Hi, It was worth an ask" Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] CONNELL and BROGAN > Sorry - that name hasn't come up. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Helen McNamara > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 5:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] CONNELL and BROGAN > > > Hi Nancy, You haven't come across a Hanora CONNELL by any chance? She was > born c1825. > Helen McNamara > New zealand > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 7:56 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] CONNELL and BROGAN > > >> Thanks for the reply and good point. As far as indexes and computer >> databases go, O'Connell just wasn't helping me locate records regardless >> of >> what the actual name really was. Farther back, though, I shouldn't rule >> out >> finding records under the O'Connell name -- if I ever find anything at >> all! >> :-) >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Dennis Reiley >> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 7:47 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] CONNELL and BROGAN >> >> >> Actually Nancy both names are correct as they are the same. The British >> spent considerable efforts eliminating the the "O" from names to make >> them >> sound more British. The "O" - along with the Gaelic language - has been >> making a comeback since Ireland's independence. >> >> Those prefaces found in most Celtic names means you search with and >> without. >> That includes "Mc", "Mac", etc. - Connell, Neil, Reilly, etc. is the >> critical part of the name. >> >> Best, >> Dennis >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Nancy" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 11:12 PM >> Subject: [IRL-CAVAN] CONNELL and BROGAN >> >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I just joined the list. After years of searching for my great >>> grandmother, >>> who I was told was named Mary Marguerite O'Connell, it is looking like I >>> had >>> the name wrong all along and that it's actually CONNELL. I now have a >>> blend >>> of family tales & fact, but starting more and more to supplement with >>> official records thanks to the clues provided by those family stories. >>> >>> SO, I am hoping to learn about Mary's parents and siblings. I have no >>> confirmed information about Mary from the time of her birth in Cavan >>> (about >>> 1884) through the 1910 US census when she makes her first official >>> appearance. Though I haven't untangled all of the fact & fiction, the >>> details I do have are below. If anything sounds even remotely familiar, >>> I'd >>> love to hear from you. Thanks! >>> >>> Nancy >>> >>> ======================================================== >>> * = Per family stories; no record has been found. >>> >>> >>> o Mary Marguerite CONNELL, born August 15, 1884 in County Cavan >>> (possibly >>> Kells?)* >>> >>> o Parents: Daniel CONNELL and Rose BROGAN (per brother James' death >>> certificate) >>> >>> o Siblings: Frank*, Peter*, Rose*, Elizabeth*, James >>> >>> o Emigration: 1901 to St. Cloud, Minnesota via Montreal and formerly of >>> Cloughbally (per Canadian Border Crossing record; needs confirmation to >>> prove a match) >>> >>> o Reason for Emigration: to train to be a nurse* >>> >>> o Spouse: Winfield DAVIS (aka CORBETT); married about 1904 possibly in >>> Charlestown, Massachusetts* >>> >>> o Occupation: Nurse in Boston area after leaving St. Cloud; worked for >>> Dr. >>> Ring* >>> >>> o Other Residences: Pike and Lincoln, New Hampshire (per 1910-30 census >>> records) >>> >>> o Death: April 25, 1941 in Lincoln, New Hampshire (per death >>> certificate) >>> >>> o James CONNELL (Mary's brother) and his niece Margaret McELROY, drowned >>> in >>> West Newton, Massachusetts July 17, 1924. James was born about 1874 in >>> County Cavan, per his death certificate which is also where I obtained >>> parents' names. >>> >>> ======================================================== >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.11/909 - Release Date: >> 20/07/2007 4:39 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.12/910 - Release Date: > 21/07/2007 3:52 PM > >