Tom - I too am researching the Connell's from Meath and West Meath! I can trace my family to a Patrick Connell from the Parish of Clonmellon who had married a Rose DOBBINS. The one son I know of, John Connell was born in 1841. He was a carpenter by trade and married a Mary COOGAN in November 1866. This produced the following children: Patrick (1868), Anne & James (twins) 1870, Mary (1872), John Charles (1873 - my direct line) and Michael (1875). John Charles emigrated around 1892 to Philadelphia. He lived there until he died in 1957. Happy to send you what I have on this family. You can contact me off the list at [email protected] Peggy Waltham, MA ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 7:16 PM Subject: [MEATH] Connell or O'Connell, Clonmellon Area, Meath, Westmeath > Three siblings from Ireland were in Cattaraugus County, New York State, > USA 1840s thru 1880s. They were Mrs. Edward Jones, Margaret O'Connell, b > about 1810; her sister Mrs. Thomas Brown, Jane O'Connell, b about 1808; and > presumably their brother Andrew O'Connell, b about 1805. All USA records > seen on these three give their surname as O'Connell. In the 1880 census > Margaret and Jane stated they were from Westmeath. > Records from the RC Church at Clonmellon which covers a portion of both > Westmeath and Meath gives the name as Connell. Margaret Connell m. Edward > Jones of Archerstown, Westmeath in 1840 . There is no record of the baptism > of Margaret, Jane or Andrew Connell at Clonmellon nor is there a record of > Jane Connell's marriage to Thomas Brown. They must have lived in a nearby RC > parish in Meath or Westmeath. > Margaret's death certificate lists her father as "J." O'Connell and her > mother as Mary (blank). Edward Jones and Margaret O'Connell named their > second son James. Perhaps Margaret's father was James Connell. Also, the 1796 > Flax Growers list showed a James Connell and Thomas Connell in Killallon, > Meath. The Clonmellon RC Church records go back to 1757. Unless there were > changes over the years to the church parish boundaries, I don't understand > why all these names don't appear in the baptism and marriage records. Any > help to unravel my Connell/O'Connell problem would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks, Tom O'Hare, Buffalo, N.Y., USA. > > > > > > ==== IRL-MEATH Mailing List ==== > If someone will write a history of Province Meath, it will be posted to Meath, Westmeath and Leinster webpages. Come on you budding historians, Shine. >