This partial newspaper obituary for John's son Arthur, was given to Annette O'Connor by her brother Arthur, in 2008. There is no date for the obituary, or newspaper name or location. It does document a bit about John's life, and the fact his family moved from Waterford County, Ireland to Liverpool, England in 1905:
Death of Priest, son of Causeway man
Father Arthur O'Connor who died in Bournemouth (Hampshire, England) on November 6, was born in Waterford (County Waterford, Ireland) in 1900. His father, John O'Connor of Drumnacurra, Causeway (County Kerry, Ireland), was a Customs official in Waterford. In 1905, the family moved to Liverpool.....
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From a letter written to Thomas Francis O'Connor by Mary "May" O'Keefe (1876- 1972) in May of 1965. Mary O'Keefe was a daughter of Bartholomew and Alice Quinn O'Keefe, his aunt and sister to his mother:
The following are extracts from two of her letters (to Thomas Francis O’Connor) -
Jan. 13, ’64. Your father and mother (John O’Connor and Bridget O’Keefe) met in Waterford in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Your mother had been to Bath for the celebrations on the invitation of my two aunts who were employed there, and I imagine in the vain hope of securing a job there. On her arrival in Waterford on the return journey she went for breakfast to a hotel on the Quay. Your father was staying there and so they met at breakfast. He followed up the acquaintance, but they were not married until June 1899, your mother having taken up two jobs in the meantime - one in Dundalk and one in Mullingar - neither of which was a success. We had left Edenderry many years before - when I was five - and we never returned there or visited Dublin.
Aug. 6, ’64 … reply to some questions raised in your January letter.
1. My use of the word “hotel” as the meeting place of your father and mother was misleading. Some better class pubs took in boarders and also supplied plain(?) meals for travelers and others at moderate charges and it was to such a one that your mother went for breakfast after getting off the boat and by chance met your father (who was staying there) for the first time. I gather he had been in the Customs for some years later, but in any case, coming from Bath the most direct route would be Bristol-Waterford.
2. Your mother served as an assistant in a stationary and fancy goods shop, books papers etc. om Dundalk and later in a similar business in Mullingar, and important town in the Midlands - county Westmeath.
Notes by my father, John O’Connor (from Thomas Francis O'Connor):
I have thought that in a few years when I have faded away like the stars of the morning losing their light in the glorious sun, you may like to know more about your relations on the father’s side and firstly a little more about myself.
1882. At 15 years of age I was appointed assistant teacher in Drumnacurra school for a 5 year term and was fortunate (as the salary was small) to have a chance at six prizes offered under the Reid bequest scheme at my exams at the end of 3rd and 5th years (Kerry Assistant teachers only).
In 1886 July exam I won first prize L20.
In 1888 July exam I won first prize L25.
In September ’88 I went to Listowel Intermediate School St. Michael’s for 2 years at Classics and Science to qualify for B.A. degree but got tired of study and prepared for Customs or Excise exams where I finally stuck and finished up my career.
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From the 1901 Census of Ireland, Summerhill, Waterford Urban No. 5., Waterford Co., house 10:
John O'Connor; head of family, religion- Roman Catholic, reads/writes, age- 32, male, occupation- Customs Office, married, born- Co. Kerry, speaks Irish & English
Bridget O'Connor; wife, religion- Roman Catholic, reads/ writes, female, age- 24, female, married, born- KIng's Co.
Arthur O'Connor; son, religion- Roman Catholic, age- 9 months, born- Waterford City
Mary O'Keefe; sister-in-law, religion- Roman Catholic, age- 18, female, occupation- scholar, not married, born- King's Co., speaks Irish & English
(This record came from the National Archives of Ireland. There were two other forms with it, also completed by the enumerator, containing other tidbits of information. The house was a built, private dwelling with six rooms. The census was taken on April 4th.- RW)
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From the 1911 Census of England and Wales, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire County, page 315, postal address- 112 Carisbrookd Rd., Walton:
John O'Connor; head of household, male, age- 42, married, occupation- Exams Officer/ H.M. Customs/ Board of Customs, birthplace- Listowel, Co. Kerry
Bridget O'Connor; wife, female, age- 33, married 12 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Edenderry, King's Co.
