THE DANIEL O’MEARA
FAMILY HISTORY
ADDENDUM 2004 In The Daniel O’Meara Family History, when talking about the family’s migration, I stated “Nothing is known about their actual journey to America but, it must be assumed it was not easy.” The following information, pictures and drawings, will give everyone a feeling of what the family went through before emigrating to America. There is no way to know what the family’s circumstances were before their emigration but, Margie Bernard informed me that her grandmother, Eliza’s daughter, told her that Daniel’s father gave him a bag of coins or gold before their journey, and another contact, Tim O’Hara, remembers his grandfather, Mary Marcella’s son Fonce, “always speaking of the O’Meara side of the family as the sound business side, the ones of some influence back in Ireland.”
I would like to lace together the genealogical account with what was happening with Irish history. It is essential to understand what was happening to the country at any point in time, in order to understand what was happening to an individual family.
Remember, genealogical research is not just filling in names on a pedigree chart or family group sheet. It is the study of the entire family, its history, and its traditions. All of this brings our family back to life in a new way.
May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; The rains fall soft upon your fields And, until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
A Gaelic Blessing
Mary Ellen‘Tink’ Stewart-Bailey
Feburary, 2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Ireland the Tragedy 1 Images of the Famine 4 Baptismal Records 15 Documents 21 Updates 30 Ireland the Tragedy-(1180-1855)
During this period the people of Ireland were confronted with several political and economic problems. Many Irish people emigrated to America to escape these hardships.
For the Irish many of their problems began in the 1180's when the King of England decided that they needed more land.This need was created due to the small geographic land area of England and the practice of "primogeniture". This term meant that all family land inheritances went to the eldest son.
In the1600's, the English attempted to establish their presence by beginning a policy of forced assimilation. In enforcing this policy they tried to eliminate the use of Gaelic (the Irish language) and eradicate the Catholic religion. Before the English introduced their thoughts and beliefs on male supremacy to Ireland, women and men had enjoyed social and political equality.
It's a common assumption that Ireland's mass exodus during the first half of the l9th century was the result of the disastrous potato blight of 1845, but the famine was actually the proverbial last straw. Until the 17th century, the Irish, like much of feudal Europe, consisted of many peasants under the rule of a minority of wealthy landowners. When Oliver Cromwell invaded Ireland in the mid-17th century, those landowners who refused to give up Catholicism saw their property confiscated and then redistributed to the English Army. By 1661, 40% of Ireland was owned by England. Many Irish peasants-stayed on as tenant farmers, working the land and paying rent for the small plots of land where they lived and grew their own food. But as crops became less profitable, many landowners began taking back the land from the Irish poor in order to graze sheep and cattle for English consumption. This led to a series of evictions, where tenant farmers were forced off the land that sustained them, often with no warning at all. These tenant evictions were another cause of emigration from Ireland. The British ruined the houses by either tearing down the roof or by burning them to the ground.
One of the worst, now known as the Ballinglass Incident, (after the west coast village in County Galway), took place on March 13, 1846, about 6 months after the potato blight appeared. Anticipating mass starvation from the previous failed crop, Mrs. Gerrard, like many landowners, feared nonpayment of rent from her tenants, and suddenly leveled 61 houses occupied by 76 families. The following is an eyewitness account taken from The Great Hungar.
The inhabitants were not in arrear of their rent, and had, by their industry, reclaimed an area of about four hundred acres from a neighbouring bog. On the morning of the eviction a 'large detachment of the 49th Infantry commanded by Captain Brown' and numerous police appeared with the Sheriff and his men...the people were officially called on to give up possession, and the houses were then demolished --roofs torn off, walls thrown down. The scene was frightful; women running, wailing with pieces of their property and clinging to door-posts from which they had to be forcibly torn; men cursing, children screaming with fright. That night the people slept in the ruins; next day they were driven out, the foundations of the house were torn up and razed, and no neighbour was allowed to take them in. (p. 71-2)
This happened first in the middle of Ireland where the land was most fertile. Tenant farmers who weren't evicted found there was less land available to them, and these shrinking plots were being shared by more and more occupants. This created an irregular division of land ownership. Thus, a new way of indicating personal property was developed. Irish subsistance farmers now used stone fences to mark their property. Each fence had a distinct pattern/design clearly labeling ownership. A farmer's land was usually not adjacent, which made farming difficult.
This diminishing land contributed much to Ireland's eventual reliance on the potato during the late 18th century. Potatoes didn't rob the soil of its nitrogen, and the amount of land needed to grow potatoes could feed more people than the same amount of land used to grow a grain crop like wheat. By the time the 1845 blight appeared, approximately 3 million people consumed little else, and the average adult male was eating 12-14 pounds per day.
