O'Neal Research Archive

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BURIALS FUNERAL BOOKLETS ELLIS ISLAND SHIP MANIFESTS
OBITUARIES AND DEATH RECORDS NEWS ARTICLES BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS MARRIAGES

BURIALS

O'NEAL Family Cemetery
South Valley, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands

1. Alexander Severious Anterious Urban O'NEAL: Tomb does not have a headstone; his nephew Hon. Ralph O'NEAL showed me where he is buried in the cemetery.

2. Otho O'NEAL: Tomb does not have a headstone; his son Hon. Ralph O'NEAL showed me where he is buried in the cemetery.

3. Lucina Antesta Matilla O'NEAL: According to her tombstone, "Testa" was born 30 Nov 1882 and died 08 Mar 1973.

4. Ida Malissa Vanterpool O'NEAL: 15 Mar 1911, South Valley, Virgin Gorda and died/buried in Oct 2004.  As of Dec. 2004, she does not have a tomb/headstone as of Oct. 2004.  She was buried along the eastern fence of the cemetery, steps across from her father Sevy O'NEAL.  I am told she is buried near where her grandfather Agrippa O'NEAL is buried in that same cemetery.

Note on O'Neal Family Cemetery, Valley, Virgin Gorda: There are several other tombs and burial spots that are located in this small family cemetery; most are unmarked and I am told there are even some that were not registered so it may be difficult in some cases to find out who is buried where.  There are also two other cemeteries on Virgin Gorda where O'Neal family cemeteries in St. Thomas - one near the home of the late Maude O'Neal, and another one in the country side of Virgin Gorda.

Other Cemeteries Where O'Neal Family Members are Buried
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1. Janetta Ross- O'Neal: wife of Alexander Severious O'Neal.  Buried in 1926 at private cemetery, Crab Hill, Virgin Gorda

OBITUARIES AND RECORDS OF DEATHS

BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS

Source: LDS www.familysearch.org 

Source: Gloria Malone-Neal via B.V.I. Registry Records available at the Latter Day Saints Family Center in New York. (Please note that persons born after 1905 will not be listed... for more information please write me at CaribbeanKingdom@yahoo.com).

JAMES O'NEAL & JANE ANN WELLCOME-O’NEALE (Area A)

ALEXANDER A. & CATHERINE ELIZABETH BROWN-O’NEALE
(married in 1861 in Area A; Alexander worked as a carpenter and a fisherman)

EDWIN HARRIGAN O’NEALE & JESTINA ELIZA O’NEALE nee O'NEALE
(Edwin H. O’Neale married Jestina Eliza O’Neale in 1861)

JOSEPH & REBECCA O’NEALE

JOHN & ANN ELIZA O’NEALE

JOSEPH BENJAMIN & ALMA FLAX-O’NEAL
(married in San Pedro de Marcoris, Dominican Republic)

FUNERAL BOOKLETS

1. Dr. Eric Leopold O'NEAL: born in Virgin Gorda March 1906, died December 1987.  He was the husband of Mary Clara MONSANTO-O'NEAL (married in 1939).  He was the son of Edwardo O'NEAL of Virgin Gorda and Marie O'NEAL (nee O'NEAL) also from Virgin Gorda.  The family traveled to the Dominican Republic when Eric was a child.  He is buried in the Western Cemetery on St. Thomas.

2. Mary Clara MONSANTO-O'NEAL:  Mary Clara was born Oct. 1913 in St. Lucia and died in 1997.  She was the widow of Dr. Eric Leopold O'NEAL of Virgin Gorda.  She was the daughter of Oswald MONSANTO of St. Thomas and Naomi LATRIGUE-MONSANTO of St. Lucia.

3. Dorothy Millicent O'NEAL-LIZAMA "Millie":  Millie was born 1916 in Virgin Gorda and died in 1994 in St. Thomas.  She was the widow of the late Roland LIZAMA.  She was the first child of the marriage of Hubert O'NEAL of Virgin Gorda and Antesta O'NEAL (nee O'NEAL) of Virgin Gorda.  She is buried in the Western Cemetery in St. Thomas.

4. Blanche Irene O'NEAL-Flax: Blanche was born 1911 in Virgin Gorda, the third child born to Alexander "Sevy" and Janetta O'Neal.  She married the late Osbert Edwyn Flax, also of Virgin Gorda, and they had six daughters.  Blanche died in 1994 and is buried in in The Valley, Virgin Gorda.

NEWS ARTICLES

Queen Names 2 BVI Residents to Order of the British Empire
Virgin Islands Daily News, 08 Jan 2005

BVI residents Ann Veronica Russell and Reynold Stanley O'NEAL were named members of the Order of the British Empire in the Queens New Year honors list, BVI Gov. Tom Macan announced.

