James O'Connell b. 29 Apr 1930 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA d. 21 Nov 1996 South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States of America: Our Family History

James O'Connell

1930 - 1996 (66 years)

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Name	James O'Connell [1, 2, 3]
Birth	29 Apr 1930	Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA [2, 3]
Gender	Male
Residence	So Portland, ME [1]
Residence	South Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA [3]
Death	21 Nov 1996	South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States of America [2, 3]
Burial	South Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA [2]
Person ID	I292644434403	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	John Creighton O'Connell, b. 11 Jul 1905, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Nov 2003, Buxton, York, Maine, USA (Age 98 years)
Mother	Rose Marie Ouellette, b. 16 Dec 1898, Quebec, Canada d. 29 Jan 1966, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA (Age 67 years)
Family ID	F16798	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Christina Manley, b. 1933 d. 1994 (Age 61 years)

Marriage 8 May 1953 Maine, USA [1]

Children

1. Bridget O'Connell

Family ID F10562 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.