1 The British, now having a predominance of land, exported cattle to England to serve as a source of food. Therefore the people of Ireland, who used to eat chickens and beef with spices, now were forced to become dependent on potatoes to survive.
The Act of Union, 1801, annulled the semi-independent Irish Parliament and transferred political power definitively from Ireland to London. The effective disenfranchisement of a corrupt Dublin parliament, and the flight of landowners to London, led to large-scale social transformations. The large estates were now run by agents, and these were under pressure to maximise income from rents for the benefit of absentee landlords.
Many were corrupt, all were committed to the greatest possible exploitation of the estates and their tenants. One of the consequences was that Irish agriculture adopted the potato as the staple food-crop of the peasantry, and economic forces acted to bring about what would prove a disastrous dependency on a very few varieties.
The potato famine of 1848 was the most devastating Irish famine in history. Many of these people were forced to resort to the desperate practice known as bleeding. Bleeding was draining some of a cow's blood and mixing it with rotten potatoes and cabbage into a soup. This was used to help families combat the famine by keeping their strength up. The famine made some of the English sympathetic to the plight of the Irish. Workhouses were created to house and feed those that were unable to provide for themselves. Unfortunately the British as part of their Poor Laws made one of the conditions for entering the workhouse that you must give up all property that you owned. This was another way of getting the land from the Irish citizenry. There were also no guarantees that your family would be placed together in the same workhouse. They were really nothing more than places to go to die. The following was written by the vice-guardians (British government inspectors) of the Ennistymon workhouse.
*There were collections of dirt and filth almost under every bed. On inspecting the laundry, we found the clothes, which had been washed and were in the process of drying, completly covered in vermin, and the persons and clothes of the paupers generally neglected.
The situation was tragic enough that many of those suffering sent their children to America. Other times the male head of a household would leave, get employment in the nation of emigration, save his earnings and then send for the rest of the family. A passage to America during this time was approximately $10.00.
It is estimated one in four people died during this famine. The high mortality rate caused parishs to hold mass funerals. Putting food on the table was a constant struggle and funeral bills were near to impossible to pay. For this reason, each church had a "community coffin". When there was a death in the community the people would use the coffin for the wake and the funeral. At the gravesite, a trap door would be opened and the corpse would fall into the grave.
"Coffin Ships" were used by many Irish families for their passage to America. The British Passenger Acts attempted to deflect immigration from the British Isles to Canada rather than the United States by making it much more expensive to travel to the latter. Instead of the four or five pounds a fare to New York would cost in those years, the rate to the Canadian Maritime Provinces was sometimes as low as fifteen shillings (there were twenty shillings to the pound). In addition, Canada-bound ships left from every seaport in Ireland and were both much more convenient for Irish immigrants and much cheaper than making the twelve - to fourteen hour crossing of the Irish Sea to Liverpool, the chief port of the immigrant trade proper.
Coffin ships were the cheapest way to travel to Horatio Alger's "land of opportunity", but were often times fatal to many passengers. Due to the lack of room on these ships, disease spread quickly and easily, often causing the deaths of over half of the passengers. The death toll was so high that you could line gravestones across the Atlantic Ocean from one shore to the other. In some instances, sharks followed these coffin ships waiting for the bodies of the newly deceased. Families of the emigrants held "American wakes", which were both celebrations and mournings.These wakes were happy occasions because some were able to leave their life of hardship behind, but in return they would rarely see their family members again.
* Percival, John, The Great Famine Ireland's Potato Famine 1845-1851. Copyright 1995. p. 164
2 There were crop failures in the early decades of the 19th century, but the Great Famine proper came in 1845-1847. Potato blight, borne on the wind, swept through the land. Whole tracts of countryside were laid waste. Hundreds of thousands perished. Scenes of unimaginable horror took place while a complacent administration called for reports and provided military escorts for grain and meat convoys destined for export.
A shattered and demoralised people begged for assistance, in vain. Government raised the inhuman banner of 'Free Trade', refusing to intervene, and what had been a natural calamity became a holocaust presided over by an indifferent administration. In the three years 1845-1848 it is estimated that 1 million Irish people died of starvation or of famine-related diseases such as cholera and typhoid. The country sustained an economic, political and psychic shock of enormous force - it is a wound which has yet to heal.
Bibliography
The Great Hungar, Smith, Woodham, New York, 1964.
The Great Irish Famine, O Grada, Cormac, Dublin: MacMillan, 1989.