Arthur Patrick O'Connor; son, male, age- 10, born- Waterford, Co. Waterford
Thomas Francis O'Connor; son, male, age- 8, born- Waterford, Co. Waterford
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From Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011:
O'Connor, John of 13 Moscow drive- Liverpool 13, died 6 April 1956, Administration (with Will) Liverpool, 31 December to Florance Bartholomew O'Connor shopkeeper. Effects L1468, 6 s, 8d.
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From Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007:
Name: John O'Connor
Birth Date: abt 1868
Date of Registration: Jun 1956
Age at Death: 88
Registration district: Liverpool North
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10d
Page: 341
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From Ancestry.com. Liverpool, England, Catholic Burials, 1813-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011:
Name: John O'Connor
Birth Year: abt 1868
Age: 88
Death Year: abt 1956
Burial Date: 10 Apr 1956
Parish: Yew Tree Cemetery, Lancashire, England
Death of Priest, son of Causeway man
Father Arthur O'Connor who died in Bournemouth (Hampshire, England) on November 6, was born in Waterford (County Waterford, Ireland) in 1900. His father, John O'Connor of Drumnacurra, Causeway (County Kerry, Ireland), was a Customs official in Waterford. In 1905, the family moved to Liverpool.....
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From a letter written to Thomas Francis O'Connor by Mary "May" O'Keefe (1876- 1972) in May of 1965. Mary O'Keefe was a daughter of Bartholomew and Alice Quinn O'Keefe, his aunt and sister to his mother:
The following are extracts from two of her letters (to Thomas Francis O’Connor) -
Jan. 13, ’64. Your father and mother (John O’Connor and Bridget O’Keefe) met in Waterford in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Your mother had been to Bath for the celebrations on the invitation of my two aunts who were employed there, and I imagine in the vain hope of securing a job there. On her arrival in Waterford on the return journey she went for breakfast to a hotel on the Quay. Your father was staying there and so they met at breakfast. He followed up the acquaintance, but they were not married until June 1899, your mother having taken up two jobs in the meantime - one in Dundalk and one in Mullingar - neither of which was a success. We had left Edenderry many years before - when I was five - and we never returned there or visited Dublin.
Aug. 6, ’64 … reply to some questions raised in your January letter.
1. My use of the word “hotel” as the meeting place of your father and mother was misleading. Some better class pubs took in boarders and also supplied plain(?) meals for travelers and others at moderate charges and it was to such a one that your mother went for breakfast after getting off the boat and by chance met your father (who was staying there) for the first time. I gather he had been in the Customs for some years later, but in any case, coming from Bath the most direct route would be Bristol-Waterford.
2. Your mother served as an assistant in a stationary and fancy goods shop, books papers etc. om Dundalk and later in a similar business in Mullingar, and important town in the Midlands - county Westmeath.
Notes by my father, John O’Connor (from Thomas Francis O'Connor):
I have thought that in a few years when I have faded away like the stars of the morning losing their light in the glorious sun, you may like to know more about your relations on the father’s side and firstly a little more about myself.
1882. At 15 years of age I was appointed assistant teacher in Drumnacurra school for a 5 year term and was fortunate (as the salary was small) to have a chance at six prizes offered under the Reid bequest scheme at my exams at the end of 3rd and 5th years (Kerry Assistant teachers only).
In 1886 July exam I won first prize L20.
In 1888 July exam I won first prize L25.
In September ’88 I went to Listowel Intermediate School St. Michael’s for 2 years at Classics and Science to qualify for B.A. degree but got tired of study and prepared for Customs or Excise exams where I finally stuck and finished up my career.
