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Thomas Henry O'Meara

Thomas Henry O'Meara

Born
1797-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA

Thomas O'Meara was born in Tipperary, Ireland around 1797. He was possibly the son of a Patrick O'Meara.
Thomas married Elizabeth Tierney of Birr, King's (Offaly) most likely in the parish of Birr and Loughkeen in either 1822 or 1823. They had their first 2 children, William and John, there in 1823 and 1824. They most likely migrated to Ontario, Canada around 1827-28. They first appear in Canada in 1828 when they bought land. The first of 13 children born in Canada was in 1829 and the last in 1851. In 1852 the O'Meara family moved to Clinton county, Iowa, United States. They are found in the 1852, 1854, and 1856 Clinton county censuses. 

Elizabeth died Jan 1858 and is buried in Immaculate Conception cemetery in Petersville, Iowa, along wth several of her childern and their spouses. Thomas is NOT buried there and at this time there is no known location or time of his death.

Associated communities

Tipperary

County Tipperary, or Tiobraid Árann in Irish, is part of the central plain of Ireland.  We are a landlocked, rural county home to mountains, rivers and lakes.  Our county town is Clonmel and we have a population of approximately 160,441. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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Buildings in this community

  • Castle Fogarty

    Location: Tipperary

    Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 YP68

  • Cahir House Hotel

    Location: Tipperary

    E21H244 TIPPERARY (Ireland)

  • Spring Mount Tipperary

    Location: Tipperary

  • St. Ruadhans Abbey - Lorrha

    Location: Tipperary

Timeline events in this community

  • 1840s

    Hogan/Murphy Emigration to St Louis

    1848-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1889 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1889-10-20 12:00:00

  • 1890s

    1895 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1896-03-15 12:00:00