The Irish Potato Famine, © 1998 - 2003 Sheila Farrell Brannon Coming to America, Roger Daniels
3 Images of the Famine
A starving Irish family , during the Famine. Source: National Library of Ireland
4 A populous Irish village. Source: Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland
5 A family evicted by their landlords. Source: Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland.
6 Irish cabin Aug 22, 1846
7 A farming family defending their home. Jan 2, 1847
8 Eviction scene from the Illustrated London News of December 16, 1848. The famine-era scenes illustrates the plight of Irish families made homeless during the Famine, described by Bishop Thomas Nulty of County Meath, who calcuated that close to 30,000 homes were leveled in Meath between 1843-71. Nulty described evictions in his writing. "The speechless agony of men, the piteous wailings of women, the terror and consternation of children, as their houses are pulled down, their homes demolished, and themselves set adrift on the world -- all contribute to make up a horrible scene that . . . can never be forgotten throughout the length and breadth of the locality in which it occurred." (Alfred P. Smyth, Faith, Famine and Fatherland in the Irish Midlands: Perceptions of a Priest and Historian Anthony Cogan, 1826-1872. Dublin: Colour Books Ltd., 1992.)
9 "The Day after the Ejectment." From the Illustrated London News, December 16, 1848. A mother and infant child sit huddled in a temporary shelter behind the figure of the father and son.
10 In the foreground of this photo you can see a house missing it's thatched roof. This was the size of a common farmhouse during the 1840's in Ireland. It was probably something of this nature that the families of New Ireland may have left behind to come to America.
This picture shows a typical division of land in Ireland. You can see that a person's property was parceled in small plots none to exceed 5 acres. It is also common that farmer's lands do not neccessarily abut one another. Though this is a modern photo taken of Co.Clare it is very similar to the conditions that existed in the period.
11 From The Illustrated London News, July 6, 1850. "The Embarkation, Waterloo Docks, Liverpool." Many Irish immigrants traveled to Liverpool first before emigrating to the United States and Australia.
Irish emigrants 1846
12 13 Illustrations taken from The Illustrated London News, July 6, 1850. "Scene between decks" of an emigrant ship.
14 On a recent trip to Ireland Maureen O’Meara Hogue contacted a researcher that was able to find the baptism records for all of Daniel and Margaret’s children, that were born in Ireland. Not only do these records give the date of birth but, at long last, the place where the family lived and relatives names. When I first started my research I was told that Margaret’s maiden name was Roach but, could not find anything to document that information. The name shows up in Bridget’s baptism record, as her godfather John Roach. So I am thinking, possibly, her mother’s maiden name was Roach. I found it captivating to see the godparent’s names and try to figure out who they were and how they were related. Unfortunately, this is a mystery I don’t believe I will ever be able to solve. The following helps somewhat but, also adds to the confusion. Another clue for further research!
Old Irish Naming Patterns
1st son was named after the father's father. 1st daughter was named after the mother's mother.
2nd son was named after the mother's father. 2nd daughter was named after the father's mother.
3rd son was named after the father. 3rd daughter was named after the mother. 4th son was named after the father's eldest 4th daughter was named after the mother's eldest brother. sister.
There was a convention followed in the choosing of godparents for the child. If the new parents were the oldest in their respective families, then the new fathers parents or the new mothers parents were chosen as god parents. If no parents were surviving or living in the country, then the oldest brother/sister from the fathers/mothers family was chosen. The godparents were chosen to ensure that the that the children were raised by direct blood relatives on either their maternal or paternal family side
On the baptism records the first five children were baptized in one parish, Youghalarra-Burgess, # 79 on map, James and John were baptized in Killbarron-Terryglass, # 32 on map. I am guessing that the first parish was unavailable due to the Famine. You may also note that the birth dates that I had for the book are not the same in some instances. Such as my great grandfather James. The baptism record and his death certificate state he was born in 1842 , and his tombstone says 1844.
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25 26 A 1916 plat map of Kenockee Township showing James and William Jeremiah O’Meara’s farms. Red dots indicate the farms.
