O'NEILL

Hugh O'Neill
married
Alice Senorah Spurrier 1875

The exact date of the arrival of our O'Neills in the United States from Ireland is not known. The 1860 Census lists age of John, son of John & Margaret Fenton O'Neill as 10 and gives his place of birth as New York. It seems likely that they arrived here around that time. Hugh O'Neill, father of John, Sr appears in the Baltimore City Directory in 1856. By the 1860 Census, the family was living on South Howard Street in Baltimore, with Patrick, an older brother of John counted as head of the household. The father, Hugh, had died in 1859. Patrick and John were shoemakers. However, the second generation were railroad men who never lived very far from the B & O's Camden Station in Baltimore. John moved to Ohio and Hugh lived for a while in Newbern, N.C. and Wilmington, DE and then moved to Philadelphia when he was promoted to Station Master at the newly-built B & O Station at 24th and Chestnut Streets (now replaced by a high-rise apartment building.)

Gen 1

  1. Hugh b County Tyrone, Ireland d November 1859 Baltimore MD m Susan b 1800 County Tyrone, Ireland d 1870 Baltimore MD

Gen 2    Children of Hugh and Susan O'NEILL

  1. Patrick b Co. Tyrone, Ireland d Baltimore MD m Mrs Julia Leahy b Ireland
  2. John J. b 1829 Co. Tyrone, Ireland d 16 January 1899 Baltimore MD m Co. Tyrone, Ireland Margaret Fenton b 1832 Co. Tyrone, Ireland d 26 October 1896 Baltimore MD (d/o John and Catherine Lemon Fenton)
  3. James b Co. Tyrone, Ireland m Bridget b Ireland

Gen 3    Children of Patrick and Julia O'NEILL

  1. Joseph b 1870 Baltimore
  2. Anastacia

                Children of John and Margaret Fenton O'NEILL

  1. John b 1850 New York, NY d Ohio m Mrs. Marie Murphy
  2. Hugh b 1 May 1854 Perth Amboy, N.J. d 21 May 1925 Philadelphia, PA m 1 July 1875 Baltimore MD Alice Senorah Spurrier b 1 March 1857 Frederick Co, MD d 24 November 1944 Philadelphia PA (d/o Thomas Beale and Mary Ann Margaret Albaugh Spurrier)
  3. Catherine A. b 9 September 1857 Perth Amboy, N.J. d February, 1940 Baltimore MD m 1) Baltimore MD George F. Griffin d February 1890 Baltimore MD 2)John O. McFarland d September 1927 Baltimore MD
  4. Susan (Annie) b 1858 Baltimore MD m John Brandau
  5. James b 1862 Baltimore MD m May 1886 Baltimore MD Elizabeth Todd
  6. Joseph b 1866 Baltimore MD m Annie Myers
  7. Mary Ann b 27 June 1868 Baltimore MD m Fred Barker
  8. Francis (Frank) b 10 September 1870 Baltimore MD m Julia Campbell

Gen 4    Child of John and Marie O'NEILL

  1. Alice (adopted)

                Children of Hugh and Alice Senorah Spurrier O'NEILL

  1. John William Thomas b 22 February 1876 Union Bridge MD d 26 February 1950 Hinsdale IL m 12 November 1897 Philadelphia PA Margaret Morton Yarnall b 21 September 1874 Upper Providence Twp, Delaware Co. PA d 7 November 1957 Hinsdale IL (d/o Isaac and Catherine Worrell Yarnall)
  2. Blanche Spurrier b 6 July 1886 Westminster MD d 3 July 1974 Skippack PA m 17 August 1910 Philadelphia PA Frank Clark Lokes b 18 March 1888 Philadelphia PA d 5 July 1970 Skippack PA (s/o George Henry and Ellen Jane Clark Lokes)
  3. Helen Irene b 19 February 1893 Philadelphia PA d 4 January 1986 Ft. Lauderdale, FL m 21 June 1916 Philadelphia PA David Coates Muhlig b 19 January 1892 Philadelphia PA d 22 April 1975 Plantation FL (s/o William and Esther Lloyd Muhlig)

                Children of Joseph and Annie Myers O'NEILL

  1. Margaret b Baltimore MD d Baltimore MD m 1)Sylvester Stahler 2) --- Simmons
  2. Florence Agnes
  3. Alice Frances b Baltimore MD d Baltimore MD m George Dean
  4. Marie b Baltimore MD d Baltimore MD m Baltimore MD Albert Schmidt d Baltimore MD

