FatherMichael Patrick O'Connell b. 8 Feb 1873, d. 2 Sep 1958
MotherSarah Hart b. 1870, d. 1956

Birth, Death, Marriage

Elizabeth O'Connell was born in 1903 in Trentham East, Victoria.1 
She married Arthur Leonard Blight in 1940.2,3,4 

Family

Arthur Leonard Blight
Child
ChartsO'Connell, Michael, descendant chart

Story

In November 1926, Annie O'Connell married Roy Williams in Yarraville where Michael Patrick O'Connell and his family were living. This photo was taken then at their home.
O'Connells: standing: William Patrick (Mooroopna), unknown (head only), unknown, Mollie (Yarraville), Leo (front, Yarraville), unknown (back), William Joseph (Mooroopna), unknown; seated: unknown, Elizabeth (Yarraville), Gertrude (Yarraville), wedding of Roy Williams & Annie O'Connell (Mooroopna), Yarraville, Nov 1926
Image: Val Williams
Gold Wedding Anniversary
Michael and Sarah celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at an event in East Trentham in July 1948.
Michael & Sarah O'Connell & family: back: Monica, Frances, Gertrude, Nora (Noni), Molly (Ellen Mary), Elizabeth, Greg (Daniel Gregory), Philomena; front: Bill (William Joseph), Michael, Sarah & Leo, East Trentham, Jul 1948
Image: Lynette Heasly, Facebook

Citations

  1. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, 'Elizth O'Connell' entry, birth registration no. 10108, 1903.
  2. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, 'Elizth O'Connell' and 'Arth Leonard Blight' entry, marriage registration no. 13858, 1940.
  3. [S50] William O'Connell, personal communication, May 1996.
  4. [S503] Michael & Sarah (nee Hart) O'Connell, family tree, c. 1996.