Russell has served the BVI community for more than 30 years. Until her recent retirement, she was a full time science teacher at the BVI high school.  She has been associated with the Red Cross as youth director and first aid instructor and has trained several hundred people over the years.  She is a lay reader at St. Paul's Anglican Church and has run the Sunday school since the early 1990's.

O'NEAL has been the key figure in sports in the BVI for more than 30 years as a teacher at the high school, president and coach of the BVI Amateur Athletics Association and president of the BVI Olympic Committee.

Many of the athletes who trained under O'NEAL became the territory's leading men and women in sports.  O'NEAL took the first BVI teams into regional and international competitions and plays an active part in the work of the Central American and Caribbean Athletics Confederation.

He has also been at various times a member of the scholarship committee, the teaching service commission and the BVI commission for the Caribbean Examinations Council.

Virgin Gorda Stands to Lose Island's Only Airport
By ANGELA BURNS-PIPER, Virgin Islands Daily News
Saturday, January 8th 2005

VIRGIN GORDA - In about 11 weeks, the airport that Virgin Gorda residents have grown to depend on for the timely delivery of goods, perishable foods and tourists may be no more.

The airport - established 40 years ago by the late American philanthropist Laurence Rockefeller when he was building Little Dix Bay Resort - is owned by current Little Dix owners Rosewood Hotels and Resorts.

The company announced Thursday that it is pulling out of the airport business and will close the airport April 1. The announcement, made during a public meeting of about 200 people at Ashford Waters community center, came after months of rumors about the closure.

"There has never been an official statement from the owners of the company so far. I have one now," said Little Dix Bay Managing Director Martin Wangenberg.

The possibility of the BVI government taking over the airport was shot down in October when Chief Minister Orlando Smith said the government was not interested in operating it.

With only a small runway, the Virgin Gorda airport has offered key access for both scheduled and private charter air services.

In addition to giving a boost to the vital tourism industry of Virgin Gorda and the British Virgin Islands - the airport also made emergency medical air transport possible.

The closure has sparked much criticism and concern from Virgin Gorda residents, who have begun circulating petitions and have established an ad hoc group to lobby for keeping the airport in operation. The group includes belongers, long-time residents, business people, resort managers, homeowners, potential investors and repeat island visitors.

"The group has had a series of informal meetings in order to ascertain consensus in this citizen participation effort to formulate viable options which might be available to the general public," said businessman and resident David O'NEAL, who leads the group.

He said group members' main concerns are the needs for rapid medical evacuation, tourism access, timely delivery of essential goods and perishable foods, and the overall benefits of having an established airport.

O'NEAL said the group's objective is to establish a publicly owned, functioning airport and to make the necessary improvements to allow small aircraft access.

The group's strategy, O'NEAL said, is to push for the maintenance of the present zoning of the land as an airport and prevent housing development on the site. It also plans to encourage the government to acquire the airport from Rosewood Hotels and commit to upgrading and maintaining it. In addition, it plans to urge the present owners to keep the airport open until it can be handed over to the government or a nonprofit group.

A petition, "Save the Virgin Gorda Airport," is being circulated, and the group is urging residents to sign by Jan. 15.

The group plans to submit the petition along with a cost and impact evaluation of the closure to the government at the end of this month.

Legislative Council opposition leader and Virgin Gorda district representative Ralph O'NEAL said the government had in the past been offered the airport, which was valued at $1.3 million, in exchange for the forgiveness of a $3 million stamp duty owed by Little Dix Bay.

However, the deal fell through when the attorney general ruled that the two transactions must be kept separate.

"But we got permission from them to go ahead and carry out a study for the improvement of the airport, because under the civil aviation laws in the territory, privately owned and operated airports could operate at a lower standard than a government, publicly owned airport," Ralph O'NEAL said.

U.K. firm Halcrow conducted the study in 1998 and determined the airport could be brought up to international standards to accommodate 19-seater aircraft.

"We will be meeting again next week to organize a more concrete committee to push for the retention, acquisition and renovation of the airport," David O'NEAL said.

For more information about the ad hoc group or petition, contact David O'NEAL at 284-495-5195 or 284-495-5275 or send an e-mail to kindred@surfbvi.com. A Web site also has been set up in support of keeping the airport open: www.savevgairport.org.

BADGE OF HONOUR & LONG SERVICE MEDALS ANNOUNCED DURING QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
[Source: BVI Island Sun Newspaper]

Mr. Joseph Reynold O’Neal CBE, Mrs. Verna Penn-Moll, Mr. Alvin Pickering and Mr. Merritt Herbert are the latest recipients of the BVI Badge of Honour. This was announced by His Excellency Governor Frank Savage during his address at the Queen’s Birthday Parade at the A.O. Shirley Recreation Grounds on Monday June 3rd. He said the BVI Honours Committee made the nominations to him and the decision was made after consultation with the Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition.

