Margaret (Maggie) OConnell

  General Notes:

Mom says she worked as a maid in Dunkirk, NY. She knew John OBrien and met Tom on a rowboat on one of the lakes.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptism: From Roots Ireland org, 1 Jul 1849, Castlemagner, Cork, Ireland. Name: Margaret Connell
Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 01-Jul-1849
Address: Bluepool
Parish/District: CASTLEMAGNER
Gender: Female
County Co. Cork
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Richard Connell
Mother: Johanna Kennedy
Occupation: Sponsor 1 /Informant 1: Patrick Brien
Sponsor 2 /Informant 2: Mary Connor
Notes:
PRIEST: REV W O S
FILE NO 01/344/MA


Note: Birth year is earlier than US Census records

• Children: Mother of seven, six are alive in 1900, 1900, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. From 1900 Census

All six children are living with her and her husband. Rosie died in 1891.

• Travel: The Erie Daily Times, Page 2, 1 Mar 1900, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania. Arrow Shots

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Brien of East Fifth Street, will leave for Buffalo tonight to attend the funeral of Mrs. O'Brien's sister, the late Mrs. John Burns.

• Family: O'Brien sisters: Front row: May, Anna, Jenny. Back row: Alice, Nellie, Abt 1905.

• Family: Margaret with four of her five daughters and three of her granddaughters, 1914, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.

• Residence: From 1930 Census, 1930, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. Name: Margaret Obrien
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania
Gender: Female Age: 75
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Ireland
Estimated Birth Year: 1855
Immigration Year: 1875
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Enumeration District Number: 21
Family Number: 154
Sheet Number and Letter: 6A
Line Number: 45
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2035
Film Number: 2341769
Digital Folder Number: 4639366
Image Number: 00701
Household
Gender Age
Margaret Obrien F 75
Child Alice M Obrien F 45

• Residence: From 1940 Census, 1940, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret Obrien
First Name: Margaret
Last Name: Obrien
Age at Time of Census: 78
Gender: Female
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Estimated Birth Year: 1862
Birth Location: Ireland Map
Enumeration District: 68-15A
Residence: Ward 1, Erie City, Erie City, Erie, PA
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Other People in Household:
Alice Obrien
56 yrs, Female
Eva Ebner
55 yrs, Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Language: English
Genealogical Society Number: 005456787

NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Microfilm Roll Number: 3647
Line Number: 66
Sheet: B
Sheet Number: 5
Collection: U.S. 1940 Census Records

• Immigration: Obituary says she came to US from County Cork, Ireland when she was 16 (1870 or 1871) and settled in Dunkirk, NY, 1870-1871. 1900 Census says she immigrated in 1871 and had been in the US for 29 years. Census dated June 11, 1900.

1910 Census says she immigrated in 1870.

1920 Census says she immigrated in 1870 and she is a citizen of the US.

1930 Census says she immigrated in 1875.

The 1870 Census was conducted in August.

• Grandchildren: Obituary says she had seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren in 1944.

• Obituary: Erie Daily Times, 30 Nov 1944, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.

• Obituary: Erie Dispatch Herald, 30 Nov 1944, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.

• Gravestone: Trinity Cemetery, Nov 1944, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. Section I

Margaret married Thomas W. OBrien, son of William OBrien and Anna E. Kelly, in 1874 in New York. (Thomas W. OBrien was born in Jan 1850 in Clonegal, Carlow, Ireland, christened on 13 Jan 1850 in Clonegal, Carlow, Ireland, died on 5 Mar 1929 in Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA and was buried on 9 Mar 1929 in Trinity Cemetary, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Banns: From 1900 Census, married 26 years, June 11, 1900.