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Family of Ira BRIGGS & Eliza O'MEARA (3)
First Generation ------
1. Ira BRIGGS.1,2,3 Born in 1825 in New York.2,3 Ira died in Edmore, MI on 22 Feb 1905, he was 80.4 Buried in Edmore Cemetery.4
"While on a visit at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Cora Goldsmith, at Edmore, Mich., Mr. Briggs, who had been in poor health for many years with rheumatism and kindred ailments was called to rest."4
St. Clair Co., Census 1870 Ira Briggs - age 45 - Farm Laborer - b. New York -Value of Real Estate,$100 - Value of Personal Estate $100
On 15 Sep 1854 when Ira was 29, he married Eliza O'MEARA2,3, daughter of Daniel O'MEARA (Oct 1803-14 Apr 1887) & Margaret DEARCY (DARCY)(DEARCH)(DORCEY) (1811-2 Jun 1883), in Port Huron, MI.4 Born on 8 Mar 1834 in Ireland.2,3,4
St. Clair Co., Census 1870 Eliza - age 35 - housewife
They had the following children: 2 i. Marcus W. (?) (1858-) 3 ii. Mary Louise (Louisa) (1860-) 4 iii. Fannie E. (Faney (?)) (1865-) 5 iv. Mathew (?)William W. (1867-) 6 v. (James) Casper W. (1870-) 7 vi. Maude E. (1875-) 8 vii. Cora V. (1877-) 9 viii. Stephen D. (1880-)
Second Generation ------Family of Ira BRIGGS (1) & Eliza O'MEARA
2. Marcus W. (?) BRIGGS 2,3,4, Grandson. Born on 19 Jul 1858 (1860) in Bruce, Macomb County, MI.4
St. Clair Co., Census 1870 Marcus - age 10 - Michigan name was very hard to read
3. Mary Louise (Louisa) BRIGGS 2,3,5, Granddaughter. Born on 30 Jun 1860 (1861) in Wales, St. Clair County, MI.4
St. Clair Co., Census 1870 Louisa - age 9 - Michigan
Mary Louise (Louisa) married Willard D. TUCKER5.
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4. Fannie E. (Faney (?)) BRIGGS 2,3,5, Granddaughter. Born on 22 Dec 1865(1866) in Wales, St. Clair County, MI.4
St. Clair Co., Census 1870 Laney - age 4 - Michigan name was very hard to read
Fannie E. (Faney (?)) married Joseph BENNETT5.
They had one child: 10 i. Jennie
5. Mathew (?)William W. BRIGGS 2,3, Grandson. Born on 22 Jul 1867 in Wales, St. Clair County, MI.4
St. Clair Co., Census 1870 Mathew - age 2- Michigan name was very hard to read
6. (James) Casper W. BRIGGS 2,3,4, Grandson. Born on 30 Mar 1870 in Wales, St. Clair County, MI.4
St. Clair Co., Census 1870 James - age - 4/12 (4 months) Michigan
7. Maude E. BRIGGS 4, Granddaughter. Born on 9 Nov 1875 in Wales, St. Clair County, MI.
8. Cora V. BRIGGS 4, Granddaughter. Born on 8 Jul 1877 in Wales, St. Clair County, MI.
Cora married Unknown Goldsmith
9. Stephen D. BRIGGS 4, Grandson. Born on 9 Nov 1880 in Wales, St. Clair County, MI.
Third Generation ------Family of Fannie E. (Faney (?)) BRIGGS (4) & Joseph BENNETT
10. Jennie BENNETT5, G Granddaughter.
Jennie married Author BARKER5.
They had one child: 11 i. Lena Mae
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Fourth Generation ------Family of Jennie BENNETT (10) & Author BARKER
11. Lena Mae BARKER5, GG Granddaughter.
Lena Mae married Alfred E. TOLLAS5.
They had the following children: 12 i. Marjorie (Margie) (1932-) 13 ii. Franklin Edgar (1934-1994)
Fifth Generation ------Family of Lena Mae BARKER (11) & Alfred E. TOLLAS
12. Marjorie (Margie) TOLLAS5, GGG Granddaughter. Born on 7 Oct 1932 in Benton Harbor, MI.
In 1954 when Marjorie (Margie) was 21, she married Burton (Bucky) BERNARD5. Born in 1932. They were divorced in 1974.
They had the following children: 14 i. Donald Stephan (1955-) 15 ii. Mark Allen (1958-)
13. Franklin Edgar TOLLAS5, GGG Granddaughter. Born in 1934. Franklin Edgar died in 1994, she was 60.
Franklin Edgar first married Kitty.
They had the following children: 16 i. Michael 17 ii. Brian
Franklin Edgar second married Jeannie5.
Franklin Edgar third married Beverly5.
Franklin Edgar fourth married Unknown5.
They had the following children: 18 i. Robert 19 ii. Calvin 20 iii. Phillip 21 iv. Charles 22 v. Carolyn
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Sixth Generation ------Family of Marjorie (Margie) TOLLAS (12) & Burton (Bucky) BERNARD
14. Donald Stephan BERNARD.5 Born in 1955.
15. Mark Allen BERNARD.5 Born in 1958.
Mark Allen married Janet5.