============
From the 1901 Census of Ireland, Summerhill, Waterford Urban No. 5., Waterford Co., house 10:
John O'Connor; head of family, religion- Roman Catholic, reads/writes, age- 32, male, occupation- Customs Office, married, born- Co. Kerry, speaks Irish & English
Bridget O'Connor; wife, religion- Roman Catholic, reads/ writes, female, age- 24, female, married, born- KIng's Co.
Arthur O'Connor; son, religion- Roman Catholic, age- 9 months, born- Waterford City
Mary O'Keefe; sister-in-law, religion- Roman Catholic, age- 18, female, occupation- scholar, not married, born- King's Co., speaks Irish & English
(This record came from the National Archives of Ireland. There were two other forms with it, also completed by the enumerator, containing other tidbits of information. The house was a built, private dwelling with six rooms. The census was taken on April 4th.- RW)
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From the 1911 Census of England and Wales, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire County, page 315, postal address- 112 Carisbrookd Rd., Walton:
John O'Connor; head of household, male, age- 42, married, occupation- Exams Officer/ H.M. Customs/ Board of Customs, birthplace- Listowel, Co. Kerry
Bridget O'Connor; wife, female, age- 33, married 12 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Edenderry, King's Co.
Arthur Patrick O'Connor; son, male, age- 10, born- Waterford, Co. Waterford
Thomas Francis O'Connor; son, male, age- 8, born- Waterford, Co. Waterford
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From Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011:
O'Connor, John of 13 Moscow drive- Liverpool 13, died 6 April 1956, Administration (with Will) Liverpool, 31 December to Florance Bartholomew O'Connor shopkeeper. Effects L1468, 6 s, 8d.
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From Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007:
Name: John O'Connor
Birth Date: abt 1868
Date of Registration: Jun 1956
Age at Death: 88
Registration district: Liverpool North
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10d
Page: 341
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From Ancestry.com. Liverpool, England, Catholic Burials, 1813-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011:
Name: John O'Connor
Birth Year: abt 1868
Age: 88
Death Year: abt 1956
Burial Date: 10 Apr 1956
Parish: Yew Tree Cemetery, Lancashire, England
This partial newspaper obituary for John's son Arthur, was given to Annette O'Connor by her brother Arthur, in 2008. There is no date for the obituary, or newspaper name or location. It does document a bit about John's life, and the fact his family moved from Waterford County, Ireland to Liverpool, England in 1905:
Death of Priest, son of Causeway man
Father Arthur O'Connor who died in Bournemouth (Hampshire, England) on November 6, was born in Waterford (County Waterford, Ireland) in 1900. His father, John O'Connor of Drumnacurra, Causeway (County Kerry, Ireland), was a Customs official in Waterford. In 1905, the family moved to Liverpool.....
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From a letter written to Thomas Francis O'Connor by Mary "May" O'Keefe (1876- 1972) in May of 1965. Mary O'Keefe was a daughter of Bartholomew and Alice Quinn O'Keefe, his aunt and sister to his mother:
The following are extracts from two of her letters (to Thomas Francis O’Connor) -
Jan. 13, ’64. Your father and mother (John O’Connor and Bridget O’Keefe) met in Waterford in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Your mother had been to Bath for the celebrations on the invitation of my two aunts who were employed there, and I imagine in the vain hope of securing a job there. On her arrival in Waterford on the return journey she went for breakfast to a hotel on the Quay. Your father was staying there and so they met at breakfast. He followed up the acquaintance, but they were not married until June 1899, your mother having taken up two jobs in the meantime - one in Dundalk and one in Mullingar - neither of which was a success. We had left Edenderry many years before - when I was five - and we never returned there or visited Dublin.
Aug. 6, ’64 … reply to some questions raised in your January letter.
1. My use of the word “hotel” as the meeting place of your father and mother was misleading. Some better class pubs took in boarders and also supplied plain(?) meals for travelers and others at moderate charges and it was to such a one that your mother went for breakfast after getting off the boat and by chance met your father (who was staying there) for the first time. I gather he had been in the Customs for some years later, but in any case, coming from Bath the most direct route would be Bristol-Waterford.
