Kathleen, are you still out there ? I have finally gotten to a point where I have just enough knowledge of my O'Connors in Essex to be dangerous. LOL I am most interested in any additional information you may have on the family of Patrick Murphy born in Ire. married Catherine O' Connor 1) Margaret Murphy b: 12/23/1859 Rochester Twp. Essex Co. married William McCloskey b: 9/7/1849 in Hamilton RCs 1) Vincent McCloskey b: 1880 2) Charles L. b:1885 3) Katie b:1887 4) Mary b:1889 5) William b: 1891 6) James b:1893 7) Rebecca died at the age of 3 8) John b: 1897 9) Ellen b:1900 10) Francis b:1903 3. In The Commemorative Biographical Record For the County of Essex, I found this promisiong reference : pg. 379 - " ... On June 28, 1878, Mr. [William] McCloskey married Maggie Murphy, who was born in Rochester Township Dec. 23, 1859, daughter of Patrick and Catherine (O'Connor) Murphy, pioneer settlers of that township. Mrs. McCloskey grew up in Rochester and was educated in the schools of that township. ..." I'm trying to connect this Catherine O'Connor to my Rocester (Belle Riviere) Essex Family. Your original e-mail below. Are we "Cousins" if I find I'm connected to Catherine O'Connor and Patrick Murphy ? Ley O'Connor Cousin in waiting Subj: O' Connors in Essex Co. Date: 11/10/98 9:21:16 AM Pacific Standard Time From: <A HREF="mailto:KathleenDL">KathleenDL</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:CASHEL3776">CASHEL3776</A> Dear Ley K. O' Connor, For the most part, I was raised in Essex Co., Ontario and my mother being an O' Connor before marriage, I always took an interest in the name. There was a very large family of O' Connors living in Maidstone Twp. which is not all that distant from Rochester Twp. They attended St. Mary's R.C. Church. I have posted some of the following notes to the O'Connor mailing list previously but you may have missed it. I think that your O' Connors may possibly connect to some of the families mentioned below: John O' Connor settled in Boston from Ireland in 1824; moved to Detroit for a short time then Maidstone; died 1866 1) John b:1/21/1824 in Boston was MP for Sir John Macdonald's cabinet 1872-82; High Court Justice in Ont. - court in Cobourg married Mary Barrett in 1849; she was born in Killarney, Ire. in 1826 he died on 11/3/1887 - conservative R.C. 1) John O’ Connor- a barrister at law 2) Sarah O’ Connor d:1879 3) Mary O’ Connor married T. M. Morton of Windsor d:1898 1) Percy Morton 2) Thomas Morton 4) Richard O’ Connor 5) Ellen Louisa O’ Connor 6) Margaret O’ Connor married Eugene Belleau of Ottawa 7) Jeremiah Edward O' Connor b:1867 in Detroit - lawyer Windsor firm of Murphy, Sale & O' Connor then moved in 1903 to Winnipeg. married in 1899 Florence Isabel Power dau. of N. J. Power of Montreal [Possible relations from the same parish in Maidstone] Elizabeth O' Connor and Jeremiah McCarthy Mary Ann McCarthy married 1/23/1853 to Daniel O' Sullivan Bridget Connor and H. O' Connell Patrick Connell married 6/21/1858 to Bridget McLaughlin Elizabeth Connell married 6/1/1857 to Dennis Burke Bridget O' Connor and William Mead William Mead married 10/2/1861 to Bridget Butler b: 1845 James O' Connor and A. Rourke Cornelius O' Connor b: 1839 married 11/16/1869 to Bridget Reilly b:1844 Edward O' Connor and Margaret Ferguson William James O' Connor b: 2/14/1872 Patrick Murphy born in Ire. married Catherine O' Connor 1) Margaret Murphy b: 12/23/1859 Rochester Twp. Essex Co. married William McCloskey b: 9/7/1849 in Hamilton RCs 1) Vincent McCloskey b: 1880 2) Charles L. b:1885 3) Katie b:1887 4) Mary b:1889 5) William b: 1891 6) James b:1893 7) Rebecca died at the age of 3 8) John b: 1897 9) Ellen b:1900 10) Francis b:1903 Yours Truly, Kathleen Logan