Margaret Bedelia (Devaney) O'Neill (1891 - 1974)

Born 4 Jun 1891 in Kilmacowen, County Sligo, Ireland

Died 12 Jun 1974 at age 83 in Clifton, Passaic, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1891 in Kilcowen, Sligo, Ireland. She was traveling to new york with several friends from Sligo aboard the Titanic. She was joining her sister in New York.

In 1919 she was married to plumber John Joseph O'Neill (b. 3 May 1895), an Irish American, and the couple had four surviving children: Matthew (1922-1982), Kathryn (1924-2010), Helen (1926-2012) and John (1927-1996).

They settled in Jersey City, where she is found at the 1930 and 1940 censuses ^[1] In her later years, she lived in Clifton, NJ.

She passed away in 1974. She is buried in Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4B9-VMW : 29 July 2019), Margaret O'Neill in household of J Joseph O'Neill, Ward 7, Jersey City, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-162, sheet 9A, line 39, family 179, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2405.
   

   J Joseph O'Neill Head Male 44 New York

   Margaret O'Neill Wife Female 44 Ireland

   Matthew O'Neill Son Male 18 New Jersey

   John O'Neill Son Male 12 New Jersey

   Catherine O'Neill Daughter Female 16 New Jersey

   Helen O'Neill Daughter Female 14 New Jersey

2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8135573

• (2019) Margaret Bedelia Devaney Encyclopedia Titanica (ref: #777, updated 20th November 2019 23:21:23 PM) : Link
• See also FamilySearch Person: K4P8-NDY