27). Henry is the oldest, born in 1876 in the US (MA), then Annie age 3 born in US in NY, then Kate and Joseph age 9 months, born in Liverpool, Lancashire in 1880 about July. > > Church of St James Bootle is Catholic > > I know you have the above Bill but if someone else is looking this detail might help. I have looked for birth records in various other sites today but struck out. Joan > > > On Dec 27, 2014, at 8:25 PM, Bill Mayrose via <eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > My O'Neill ancestors spent some time in Liverpool but I have only been able to find limited information. The 1881 UK Census > > shows Annie O'Neill (wife of mariner Owen) living at 50 Howe Street with children Henry, Annie, Kate and Joseph. Owen and Annie (nee Farrell) were married in Massachusetts (USA) where Henry was born. According to the 1881 census, Annie was born in New York around 1878 (I have yet to find any record of her birth). The census shows Kate (Catherine Marie) and Joseph Henry > > being born around June 1880 (have not been able to locate any birth records). Another researcher has their birthday as > > August 23, 1880 and suggests that they may have been baptized at the Church of St. James Bootle. > > > > I contacted the Church of St. James and was told that their older records reside at the Crosby Library. I tried emailing the library but the email addresses on different websites are not valid. Any suggestions on how I can contact the library or otherwise access birth or baptism records for twins Catherine and Joseph? > > > > Other information: Owen was born in Birkenhead around 1850 to Henry & > > Margaret O'Neill and the 1861 and 1871 census has them living in Bootle > > cum Linacre. > > > > My thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me. > > > > Bill Mayrose > > Massachusetts, USA