Thomas O'Neill of Carrickmacross wed Anne Marron in 1879 and came to St Paul Minnesota to work as a stone mason. Anne followed him to the US a year later. The O'Neill & Marron families are remarkable ion that three siblings in the same generation wed eachother. Thomas' sister Katie married Thomas Marron, and his brother Owen, married Mary T. Marron. Thomas also had a twin sister, Elizabeth who married a Curran. I believe many of these people settled in the Minnesota area, in the US.
I believe the father of Thomas was Patrick- his mother Anna. My great grandfather, Thomas always wrote his place of origin as Carrickmacross, Monaghan. If anyone can help me please email me at 9weeds@gmail.com. Thank you!
Thursday 27th Jun 2013, 12:13AM
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Thank you for your message.
Do you know much about their emigration? The dates, the reason why they left, who they may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g. Liverpool, New York, etc.), this could be a good place to find more information.
US National Archives/Immigration info: http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/
Do you know their religion? Most Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is - http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ?browse? an overview of available records per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possible assistance.
Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870-are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. The Anglican Record Project is has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf
You could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/ to search for the O'Neill and Marron ancestors.
You may also try - if you haven't already - any of the following for more assistance:
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093
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hi,
There were a lot of O'NEILLs in Monaghan c.1860.
There were also a lot of MARRONs around at the same time.
In 1901 these are the NEILL/O'NEILLsliving in Carrickmacross.
In 1901 these are the MARRONs living in Carrickmacross.
There are both MARRONs and O'NEILLs living in Greaghdrumit.
Regards,
SEAN
sean99