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ONeill/ Neille family Wexford

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I'm trying to find any information on my great grandmother's family..... My great grandmother's parents were Denis O'Neill / Neill and Catherine Rooney.... I cannot find a birth marriage or death for any of Margarets parents or siblings but I was able to locate baptism records from Ferns Wexford for Margarets two sisters and brother... Im guessing my Margaret was born circa 1819....

Bridget baptism 11 September 1822 Kilbora Wexford

Catherine baptism 30 October 1825

Denis baptism 29 March 1829

Margaret left Ireland on the ship CHAMPION and arrived Botany Bay 5th October 1840.....

I have information on Margaret over here in Australia but I would like to find out more about her parents and siblings....

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Marcie:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

The baptismal/marriage records for Ferns RC parish in the Diocese of Ferns start in May 1819. So likely Margaret was born prior to May 1819 and her record is not available. Same for the marriage record. Did you find the records for Bridget, Catherine and Denis on the parish register. I looked on two subscription sites and did not find them.

By the way, Kilbora is a 647 acre townland within the civil parish of Ferns which was likely where your family lived.

Did the entire family emigrate?

The 1853 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Ferns civil parish does show a good number of Neill records but none in Kilbora https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/wexford/ferns.htm

One of my wife's great grandfathers was a Hugh O'Neill born around 1850 from Wexford. We have not determined the parish. Have you taken a DNA test?

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Hi Roger,

Thank you so much for your welcome...

I wrote to the Roman Catholic Church in Ferns a long time ago and the lady at the church was very kind to send me Margarets siblings baptism information over to me..

As far as we know Margaret was the only one who immigrated to Australia.

I've tried looking for marriage and death information regarding Margarets family but I have had no luck...

Margarets mother was known as Kitty and her maiden name was Rooney.....no I haven't taken the DNA test but I must send away for the kit to do it...

on Bridget Neille Baptism the sponsors were

John Shiel and Murthough Murphey. On Catherine Neille is Patt Murphey and Biddy Byrne..... Denis the son the sponsees were Andy Nowlan and Sara Carton.... 

Marcelle Johnson 

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