2. Your mother served as an assistant in a stationary and fancy goods shop, books papers etc. om Dundalk and later in a similar business in Mullingar, and important town in the Midlands - county Westmeath.
Notes by my father, John O’Connor (from Thomas Francis O'Connor):
I have thought that in a few years when I have faded away like the stars of the morning losing their light in the glorious sun, you may like to know more about your relations on the father’s side and firstly a little more about myself.
1882. At 15 years of age I was appointed assistant teacher in Drumnacurra school for a 5 year term and was fortunate (as the salary was small) to have a chance at six prizes offered under the Reid bequest scheme at my exams at the end of 3rd and 5th years (Kerry Assistant teachers only).
In 1886 July exam I won first prize L20.
In 1888 July exam I won first prize L25.
In September ’88 I went to Listowel Intermediate School St. Michael’s for 2 years at Classics and Science to qualify for B.A. degree but got tired of study and prepared for Customs or Excise exams where I finally stuck and finished up my career.
============
From the 1901 Census of Ireland, Summerhill, Waterford Urban No. 5., Waterford Co., house 10:
John O'Connor; head of family, religion- Roman Catholic, reads/writes, age- 32, male, occupation- Customs Office, married, born- Co. Kerry, speaks Irish & English
Bridget O'Connor; wife, religion- Roman Catholic, reads/ writes, female, age- 24, female, married, born- KIng's Co.
Arthur O'Connor; son, religion- Roman Catholic, age- 9 months, born- Waterford City
Mary O'Keefe; sister-in-law, religion- Roman Catholic, age- 18, female, occupation- scholar, not married, born- King's Co., speaks Irish & English
(This record came from the National Archives of Ireland. There were two other forms with it, also completed by the enumerator, containing other tidbits of information. The house was a built, private dwelling with six rooms. The census was taken on April 4th.- RW)
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From the 1911 Census of England and Wales, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire County, page 315, postal address- 112 Carisbrookd Rd., Walton:
John O'Connor; head of household, male, age- 42, married, occupation- Exams Officer/ H.M. Customs/ Board of Customs, birthplace- Listowel, Co. Kerry
Bridget O'Connor; wife, female, age- 33, married 12 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Edenderry, King's Co.
Arthur Patrick O'Connor; son, male, age- 10, born- Waterford, Co. Waterford
Thomas Francis O'Connor; son, male, age- 8, born- Waterford, Co. Waterford
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From Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011:
O'Connor, John of 13 Moscow drive- Liverpool 13, died 6 April 1956, Administration (with Will) Liverpool, 31 December to Florance Bartholomew O'Connor shopkeeper. Effects L1468, 6 s, 8d.
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From Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007:
Name: John O'Connor
Birth Date: abt 1868
Date of Registration: Jun 1956
Age at Death: 88
Registration district: Liverpool North
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10d
Page: 341
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From Ancestry.com. Liverpool, England, Catholic Burials, 1813-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011:
Name: John O'Connor
Birth Year: abt 1868
Age: 88
Death Year: abt 1956
Burial Date: 10 Apr 1956
Parish: Yew Tree Cemetery, Lancashire, England
Death of Priest, son of Causeway man
Father Arthur O'Connor who died in Bournemouth (Hampshire, England) on November 6, was born in Waterford (County Waterford, Ireland) in 1900. His father, John O'Connor of Drumnacurra, Causeway (County Kerry, Ireland), was a Customs official in Waterford. In 1905, the family moved to Liverpool.....
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From a letter written to Thomas Francis O'Connor by Mary "May" O'Keefe (1876- 1972) in May of 1965. Mary O'Keefe was a daughter of Bartholomew and Alice Quinn O'Keefe, his aunt and sister to his mother:
The following are extracts from two of her letters (to Thomas Francis O’Connor) -
Jan. 13, ’64. Your father and mother (John O’Connor and Bridget O’Keefe) met in Waterford in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Your mother had been to Bath for the celebrations on the invitation of my two aunts who were employed there, and I imagine in the vain hope of securing a job there. On her arrival in Waterford on the return journey she went for breakfast to a hotel on the Quay. Your father was staying there and so they met at breakfast. He followed up the acquaintance, but they were not married until June 1899, your mother having taken up two jobs in the meantime - one in Dundalk and one in Mullingar - neither of which was a success. We had left Edenderry many years before - when I was five - and we never returned there or visited Dublin.
