First Generation
Transcriptions for EDWARD O'NEIL:
1900 Federal Census of La Salle County,
Illinois
District 37 - Streator
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O'NEIL, Edward Head
W M Oct 1843 56 M 20 Ireland Ireland Ireland 1886 14; Kate Wife W
F Jan 1844 56 M 20 5 5 Ireland Ireland Ireland 1886 14
PERSONAL OBSERVATION:
at this time [04/25/2001] the names of only four children of this
couple are known; the number of years for this marriage is apparently
mis-stated in the census record, as the couple were married in 1864,
not 1880.
One of their five
children was Mary Marie O'Neil who (but as wife to Edward Keating),
according to the same census records, was born in October of 1866.
The above shows that Edward and Kate were married 20 years by 1900.
If so, their marriage took place about 1880. Marriage records reveal
that Mary Marie was 24 years of age when she married in 1890. By this
latter record, she would have been born in 1866. This latter record
reveals the names of her parents as Edward O' Neil and Catherine Boyle.
There is a discrepency for the date of marriage for the parents of
Mary Marie, unless her parents married some 14 years AFTER the birth
of Mary Marie (which seems highly unlikely). Two other possibilities
are that the "number of years married" that is indicated
in the census record is in error or, perhaps, Catherine (Kate) Boyle
O'Neil was the second wife of Edward O' Neil.
There is the remaining
confusion regarding dates of birth for Mary Marie O'Neil [October
1866] and the birth of James O'Neil [August 1866]. The possibility
exists that Mary Marie and James were not siblings, though there is
enough evidence [names of parents are the same] from the marriage
records that shows that they were siblings.
Streator Free Press, December 7, 1907, Page One
Complete transcription of Obituary
AILING FOR YEAR; DIED
IN HOSPITAL
Edward O'Neil Survived by Wife and Four Children - Funeral Held Monday
Edward O'Neil, who
had stomach trouble and who had been sick for about a year, died this
morning at 5:45 o'clock at the hospital.
Mr. O'Neil was a native
of Ireland. He was born in County Armah in 1842 and was married in
Scotland forty-three ago to Catherine Boyle, who, with four of the
nine children born to them, survive. The surviving children are -
James, Mrs. Edward Keating, Ellen and Lizzie.
Mr. O'Neil had been
in the United States twenty years. He was formerly employed as flagman
for the Burlington.
The body is now at
the family residence, 206 Twelfth street.
The funeral will be
held Monday morning, with services at 9 o'clock at the Church of the
Immaculate Conception and interment in Riverwood cemetery.
Ottawa Fair Dealer,
December 13, 1907, Page Unknown
Complete transcription of Obituary
Edward O'Neil died
Saturday morning, December 7, of stomach trouble, at the hospital
in Streator. Mr. O'Neil was born in County Armah, Ireland, and was
married in Scotland forty-three years ago to Catherine Boyle, who
with four of nine children born to them, survive him. Mr. O'Neil had
been a resident of the United States for twenty years. The funeral
was held on Monday.
Transcriptions for CATHERINE
BOYLE:
Streator Free Press, October 1, 1919, Page One
Complete transcription of Obituary
DEATH RELIEVES LONG SUFFERING
Mrs. Catherine O'Neil Passes Away At Home of Her Son, James O'Neil
Mrs. Catherine O'Neil, wife of Edward
O'Neil, deceased, passed away at the home of her son, James O'Neil,
at 121 West Hickory street at 9:30 last night. Death ended the suffering
of a year caused by diseases.
Catherine Boyle was born February
2, 1846 in Ireland. In 1864 she was married to Edward O'Neil, who
preceded her in death eleven years ago. Of the nine children born
to this union five [typo..four] survive: James O'Neil of Streator;
Mrs. Richard [typo...Edward] Keating, Streator; Ellen O'Neil, of Streator;
and Mrs. Michael Gullannl [Gullanni], Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Neil came to Streator
thrity-three years ago and settled in Streator where she lived many
years.
Funeral services will be held Thursday
at 9 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception church with interment in St.
Mary's cemetery. Mrs. O'Neil was a woman of saintly character and
her passing is greatly deplored by her friends who extend sympathy
to the bereaved relatives.