McNeills

I remember the three McNeill sisters, Mollie, Annie and Bridie. I think we visited them in Donegal, and if I recall correctly they came to the US too? Or maybe just visited us at the Continental?

Anyway, these three were the daughters of Anna McBride's sister Katherine. She married George McNeill. George and Katherine had 5 children, the other two were Alexander (who marries Maude Kelly) and Celine, who marries Hugh McColgan.

Alexander and Maude have four children: George, Eugene, Ann and Mary (in order of age) [thanks Derek for correction].  George's son Derek is on ancestry.com! He lives in Scotland, but grew up in Dooish.

Derek says he may have a photo of the original house in Dooish, possibly the place Anna grew up in. Looking forward to seeing that!

Here's Derek's pic from ancestry:

Also, below pic from Joanne (I think Martin sent too) showing Annie & Molly's trip to the US, late 1950s:

 

Back row: Henry O’Grady, Annie McNeill, George McCallion, Eddie McCallion, Molly McNeill, and Charles/Chick McCallion.

Middle row: James/Jimmy McCallion, his wife, Anna O’Rourke McCallion, Josephine, Mary Patricia McCallion (married to George), Jean Weismann McCallion (married to Eddie), Irene (married to Charles/Chick).

Front: Henry and Josephine's children: Martin, Joanne, Katherine, Henry

CMT

 Time to gather some info on CMT:

https://www.mda.org/disease/charcot-marie-tooth

https://www.cmtausa.org/

Joanne mentioned the actual type is PMP22. More on that here:

https://cmtrf.org/what-is-cmt-disease/types-of-cmt/cmt1/what-is-cmt1a/

also, of interest:

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17499-spinal-stenosis

I tend to think of this as a McCallion thing, but perhaps it is more of a McBride thing?

I asked Fran, granddaughter of James's brother Michael, if there was evidence of CMT in that branch. Fran replied, she has not heard of CMT. So, no evidence in that branch of the family, nor is she aware of any in the McCallions that remained in Donegal. 

Need to verify about the other McCallion's still in Donegal; perhaps Katherine knows.

James' siblings:

John - stays in Donegal

Patrick - stays Donegal

Michael - comes to US, dies age 30, no CMT in offspring

Daniel - comes to US, dies as a young man (?)

William - stays Donegal

(Mary) Anne - stays Donegal, marries Meyler, Fran is in touch with them

Sarah - stays Donegal

Anna McBride's siblings:

John - comes to US, Franklin Lakes NJ

Charles - comes to US, we know all his kids ... any signs?

Mary Ellen (Nellie) - stays Donegal, marries Dowds

Kathleen - stays Donegal, marries McNeil (Bridie, Molly, etc)

Margaret - stays Donegal, marries Murphy, offspring include McAvincheys

Susan - stays Donegal, marries McNulty, dies young (1918)