They had the following children: 23 i. Mary Bryan (1982-) 24 ii. Christopher Robin 25 iii. Patric Ryan 26 iv. Kyle Anthony
Family of Franklin Edgar TOLLAS (13) & Kitty
16. Michael TOLLAS.5
17. Brian TOLLAS.5
Family of Franklin Edgar TOLLAS (13) & Unknown
18. Robert TOLLAS.5
19. Calvin TOLLAS.5
20. Phillip TOLLAS.5
21. Charles TOLLAS.5
22. Carolyn TOLLAS.5
Seventh Generation ------Family of Mark Allen BERNARD (15) & Janet
23. Mary Bryan BERNARD.5 Born in 1982.
24. Christopher Robin BERNARD.5
25. Patric Ryan BERNARD.5
26. Kyle Anthony BERNARD.5
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SOURCES ------
1. Bev Gall. 2. Mary Ellen 'Tink' Stewart-Bailey 3. St. Clair Co., Census 1870 4. Gratiot County, Michigan. Historical, Biological, Statistical. by: Willard D. Tucker 1913 5. Marjorie(Margie) Tollas Bernard Ancestry.com message
Index
? Beverly spouse of 13 Janet spouse of 15 Jeannie spouse of 13 Kitty spouse of 13 Unknown spouse of 13 BARKER Author spouse of 10 Lena Mae 11 BENNETT Jennie 10 Joseph spouse of 4 BERNARD Burton (Bucky) spouse of 12 Christopher Robin 24 Donald Stephan 14 Kyle Anthony 26 Mark Allen 15 Mary Bryan 23 Patric Ryan 25 BRIGGS Cora V. 8 Fannie E. (Faney (?)) 4 Ira 1 (James) Casper W. 6 Marcus W. (?) 2 Mary Louise (Louisa) 3 Mathew (?)William W. 5 Maude E. 7 Stephen D. 9 GOLDSMITH Unknown spouse of 8 OMEARA Eliza spouse of 1 TOLLAS Alfred E. spouse of 11 Brian 17 Calvin 19 Carolyn 22 Charles 21
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Franklin Edgar 13 Marjorie (Margie) 12 Michael 16 Phillip 20 Robert 18 TUCKER Willard D. spouse of 3
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Family of Merrick D. Briggs and Bridget O’Meara (4)
First Generation ------
1. Merrick (Merrit) D. BRIGGS.1,2,3 Born in 1834 in New York.4 Merrick (Merrit) D. died bef 1913, he was 79.3
Brother of Ira who married Eliza.1
Salinac Co., Bridgehampton Twp Census 1870 Merick Briggs - age 36 - farmer - New York value of real estate 300, value of personal estate 400
On 8 Jul 1855 when Merrick (Merrit) D. was 21, he married (Ellen) Bridget O'MEARA1,3,5,2, daughter of Daniel O'MEARA (Oct 1803-14 Apr 1887) & Margaret DEARCY (DEARCH)(DORCEY) (1811-2 Jun 1883), in St. Clair County.6 Born abt 1836 in Ireland.
Marriage record states "Merrit Briggs, "of sufficient age", Wales, township Bridget O'Meura, "of sufficient age", Kenokee Witnesses - Ira Briggs & William Perry, both of Wales; John Lamb, JP
Salinac Co., Bridgehampton Twp Census 1870 Bridget - age - 31- keeping house - Ireland
They had the following children: 2 i. Martha 3 ii. Emma 4 iii. Mary 5 iv. Ida 6 v. Nellie
Second Generation ------Family of Merrick (Merrit) D. BRIGGS (1) & (Ellen) Bridget O'MEARA
