Ed - My O'Melia was Mary Jane O'Melia, born c 1845 in Dublin? She was the daughter of John and Julia Kennedy O'Melia. Whether she was actually born in Dublin is not proved. She married John Nicholas Clayton in 1866 in New York City. John was born in Surrey, England of Irish parents from County Cork. He was a tailor by trade. He died in NYC in 1886. He lived for a short period in Troy, NY with his brother Edward in the early 1880's, but returned to NYC. I know that the O'Melia and O'Malley surname is one of the same and that the O'Malley surname is from County Mayo. I often wonder if the the O'Melia's headed to Dublin and on to England to travel to America? Actually, I never found Mary Jane's parents in America. I know this doesn't help you but this is all that I have. Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "edward broecker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Question (surname O'MELIA) > Rich, > > In your msg I see the surname O'MELIA that also appears in my file. Can > you > tell me if you find a connection with your family lines: > ........................................................................................................................... > 1 Michael (Mike) (O'Melia) O'Malley b: Abt. 1795 in Ireland. > +Mary Kerrigan b: Abt. 1795 in Ireland d: Unknown in unk Burial: > unk > ........ 2 Hanna Honorah (O'Melia) O'Malley b: 1820 in County Mayo, > Ireland (Kilkenny Gap) d: 1916 in Chicago, Ill. > ............ +John Horan b: 1818 in County Mayo, Ireland (Kilkenny Gap) d: > 1890 in Morris, Illinois > .......................................................................................................................... > > Ed Broecker > > > From: "Rich Nichols" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 11:40 AM > Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Question > > >> There really is no rhyme or reason why one will or will not know where >> one's ancestor originated from in Ireland... ! learn where they are >> from - >> yahoo! I have been very fortunate in knowing where almost all of my >> Irish >> immigrants are from: Wynne's from Sligo; Boles from Sligo, Conlon from >> Sligo; Hoey's from Armagh, Clayton's from Cork then London; McCabe's and >> Flanagan's from Westmeath; O'Melia from Dublin or Mayo; Connolly from >> Armagh. Only two lines have been elusive - Kennedy and Cunningham, both >> of who I believe are from Dublin. >> >> Rich > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website > for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >