Each year at about this time we try to stir things up a bit on the list by yelling "ROLL CALL"! That means that each of you re invited to tell the list about the o'Donnell line(s) that you re researching in the hope that another list member will recognize a match. The procedure is simple: 1. Put the name(s) that you are most interested in on the subject line. Don't bother to say "ROLL CALL" there, it just uses up extra space. 2. in the body of the message detail whatever you may know of your line in such a way that full names, key event dates and places are listed. (Watch out for falling into the rap of saying things like "born in xxx county" as many U.S. states have counties of the same name. Tell us what state the event took place in.) 3. Read each other's submissions, there may be a match out there! Dick O'Donnell Listowner Melbourne, Florida, USA dickod@mindspring.com Hosting multiple sites, visit my home base at: http://www.mindspring.com/~dickod

According to Naturalization Papers and Federal/NYS Census Information, Simon O'Donnell was born c. 1860s in County Clare, Ireland. Emigrated to U.S. in 1888 into New York, settling in Yonkers. He resided with a Patrick Toohey for a time (at 135 Riverdale Ave. in Yonkers), who acted as his sponsor for citizenship, as well as sponsor/ godparent for his son John O Donnell. His wife was Bridget Mc(I)nerney (also believed to be from Clare) and they had four children William, Margaret, John and Alice (d. 1917). Eventually, the family moved to Nepperhan Avenue (1905 NYS Census). By 1920, the parents are deceased and the remaining adult children are living at 137 Beech Street (1920 Fed. Census). Any information on this family line, descendants or ancestors, would be most welcome, particularly anyone who may recognize a connection to the Toohey or McInerney lines.. Mary Lynch Hartnett NJ