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Author: dennyoneill1
Surnames: ONeill
Classification: immigration
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Looking for anyone who had ancestors who immigrated from Northern Ireland to Daviess
County, especially around Barr township and Cannelburg. The Northern Ireland counties of
interest are Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Derry/Londonderry, and Fermanagh.
James Theodore ONeill, b. 1860, appears to have immigrated from one of these counties, in
the 1880s, and settled in among ONeills who had already been in Barr Township since the
1840s. If I can figure out where James T. ONeill is from, I can likely figure out where
the original ONeills were from as well. This chain immigration, following behind
relatives, or friends, who are already settled was common. There were quite a few
different families in Barr Township who settled together from Wexford County, for
instance.
So please respond if you have ancestors from Northern Ireland.
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