2. Martha BRIGGS 3, Granddaughter.
3. Emma BRIGGS 3, Granddaughter.
4. Mary BRIGGS 3, Granddaughter.
5. Ida BRIGGS 3, Granddaughter.
6. Nellie BRIGGS 3, Granddaughter.
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Sources
1. Bev Gall. 2. Mary Ellen 'Tink' Stewart-Bailey 3. Gratiot County, Michigan. Historical, Biological, Statistical. by: Willard D. Tucker 1913 4. Salinic county, MI 1870 census 5. O'Mara, Sheila Carlson. 6. St. Clair County, MI Marriage Record (1838-1857)
Index
BRIGGS Emma 3 Ida 5 Martha 2 Mary 4 Merrick (Merrit) D. 1 Nellie 6 OMEARA (Ellen) Bridget spouse of 1
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The Family of John O’Meara(8) and Charlotte Orilla Tucker
First Generation ------
1. John O'MEARA1,2, Son. Born on 24 Feb 1845 in Ireland.3
St. Clair Co., MI - Kenokee Twp. Census 1860 John - Son of Daniel and Margaret O'Meara - age 15 - born Ireland
On 21 Jun 1882 when John was 37, he married Charlotte Orilla TUCKER4.3
They had the following children: 2 i. Ellice Theresa (1884-) 3 ii. Margaret Blanche (1885-1902) 4 iii. Myrtle Louise (1887-) 5 iv. Austin Darcy (1889-) 6 v. Earnest Lorens (Twin) (1891-1914) 7 vi. Earl George (Twin) (1891-) 8 vii. Floyd Vincent (1893-) 9 viii. Iva Ruth (1895-) 10 ix. Edna Pearl (1897-)
Second Generation ------Family of John O'MEARA (1) & Charlotte Orilla TUCKER
2. Ellice Theresa O'MEARA3,4, Granddaughter. Born on 15 Feb 1884.
3. Margaret Blanche O'MEARA4,3, Granddaughter. Born on 17 Apr 1885. Margaret Blanche died on 16 Feb 1902, she was 16.
4. Myrtle Louise O'MEARA4,3, Granddaughter. Born on 16 Apr 1887.
5. Austin Darcy O'MEARA4,3, Grandson. Born on 23 Jul 1889.
6. Earnest Lorens O'MEARA4,3, Grandson. Born on 17 May 1891. Earnest Lorens died on 1 Sep 1914, he was 23.
7. Earl George O'MEARA4,3, Grandson. Born on 17 May 1891.
8. Floyd Vincent O'MEARA4,3, Grandson. Born on 2 Sep 1893.
9. Iva Ruth O'MEARA4,3, Granddaughter. Born on 18 Dec 1895.
10. Edna Pearl O'MEARA4,4, Granddaughter. Born on 10 Apr 1897.
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Sources
1. O'Mara, Sheila Carlson. 2. Mary Ellen 'Tink' Stewart-Bailey 3. "Willie5Mick" Bill 4. Gratiot County, Michigan. Historical, Biological, Statistical. by: Willard D. Tucker 1913
Index
OMEARA Austin Darcy 5 Earl George 7 Earnest Lorens 6 Edna Pearl 10 Ellice Theresa 2 Floyd Vincent 8 Iva Ruth 9 John 1 Margaret Blanche 3 Myrtle Louise 4 TUCKER Charlotte Orilla spouse of 1
1900 Michigan Census Sanilac Minden
O’Merra John Head Feb 1848 Ireland
O'Merra Sharlet W Jun 1874 Michigan
O'Merra Margret D Apr 1885 Michigan
O'Merra Mirtle D Apr 1887 Michigan
O'Merra Austin D S Jul 1890 Michigan
O'Merra Ernest L S May 1891 Michigan
O'Merra Erl G S May 1891 Michigan
O'Merra Floyd S Sep 1892 Michigan O'Merra Elma D Dec 1895 Michigan O'Merra Edna D Apr 1898 Michigan
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Family of Mary Marcella O’Meara (33) and Michael O’Hara
First Generation ------
1. Michael O'HARA.1,2,3 Born in 1871 in Emmett, Michigan. Michael died in Detroit, MI in 1965, he was 94.1
Michael married Mary Marcella O'MEARA1,2,3, daughter of James O'MEARA (15 Feb 1844(22 Jan 1842)-9 May 1920) & Johanna M. CASEY (6 Jan 1850-7 Jan 1894). Born abt 1876 in Michigan. Mary Marcella died in Detroit, MI in 1955, she was 79.1
Had Pancreatic cancer.4
They had the following children: 2 i. Alphonse James (Fonce) (1906-1992) 3 ii. Louise 4 iii. Margaret
Second Generation ------Family of Michael O'HARA (1) & Mary Marcella O'MEARA
2. Alphonse James (Fonce) O'HARA.1,2,3 Born on 8 Jul 1906 in Emmett, Michigan. Alphonse James (Fonce) died in Green Bay, Wisconsin on 5 Oct 1992, he was 86.1
Alphonse James (Fonce) married Cecile JANKOWSKI1. Born in Wisconsin. Cecile died in 1975 in Detroit, MI.1
They had the following children: 5 i. Terence Patrick (Pat) (1932-) 6 ii. Carol (1939-)
3. Louise O'HARA.1,2,3 Louise died in Pontiac, Michigan.1
4. Margaret O'HARA.1,2,3
Margaret married HEIDE1. died in 199? They had one child: 7 i. Michael
Third Generation ------Family of Alphonse James (Fonce) O'HARA (2) & Cecile JANKOWSKI
5. Terence Patrick (Pat) O'HARA.1 Born on 13 Mar 1932. Terence Patrick (Pat) married Jean Margaret LOGAN1. Born on 3 Oct 1933 in Saginaw, Michigan.
