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McQuillan/O'toole/Reardon(Riordan/O'Neil/Melia/Boyle/

Researching and trying to find out where my great grandparents came from in Ireland. If you have any information on any of these, please get in touch with me. 

Philip McQuillan abt 1850 Ireland came to the usa around 1868, believe born in Tandergee parish died in NY 1914. Father's name James believe born in Kilmore parish. Bridget O'Toole born around 1860 Ireland, died in NY 1921. Have no other information on her. 

Daniel Riordan/Reardon born abt 1830 Ireland,  died in NY 1914. Margaret O'Neil born abt 1835 Ireland,  died in NY 1919. 

Michael Melia abt 1839 Ireland died in NY 1901. Lived in Hollymount, Mayo County before coming to USA. Mary Boyle born Aug 1841 in Meath, Ireland. Parents Patrick Boyle (1800-1866) and Ann Callan (1806-1884). 

I would appreciate any help in finding out information on any of these ancestors. Dates of birth, Parishes or Counties where they were born, Parents names. All would be helpful in trying to find out about them. 

Philip McQuillan and Bridget O'Toole are my great grandparents on my grandfather's side. Daniel Riordan/Reardon and Margaret O'Neil are my great great grandparents on my grandmothers paternal side. Michael Melia and Mary Boyle are my great great grandparents on my grandmother's maternal side. As you can see I am completely Irish on my mother's side. Thank you in advance for any information. 

luckyk2775

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Heather:

My first suggestion is to test your DNA and work with your closest matches to see if you can get more specific info on where specifically some of your ancestors were from.

Many of your ancestors names are very common and without their parents names it will be very difficult to determine if a baptismal record exists. Daniel Riordan, Margaret O'Neill, Bridget O'Toole all fall in that category. Hollymount RC baptismal records start in 1857 so there would be no record for Michael Melia.

On the subscription site Roots Ireland, I did find an August 14 1841 baptismal record for a Mary Boyle with father Patrick and mother Anne Collen (as transcribed). Likely it was Callan and transcribed as Collen. The RC parish was Rathkenny which is in northeast Co. Meath near the Co. Louth border. Mary had a brother James (1836) and sisters Bridget (1847) and Catherine (1849). Possibly there were other children. The parents married in Rathkenny on April 21 1833.

Finding records for Philip McQuillan may be difficult. First there is no civil parish called Tandergee. There is a village in Co. Armagh spelled Tandragee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandragee  and there is a related RC parish called Tandragee. There are also eight townlands called Tanderagee in various counties-- Antrim, Armagh, Monaghan, Tyrone, Meath, Kildare and Cavan. The closest baptismal record I could find was August 5 1855 in Co. Armagh but the father was shown as John not James. So no luck with Philip for now. 

Let me know if you have any questions or if you have additional information on any of your six ancestors.

Roger McDonnell

 

 

 

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