John Edward O'MEARA

Birth:
Abt 1825
Tipperary, Ireland
Death:
1868
Goliad, Goliad, Texas
Burial:
Vivion Cemetery, Goliad, Goliad, Texas
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Sources:
Ancestry Discussion Boards
Vivians: From Land's End to the Tip of Texas. 2006. Naomi Vivian Ridge
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    Family history says he died in a gunfight.
    Immigrated about 1852.
    From the Vivian book: "Two of the sons of Lloyd and Caroline married daughters of John O'Meara, who brought his family to Texas from Tipperary, Ireland, during the potato famine.  The story is told that after the O'Mearas arrived in Galveston, they traveled by smaller vessels along the Texas coast to Indianola.  John O'Meara placed his family members on different boats so that if one went down, the others could survive. According to a Vivian family informant, the boat carrying Annie O'Meara capsized, as her father feared, and he pulled her to safety from another boat. Annie, born November 1, 1849, would later marry Henry Calvin Vivion in 1866. Her sister Elizabeth "Lizzie," born December 7, 1853, married Henry's younger brother William Riley."
Ellen MCDONALD
Birth:
2 Jan 1826
Tipperary, Ireland
Death:
16 Aug 1909
Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas
Burial:
Mt Hope Cemetery, Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    Family records show she was born 2 Jan 1826.  She appears 33 years old on the 1860 census. However, her headstone says she was born Jan 2 1822.
Children
Marriage
1
Annie O'MEARA
Birth:
1 Nov 1849
Tipperary, Ireland
Death:
17 Oct 1921
Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas
Henry Calvin "Dick" VIVIAN 
Marr:
16 Aug 1866
Goliad, Goliad, Texas 
2
Michael O'MEARA
Birth:
1852
Tipperary, Ireland
Death:
27 Apr 1908
Dimmit, Texas
 
Marr:
 
3
Elizabeth O'MEARA
Birth:
7 Dec 1853
of Goliad, Goliad, Texas
Death:
4
Katie O'MEARA
Birth:
1856
Goliad, Goliad, Texas
Death:
 
Marr:
 
5
Mary e O'MEARA
Birth:
1859
Goliad, Goliad, Texas
Death:
 
Marr:
 
FCID:38300:5409
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John Edward O'Meara - Ellen McDonald

John Edward O'Meara was born at Tipperary, Ireland Abt 1825.

He married Ellen McDonald . Ellen McDonald was born at Tipperary, Ireland 2 Jan 1826 .

They were the parents of 5 children:
Annie O'Meara born 1 Nov 1849.
Michael O'Meara born 1852.
Elizabeth O'Meara born 7 Dec 1853.
Katie O'Meara born 1856.
Mary e O'Meara born 1859.

John Edward O'Meara died 1868 at Goliad, Goliad, Texas .

Ellen McDonald died 16 Aug 1909 at Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas .