Patrick
O'Neill
Born in County Carlow, Ireland.
Son of John O'Neill
and Mary (Hickey) O'Neill
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (McDermott) O'Neill
— married
1874 in Rangiora Catholic Chapel, Rangiora, New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Bedflia O'Neill, John Alexander O'Neill, Honora O'Neill, Kate Elizabeth O'Neill, William Patrick O'Neill, Henry Charles O'Neill, Margaret Ann (O'Neill) O'Brien, Herbert Arthur O'Neill and Agnes O'Neill
Died
at age 64
in Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Biography
Patrick, Farmer, Clongain Farm, Camside, Kaiapoi. Mr. O'Neill was born on the 17th of March, 1838, in County Carlow, Ireland, and was the eldest son of John and Mary O'Neill, of that county. Mr. O'Neill was managing his father's estate before coming to the colony; he was also as accomplished ploughman, and won a gold cup twice in succession for his ploughing. He left his native land in 1863, in the ship “Accrington,” from Plymouth on June 18th 1863, and arrived in Lyttelton on the 10th of September the same year. Mr. O'Neill had two years of experience in the colony before selecting where to settle; then in 1868, he took up a parcel of land near Kaiapoi in the Church Bush, and started to convert what was then little better than a wilderness into his home which he named after the place where he was born, “Clongain.” Mr. O'Neill was married, in the year 1874, to Miss McDermott, of County Carlow, Ireland. She died in 1884, leaving him with one son and four daughters. He was married a second time, to Miss McDrury, the eldest daughter of Mr. Patrick McDrury, of Roscommon, Ireland. ex Canterbury Cyclopedia.
He passed away 19th Nov 1902. Buried at Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand
Research Notes
A different Patrick O Neill, from Limerick, married Mary Slatery in 1875.[1] That Patrick O Neill died in 1912. In family search the two Patricks married to Marys are conflated.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-4WS2 : 4 October 2016), Patrick O'Neil and Mary Slatery, 1875; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1875/3128, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/9V34-KRC
- Holland Genealogy
- New Zealand Marriage Index Registration Number: 1874/12544
- New Zealand Death Index Registration Number: 1902/2150
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Patrick by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Patrick:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Patrick by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Patrick:
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