They had the following children: 8 i. Timothy John (1959-)
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9 ii. Ellen Brigid (1960-) 10 iii. Thomas Logan (1962-) 11 iv. Ann Caroline (1966-)
6. Carol O'HARA.1 Born on 10 May 1939 in Flint, MI.
Carol married Timothy TWOMEY1. Born in Detroit, MI. Timothy died on 17 Dec 1993 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
They had the following children: 12 i. Sean (1964-) 13 ii. Meghan (1969-)
Family of Margaret O'HARA (4) & HEIDE
7. Michael HEIDE.1 Born.
Fourth Generation ------Family of Terence Patrick (Pat) O'HARA (5) & Jean Margaret LOGAN
8. Timothy John O'HARA.1 Born on 7 Apr 1959 in Detroit, MI.
Timothy John married Maria Del PILAR PINA LIBIEN1. Born on 2 Jul 1968 in Toluca, Mexico.
They had the following children: 14 i. Paul Pina (1997-) 15 ii. Pilar Marie (1999-)
9. Ellen Brigid O'HARA.1 Born on 19 Mar 1960 in Jackson. Michigan.
Ellen Brigid married Mark SABOR1.
They had the following children: 16 i. Colin (Twin) (1997-) 17 ii. Liam (Twin) (1997-)
10. Thomas Logan O'HARA.1 Born on 27 Nov 1962 in Detroit, MI.
Thomas Logan married .
11. Ann Caroline O'HARA.1 Born on 16 Dec 1966 in Detroit, MI.
Ann Caroline married Robert WAGNER1. Born on 1 Nov 1964 in Detroit, MI.
They had the following children: 18 i. Jane (1994-) 19 ii. Sam (1996-) 20 iii. Molly (1999-)
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Family of Carol O'HARA (6) & Timothy TWOMEY
12. Sean TWOMEY.1 Born on 1 Nov 1964 in Detroit, MI.
13. Meghan TWOMEY.1 Born on 16 Nov 1969 in Illinois.
Meghan married Anurag KHAITAN1. Born on 16 Jul 1964 in India.
They had one child: 21 i. Indira
Fifth Generation ------Family of Timothy John O'HARA (8) & Maria Del PILAR PINA LIBIEN
14. Paul Pina O'HARA.1 Born on 16 Jul 1997 in Royal Oak, MI.
15. Pilar Marie O'HARA.1 Born on 18 Jul 1999 in Royal Oak, MI.
Family of Ellen Brigid O'HARA (9) & Mark SABOR
16. Colin SABOR.1 Born on 14 Apr 1997 in Ann Arbor, MI.
17. Liam SABOR.1 Born on 14 Apr 1997 in Ann Arbor, MI.
Family of Ann Caroline O'HARA (11) & Robert WAGNER
18. Jane WAGNER.1 Born on 14 Apr 1994 in Southfield, MI.
19. Sam WAGNER.1 Born on 10 Apr 1996 in Southfield, MI.
20. Molly WAGNER.1 Born on 7 Jun 1999 in Southfield, MI.
Family of Meghan TWOMEY (13) & Anurag KHAITAN
21. Indira KHAITAN.1 Born in California.
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Sources
1. Tim O'Hara email 7-24-04 2. O'Mara, Sheila Carlson. 3. Mary Ellen 'Tink' Stewart-Bailey 4. notes from conversation between Alfred O'Meara, Jr., Edith Shagenena and Eileen Therese Garrow-Allen, July 6, 1990.
Index
? UNNAMED spouse of 10 HEIDE UNNAMED spouse of 4 Michael 7 JANKOWSKI Cecile spouse of 2 KHAITAN Anurag spouse of 13 Indira 21 LOGAN Jean Margaret spouse of 5 OHARA Alphonse James (Fonce) 2 Ann Caroline 11 Carol 6 Ellen Brigid 9 Louise 3 Margaret 4 Michael 1 Paul Pina 14 Pilar Marie 15 Terence Patrick (Pat) 5 Thomas Logan 10 Timothy John 8 OMEARA Mary Marcella spouse of 1 PILAR PINA LIBIEN Maria Del spouse of 8 SABOR Colin 16 Liam 17 Mark spouse of 9 TWOMEY Meghan 13 Sean 12 Timothy spouse of 6 WAGNER Jane 18 Molly 20 Robert spouse of 11 Sam 19
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Family of Brian Mark O'MEARA (146) and Bonnie MURRAY partners circa 2000
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Family of Marilyn Elizabeth O'MEARA (147) and Andrew Boone BENEDICT
2 i. Elizabeth Kathleen (Step) (1977-) 3 ii. Peter Andrew (Step) (1980-) 4 iii. Kurt Michael (Step) (1982-)
Second Generation ------Family of Andrew Boone BENEDICT (1) & Marilyn Elizabeth O'MEARA
