Looking for the immigration date/records of my GG Grandfather John W. O'CONNELL (or CONNELL). First known to be in US late in 1855 when he joined the military. See below. - He was born 24 Feb 1838 in Co. Cork to Timothy and Mary (nee Halloran) O'CONNELL. I don't know if he had any siblings. He died 11 June 1879 in Washington, DC and is buried at Calvary Cem in NY with his uncle's family. - He married Ellen SULLIVAN (or poss CALLAGHAN) 15 Jan 1865 at St. Peter's RC Church on Barclay St in NYC. Witnesses were Bridget Ward and Thomas Line--non-relatives, as far as know. Their children: William John (b. 1867 in San Francisco, CA) Mary Cecilia (b. 1869 Sitka, Alaska) Thomas J. (b. 1870 Sitka, Alaska) Emma Frances (b. 1872 San Francisco, CA) <-- my g grandmother - He enlisted in the US Artillery (Co. H, of the 2nd Regiment) in NYC on 9 Nov 1855. Throughout the next 20 yrs he (and later his family, too) traveled the country as he was stationed at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas; Fort Hamilton in NY; captured and imprisoned by the Confederates in Pensacola, FL; Fort Point in California; in Sitka, Alaska; Yuerba Buena (Goat Island) in California, Fort McHenry; and Washington Arsenal in Washington, DC. - I can't locate him in any US Census (1860 nor 1870). His family shows up in the 1880 Census but he's already dead by then. Carol Hokana