Michael O'Donnell

Hi,

I'm not sure how much research has been carried out, so forgive me if I suggest something you've already done. Have you checked all the censuses for information about Michael? Sometimes, very rarely, a county is specified. Have you looked at the birth, marriage, baptism, death records of his children? These will mention parents and where they were born--maybe they'll just say Ireland, maybe they'll say more.

Do you have Michael's death certificate? Are his parents named there? His church marriage record? (Look in NJ first.) Are his parents mentioned?

Have you found his death notice/obituary? Will? Have you seen the headstone? Do you have the cemetery interment list?

I hope something here is helpful. Good luck!

Hi Patricia - We have searched all the things you mentioned and the most information we can get is their birthplace listed as Ireland.  We have seen the headstones for them and asked the church if they have any information to no avail.  New Jersey seems to be a very hard place to get information.  We were planning on going there and search ourselves when Covid hit.

Unfortunately Michael O'Donnell is a very common name so we have found many of them in Ireland.  If we go by the Irish birth order naming of their children Michael's parents would be Michael and Alice and Mary's parents would be John and Catherine.

Thank you for trying to help!  

Carrie