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O'Connor

Marriage of Elizabeth O'Connell and James O'Connor.
From Freemans Journal, November 6, 1792, p.3.

James O'Connor,
or James Connor.
See wikitree.
See entry in tree by Gail Trecosta.
He was an attorney.
He mar 1792 to Elizabeth O'Connell [Betsy, bapt 12 Aug 1777].
He was friend and co-counsel of Daniel O'Connell. This is probably how Daniel met Elizabeth's sister Mary, who he began courting in 1800. (Though they were distant cousins, so may have known each other earlier.)
James and Elizabeth lived in Day Place, Tralee.
She died 1815.
He died 1819.
They had issue:

1. Elizabeth O'Connor,
   Bess, bapt 1 Dec 1798.
   See wikitree.
   She mar 1817 to Capt. Richard Leyne and had issue.

   
   

2. Thomas Morris O'Connor,
   or Thomas Maurice O'Connor,
   bapt July 1800.
   He mar Catherine Murphy.
   They had issue:
   1. Hannah O'Connor, bapt 1841.
      She mar Jeremiah O'Donoghue.
      They emigrated to USA.
      They had issue:
      1. Hannah Donohue, born 1871.
         She mar Frederick Finke.
         They had issue:
         1. Lillian Frances Finke, born 1893.
            She mar John Edward Huth.
            They had issue:
            1. Barbara Huth, born 1930.
               DNA match with me and Niall Humphreys and Nuala Duggan.
               She mar Rocco Trecosta.
               They had issue:
               1. Gail Trecosta.
                  Researching family tree.

   
   

3. Rev. Charles James O'Connor,
   born 1801.
   He wrote out an O'Connell genealogy, 1852.
   He died 1861.