2. Elizabeth Kathleen BENEDICT.2 Born on 25 Jul 1977 in Norfolk, VA.
Elizabeth Kathleen first married Daniel MOREHEAD2. They had one child: 5 i. Claire Elise (1994-) born Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO
Elizabeth Kathleen second married Kurk Selwyn BARDSLEY2. They had one child: 6 i. Callie Aunna (2002-)
3. Peter Andrew BENEDICT.2 Born on 25 Jun 1980 in Richfield, UT. born at Siever Valley Hospital
4. Kurt Michael BENEDICT.2 Born on 22 Mar 1982 in Williston, Williams County,ND.
On 7 Dec 2001 when Kurt Michael was 19, he married Charolette RAKESTRAW2, in Arapahoe County Justive Center, Arapahoe County, CO. Born on 29 Jul 1982 in Aurora, Arapahoe County, CO. They had one child: 7 i. Michael Kenneth (2001-) Born at Humanna Aurora Hospital, Aurora, Arapahoe County, CO
Third Generation ------Family of Elizabeth Kathleen BENEDICT (2) & Daniel MOREHEAD
5. Claire Elise BENEDICT. Born on 18 Nov 1994.
Family of Elizabeth Kathleen BENEDICT (2) & Kurk Selwyn BARDSLEY
6. Callie Aunna BENEDICT-BARDSLEY.2 Born on 21 Dec 2002 in Poudre Valley Hospital, Ft. Collins, Larimer County, CO.
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Family of Kurt Michael BENEDICT (4) & Charolette RAKESTRAW
7. Michael Kenneth BENEDICT.2 Born on 5 Apr 2001 in Humanna Aurora Hospital, Aurora, Arapahoe County, CO.
Sources 1. Mary Ellen 'Tink' Stewart-Bailey 2. Descendants of Andrew Boone Benedict by Patrick Purcell
Index
BARDSLEY Kurk Selwyn spouse of 2 BENEDICT Andrew Boone 1 Claire Elise 5 Elizabeth Kathleen 2 Kurt Michael 4 Michael Kenneth 7 Peter Andrew 3 BENEDICT-BARDSLEY Callie Aunna 6 MOREHEAD Daniel spouse of 2 OMEARA Marilyn Elizabeth spouse of 1 RAKESTRAW Charolette spouse of 4
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Family of Stephen Van O'MEARA (148) and Amy Erica SAUNDERS
Marriage: 7 Dec 2001 "court house" Phoenix, AZ
Amy Erica SAUNDERS was born 1 Apr 1980, Inverness Scotland, UK
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Family of Jennifer Marie BELL (256) and Daryl Malcome GEE
Breadon Patrick GEE, GGGG Grandson ------Birth: 20 Mar 2003, Seattle, Washington Born 12:05 PM Swedish Hospital, Seattle,WA 6lbs 1.9oz
Kevin Robert GEE, GGGG Grandson ------Birth: 16 Sep 2004, Seattle, Washington Born 10:23 AM Swedish Hosptal, Seattle, WA 6lbs, 19 inches long
Family of Bridget Ann BELL (257) and Phillip ZERR
Elizabeth Mary ZERR, GGGG Granddaughter ------Birth: 3 Jul 2002, Denver, CO Born Rose Hospital, Denver, CO 7lbs 5oz, 19 3/4 inches
Family of Shannon Eileen BELL (259) and Mark HARRELL
Kaylynn Paige HARRELL, GGGG Granddaughter ------Birth: 12 May 2003, Denver, CO Born 4:43 PM, Rose Hospital, Denver, CO 7.13 lbs, 20.75inches
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Family of Monica Lynn LILEY (264) and John SKOK
Paul SKOK, GGGG Grandson ------Birth: 27 Dec 2002, Denver, CO Born Rose Hospital 6.11lbs, 20inches
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Family of Alisha Anne STEWART (262) and Kent Tyson PARKHURST
Ashley Sterling PARKHURST,(328) GGGG Granddaughter ------Birth: 12 Apr 2002, Denver, CO born 1:42 PM 7.6 lbs 18 1/2 inches
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