Looking for the families of O'Connor & Connor

Hi Shelby

I found this and more, 

 Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - KILLARNEYBaptism of PATRICK CONNOR of UPPER LISSIVIGEEN on 2 March 1820Name PATRICK CONNORDate of Birth 2 March 1820 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)Address UPPER LISSIVIGEENFather JAMES CONNORMother ELLEN MOYNIHAN Father Occupation NRSponsor 1 DANIEL CRONINSponsor 2 MARGARET SULLIVANPriest REV. M. O'CONNOR Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier5 12 93 KY-RC-BA-302801The church register page containing this record has not yet been imaged.  --------------------------------------------------------Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - KILLARNEYBaptism of JOHANNA CONNOR of KILLARNEY on 4 August 1833 Name JOHANNA CONNORDate of Birth 4 August 1833 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)Address KILLARNEYFather THOMAS CONNORMother MARY MAHONY Father Occupation NRSponsor 1 EDMUND KEARYSponsor 2 MARGARET KEARYPriest REV. T. DUNNE Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier7 12 152 KY-RC-BA-310134The church register page containing this record has not yet been imaged. this is the website : http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/at the top of the page select "By Date"Click on the Blue words to open to the transcribed page - Its Free tooJust a final word though they all  had to drop the O to get soup during the famine - do a google search of the Irish Penal Laws it explains a lot of the times they lived and starved in and why they fled Ireland also you can chcek the Irish census of 1901 and 1911 - tick show all information Hope this helps I have just found ancestors that immigrated to Boston, Sacramento, and told that another went to Connecticutt,, some of the next generation of (that had stayed) 3 sons came to New Zealand 2 may have gone to the states, some siblings stayed in Ireland  Maureen O'Connor NZ

Hi Maureen, Thanks so much for getting back to me. I'm not sure that the first family by the name of Connor is the correct family or not. I looked up when the Irish famine happened and it started in 1845. Patrick was already in America and in 1945 he became a naturalized citizen. If you check out the links below you will see that a lot of sites mention him dropping the O' after he came to America. This is also mention in the books that have been written about him:

1. Madsen, Brigham D. Glory Hunter: A Biography of Patrick Edward Connor. (1990) ISBN 978-1-60781-154-1

2. Rogers, Fred B., Soldiers of the Overland: Being some account of the services of General Patrick Edward Connor & his Volunteers in the Old West, Grabhorn Press (1938), hardcover, 292 pages

Patrick Edward Connor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Colonel Connor Filled a Varied, Dramatic Role in Utah

Brigadier General Patrick Edward Connor

California and the Civil War: Gen. Patrick E. Connor: Father of Utah Mining

This last link was done by my second cousin Jake Fletcher about Patrick Connor. He also had info on another irish relative my great grandfather BP Oliver. He has found more info about the Olivers who are from Galway. I also was told that the Olivers are related to Oliver St Gogarty, possibly thru his marraige to a Margaret Oliver, but I'll have to do more research on that. If you check out Jake's site more and look at the Olivers that are from Galway, you can see that they were proud of their Irish heritage and the Roman Catholic Church. It's a wonderful site and hope you enjoy checking it out…

Biographical Research on General Patrick Edward Connor | Jake Fletcher's Genealogy Project

Your info on Johanna Connor seems to be correct with the dates matching. I've seen these names on other family trees about our family. Is there any O'Connors in the vicinity of Killarney, or in another area of Kerry County. Some of the info on him say he lived near the lakes of Killarney. I've tried to find records of a Patrick O'Connor arriving in New York, and found one on 1827, but can't find any info on his family or him living in New York till he joined the US Army in 1839 at the age of 19. Will keep searching. Thanks again for getting back to me. Sincerely Shelby

Dear Shelby,

I am interested in the info here! I was trying to find out more about what Connor's life would be like in Ireland and his lineage there. Keep me apprised of anything you come up with, thanks for your good work.

Molly

I'm not having much luck finding Patrick or his parents Edward Connor and Catherine Dillon, if that is their correct names. I found their names thru a docent from the Lathrop house in Redwood City who has reached out to me and we've been collaborating together thru 2013. She supplied me with Patrick's sister's name Margaret Theresa Connor who listed the names of her parents above. Unfortunately I keep hitting dead ends! I have found a great site that maybe you would be interested in. Someone above gave me the link but it wasn't good but here is the correct link: 

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/

This is a great site and will keep using it and try using different variations of the names.

I have the information of Johanna Connor's birth and parents. that's listed above on a post, but is not online yet! here's her info. I hope you can read that post done Feb 21, 2012.

Hopefully more info will be put up online and make our research much easier. Will let you know if I find anymore clues. I wish someone in the family had Katherine Connor Oliver's first diary cause that would have more info about her early life in Utah and maybe more about her grandparents! Thanks for reaching out and I'll be in touch when I find out anything! Take Care! Shelby