Aug. 6, ’64 … reply to some questions raised in your January letter.
1. My use of the word “hotel” as the meeting place of your father and mother was misleading. Some better class pubs took in boarders and also supplied plain(?) meals for travelers and others at moderate charges and it was to such a one that your mother went for breakfast after getting off the boat and by chance met your father (who was staying there) for the first time. I gather he had been in the Customs for some years later, but in any case, coming from Bath the most direct route would be Bristol-Waterford.
2. Your mother served as an assistant in a stationary and fancy goods shop, books papers etc. om Dundalk and later in a similar business in Mullingar, and important town in the Midlands - county Westmeath.
Notes by my father, John O’Connor (from Thomas Francis O'Connor):
I have thought that in a few years when I have faded away like the stars of the morning losing their light in the glorious sun, you may like to know more about your relations on the father’s side and firstly a little more about myself.
1882. At 15 years of age I was appointed assistant teacher in Drumnacurra school for a 5 year term and was fortunate (as the salary was small) to have a chance at six prizes offered under the Reid bequest scheme at my exams at the end of 3rd and 5th years (Kerry Assistant teachers only).
In 1886 July exam I won first prize L20.
In 1888 July exam I won first prize L25.
In September ’88 I went to Listowel Intermediate School St. Michael’s for 2 years at Classics and Science to qualify for B.A. degree but got tired of study and prepared for Customs or Excise exams where I finally stuck and finished up my career.
============
From the 1901 Census of Ireland, Summerhill, Waterford Urban No. 5., Waterford Co., house 10:
John O'Connor; head of family, religion- Roman Catholic, reads/writes, age- 32, male, occupation- Customs Office, married, born- Co. Kerry, speaks Irish & English
Bridget O'Connor; wife, religion- Roman Catholic, reads/ writes, female, age- 24, female, married, born- KIng's Co.
Arthur O'Connor; son, religion- Roman Catholic, age- 9 months, born- Waterford City
Mary O'Keefe; sister-in-law, religion- Roman Catholic, age- 18, female, occupation- scholar, not married, born- King's Co., speaks Irish & English
(This record came from the National Archives of Ireland. There were two other forms with it, also completed by the enumerator, containing other tidbits of information. The house was a built, private dwelling with six rooms. The census was taken on April 4th.- RW)
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From the 1911 Census of England and Wales, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire County, page 315, postal address- 112 Carisbrookd Rd., Walton:
John O'Connor; head of household, male, age- 42, married, occupation- Exams Officer/ H.M. Customs/ Board of Customs, birthplace- Listowel, Co. Kerry
Bridget O'Connor; wife, female, age- 33, married 12 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Edenderry, King's Co.
Arthur Patrick O'Connor; son, male, age- 10, born- Waterford, Co. Waterford
Thomas Francis O'Connor; son, male, age- 8, born- Waterford, Co. Waterford
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From Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011:
O'Connor, John of 13 Moscow drive- Liverpool 13, died 6 April 1956, Administration (with Will) Liverpool, 31 December to Florance Bartholomew O'Connor shopkeeper. Effects L1468, 6 s, 8d.
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From Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007:
Name: John O'Connor
Birth Date: abt 1868
Date of Registration: Jun 1956
Age at Death: 88
Registration district: Liverpool North
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10d
Page: 341
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From Ancestry.com. Liverpool, England, Catholic Burials, 1813-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011:
Name: John O'Connor
Birth Year: abt 1868
Age: 88
Death Year: abt 1956
Burial Date: 10 Apr 1956
Parish: Yew Tree Cemetery, Lancashire, England
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