BIRTH NAME: Bernard Dorrington O'Neill
BIRTH: 1906 10 12 Newark, OH
FATHER: Albert Dorrington O'Neill
MOTHER: Jennie Belle McConnell
SIBLINGS: none
MARRIAGE: 1936 07 14
SPOUSE: Florabelle Fundaberg
CHILDREN: Albert Michael O'Neill
Kathleen Maureen O'Neill
VOCATION: Accountant in Construction Industry, Michigan
MILITARY: none, 4F from polio
RELIGION: Roman Catholic
EDUCATION: University of Detroit
DEATH: 1972 10 31 Flint, MI
Death Certificate No. 61508
OTHER: nicknamed "Pie"
The story is that when he was a child, every day after school he would visit his family's
restaurant on Main Street in Newark and have a slice of pie. His uncle Charles P. O'Neill was a
restaurateur in Newark for many years.
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Bernard O'Neill in Havana 1953
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Bernard in Census Records
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US Census 1930 - Ohio, Licking County - Newark Township - Ward 6
Enum Dist 45-38, Supvrs Dist 13, Sheet 12A, April 12, 1930
274 Hudson Avenue - Dwelling 343 - Family 352
Line Name Rel Sex Race Age Born* Birth Father Mother Occupation
Place
18 O'Neill Albert Head M W 53 1877 Ohio Irish Free Irish Free Post Ofc Clerk
19 Jennie B Wife F W 52 1878 Ohio New York Missouri none
20 Bernard D Son M W 23 907 Ohio Ohio Ohio none
US Census 1920 - Ohio, Licking County - Newark City
Enum Dist 171, Supvrs Dist 13, Sheet 6A, January 19, 1920
194 Elmwood Avenue - Dwelling 161 - Family 196
Line Name Rel Sex Race Age Born* Birth Father Mother Occupation
Place
26 O'Neill Albert Head M W 42 1878 Ohio Ireland Ireland Post Ofc Cler
27 Jennie Wife F W 41 1879 Ohio New York Missouri none
28 Bernard Son M W 13 1907 Ohio Ohio Ohio none
US Census 1910 - Ohio, Licking County - Newark Twnshp, Precint A
Enum Dist 71, Supvrs Dist 16, Sheet 1A, April 15, 1910
56 [illegible st] - Dwelling 5 - Family 3
Line Name Rel Sex Race Age Born* Birth Father Mother Occupation
Place
15 O'Neill Albert Head M W 33 1877 Ohio Ireland Ireland Mail Carrier
16 Jennie Wife F W 31 1879 Ohio Ireland Missouri none
17 Bernard Son M W 1 1909 Ohio Ohio Ohio none
* Birth year calculated from age on enumeration sheet. May not be accurate.
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Bernard's Story & Marriage
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Bernard O'Neill and Florabelle Fundaberg both grew up in Newark, Ohio though their families attended
different churches and they went to different schools; he to St Francis de Sales and she to Newark High School.
Newark in 1900 had a population of less than 15,000 persons so people could easily know one another
and know about families and their reputaions. A report in the August 2, 1918 edition of the local
newspaper, the Newark Advocate, there is a story about boys racing bicycles.
Bernard was a winner in his class as was Charles Fundaberg in his age class. Census records show
that Charles was working in Detroit at the same time Bernard was there. One way or another,
Bernard and Florabelle found each other and were married in Detroit in 1936.
They were married in the rectory because Florabelle came from a Lutheran background.
The Roman Catholic church of that day would not allow "mixed marriages" to be celebrated in the
usual manner of a nuptial mass and ceremony.
Newspaper reports from Bernard's life can be accessed from the O'Neill Lineage Page.
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Photos from Bernard's Life
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1930s - University of Detroit
Bernard right, friend left
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1939 - Home in Detroit
Bernard with baby son Michael
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1945 - Easter in Detroit
Bernard, Kathy, Florabelle
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1946 - Family at Niagara Falls
Bernard, Florabelle, Mike, Kathy
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Social Security Death Index
Name: Bernard Oneill
SSN: 365-01-9593
Last Residence: 48433 Flushing, Genesee, Michigan, United States of America
Born: 12 Oct 1906
Died: 31 Oct 1972
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951 )
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