                Child of Francis (Frank) and Julia O'NEILL

  1. Frank, Jr.

Gen 5    Children of (John) William (Thomas) and Margaret Yarnall O'NEILL

  1. Mildred May b 9 September 1898 Baltimore Co, MD d 6 November 1964 Rockton, IL m 6 September 1919 Rockford IL Armour Harding Titus b 26 October 1896 Rockford IL d September 1974 Rockton, IL (s/o Axel W. and Alma Blanche Harding Titus)
  2. Mabel Alice b 4 June 1900 Baltimore Co, MD d 8 February 1990 Hinsdale IL m 16 September 1922 Rockford IL Eric Richard Kylen b 1 April 1894 Hinsdale IL d 17 February 1977 Hinsdale IL (s/o Theodore H. and Jennie Carlson Kylen)
  3. Ethel Margaret b 8 October 1902 Baltimore MD d 13 June 1919 Hinsdale IL
  4. William b 4 September 1906 Baltimore MD d October 1961 Houston TX m 22 February 1929 Hinsdale IL Helen Elizabeth Ostrum b 8 July 1906 Hinsdale IL d 1978 FL (d/o George D. and Caroline Crosier Ostrum)
  5. Helen Irene b 16 February 1913 Baltimore MD d December 1998 Hinsdale IL

                Child of Frank and Blanche O'Neill LOKES

                See listing under LOKES generation 4 ff

                Children of Sylvester and Margaret O'Neill STAHLER

  1. Gordon
  2. Gerald

                Children of _____ and Margaret O'Neill SIMMONS

  1. Harry
  2. Irvin

                Children of Albert and Marie O'Neill SCHMIDT

  1. Alice Lee b Baltimore MD m Baltimore MD Edward L. Myers
  2. Marie

Gen 6    Children of Armour and Mildred O'Neill TITUS

  1. Margaret Blanche b 16 July 1920 Rockford IL m 21 August 1942 Camp Forrest TN John Horace Thornton b 25 April 1920 Pontiac IL
  2. Armour Harding, Jr b 18 July 1923 Rockford IL m 24 June 1950 Beverly Asplund b 10 December 1928 Moline IL

                Children of Eric and Mabel O'Neill KYLEN

  1. Ethel Margaret b 31 January 1924 Hinsdale IL m 16 June 1945 Hinsdale IL James Flickinger b 14 June 1921 Jackson MI d 1989 Ontario, Canada (s/o Stanley and Helen Albright Flickinger)
  2. Jean Marie b 9 March 1926 Hinsdale IL m 1)May 1943 Wheaton IL Wayne Jackson m 2)Don Kay m 3)November 1951 Webster Groves MO George Rouse d 1956 San Francisco CA m 4)February 1957 Quincy IL Scott MacGregor d 1964 San Francisco CA m 5)Ardie Munson m 6)Harold J. Luckey

                Children of William and Helen Ostrum O'NEILL

  1. Sarah Ann b 16 July 1930 Hinsdale IL m 1 August 1955 Las Vegas NV Hugh Schuck
  2. William b 7 December 1935 Hinsdale IL d 1 August 1954 Berkeley CA

Gen 7    Children of John and Margaret Titus THORNTON

  1. Margaret Elizabeth b 1943
  2. Stephanie b 1946
  3. Patricia Ann b 1947
  4. Christine b 1948
  5. John Horace, Jr b 1950

                Children of Armour Jr and Beverly Asplund TITUS

  1. Susan b 1951
  2. William Armour b 1954

                Children of James and Ethel Kylen FLICKINGER

  1. Sharon Lee b 1949
  2. Eric James b 1953

                Child of Wayne and Jean Kylen JACKSON

  1. Margaret Jean b 1944

                Child of George and Jean Kylen ROUSE

  1. Robin b 1953

                Child of Scott and Jean Kylen MAC GREGOR

  1. Scott Jr b 1959

                Children of Hugh and Sarah O'Neill SCHUCK

  1. William Bennett b 1957
  2. Melissa Caroline b 1960
  3. Steven Joseph b 1962
  4. Belinda Ann b 1963
  5. Jennifer Ann b 1963
  6. Clayton G. b 1965

Gen 8    Children of Ted and Margaret Thornton KEHR

  1. John Russell b 1963
  2. Christopher Harding b 1968
  3. Kelly Corrine b 1970

                Child of Dennis and Stephanie Thornton DICKENSHEETS

  1. Lori Lynn b 1967

                Children of Richard and Christine Thornton HEINZ

  1. Rebekah Lynn b 1968
  2. Robert Thornton b 1970

                Child of John Jr and Debra Lutz THORNTON

  1. Trent John b 1970

                Child of John and Margaret Jackson DIERKE

  1. Brant Alan b 1969

 References

Birth Certificates - Perth Amboy, N.J. 1854, 1857

Records of Holy Cross Catholic Church, Baltimore MD

1860 Census - Baltimore MD

1860 Mortality Schedule - Maryland

1870 Census - Baltimore MD

Family records of Alice Spurrier O'Neill

Marriage license - Baltimore MD 1875

1880 Census - Baltimore MD

Letter from John J. O'Neill 6 May 1886

Baltimore Sun 29 October 1896, 18 January 1899

Death certificates Philadelphia, PA 1925, 1944

Records of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Baltimore MD

1900 Census - Baltimore MD

O'Neill Family Bible

Family records of Helen Irene O'Neill

Birth certificates - Philadelphia, PA 1893, 1911

Death certificate - Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1986

Alumni Records Goucher College

Family Records - Armour H. Titus

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