Mr. J.R. O’Neal has a long and distinguished record as a businessman, member of government, conservationist and a pioneer in the establishment of national parks in the territory.

Mrs. Penn-Moll taught at schools in the territory and was for many years librarian at the Public Library. She has also been very active in the field of literacy promotion and preservation and is a writer and documentalist.

Mr. Pickering, a successful businessman, has given long and distinguished service to the community, including service as a member of the Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy.

Mr. Herbert is also an active member of the community who owns and operates various business enterprises including ZBVI radio. He has given long service to the community including his membership on the Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy.

The Badges of Honour will be presented to the recipients at an investiture at Government House later in the year.

Also at the parade this year, Governor Savage awarded long service medals to eight police officers each with over 18 years dedicated service. They are Sergeants Randolph Westcott, Roger Williams and Arnold Collins and Inspectors Leslie Spencer and Leonard Fahie for 18 years. Chief Inspector Julien Donovan was awarded for 25 years of service and Chief Inspector Phillip Glasgow for 30 years.

Constable Aubrey Liburd was also named for his 18 years of service, but he was unavailable to receive his award at the time. In addition, Commissioner Vernon Malone, who recently announced his retirement, received commendations for his over 33 years of dedicated service to the community.

The Governor is also expected to shortly announce the names of the recipients of the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, which is to be awarded to members of the emergency services, including but not restricted to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force and the BVI Fire and Rescue Service.

The 2002 Queen’s Birthday Parade was said to be the largest in the territory’s history, with over 500 participants from over 20 different organizations. They joined nearly a quarter of the world’s population within the Commonwealth’s 54 countries to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her Other Realms and Territories.

In the BVI, the celebrations started with a reception at Government House on June 1st and an ecumenical service at Road Town Methodist Church June 2nd. In addition to the parade on Monday, there were bonfires and fireworks.

The BVI Governor said he was pleased with the participation of so many youth organizations and a greater number of school children in the parade this year. He announced the winner for the best standard of participation and that went to the Seventh-day Adventist Church Pathfinders, who won $500 for books or equipment. The second prize of $300 went to the Duke of Edinburgh’s award scheme. The third prize of $200 will be announced next week.

“This is my ninth and final Queen’s Birthday Parade or Royal Parade, firstly in Montserrat and now in the British Virgin Islands,” His Excellency said. “It is also probably the final public appearance in Tortola of the Governor’s ceremonial uniform, for with my departure, the uniform will be donated to the BVI museum.”

He said he hopes the tradition of the Queen’s Birthday parade will endure and continue to grow in order to give the community an occasion to come together to pay tribute not only to the Queen, but also to thank all those on parade for what they do throughout the year.

José O’Neal’s “Life Notes” Published

Image of J.R. O'Neal's Book, "Life Notes"Those who were looking for special gifts this Christmas were lucky enough to find out that the long-awaited book by J.R O'NEAL had been published and is available in the BVI. "Life notes: Reflections of a British Virgin Islander" by Joseph Reynold O'NEAL is one of the most interesting books published in recent years about the BVI, it is richly illustrated, perfect bound and has 180 pages replete with great details and useful information.

"Life Notes" chronicles the life and times in the BVI from the 1900s to the 1990s and is therefore an excellent source of BVI history, because it provides a unique insight into the culture of the BVI during the twentieth century.

The book is more than a collection of memoirs and as pointed out by former Chief Minister Cyril B. Romney in the book’s Foreword, “Life Notes” is not an historical text but it is eminently enlightening and charged with historical truths.

In a review published by The St. John Source Dr. Edward L. Towle writes that “this incomparable memoir is a straight-forward retrospective overview of the nuances and highlights comprising the long and successful life of Joseph Reynold (J.R.) O'NEAL, a true native son of the Caribbean, a notable citizen, a dedicated family leader, and a successful entrepreneur and conservationist in the Eastern Caribbean Territory of the British Virgin Islands. . His memoir, subtitled "reflections", is a charming blend of history and au courant observations touching a wide spectrum of the author's affairs that reach beyond the world of business and family life in Tortola to the broader dimensions of domestic politics, public service, community health, and national parks.“

Former Chief Minister of the BVI, Hon. Ralph T. O'NEAL stated that, the new book should occupy the bookshelf of every British Virgin Islander...and every expatriate coming to reside here should read this book in order to gain an appreciation of how the natives struggled for existence and were able to develop themselves by their own boot straps until after World War II when the metropolitan power (Great Britain) started to display some interest in the welfare of the people of these islands.

"This book is pure gold for anyone remotely interested in the history of the BVI in the 20th Century, but also for anyone interested in the study of entrepreneurship in small islands or just in reading a great human story. For those of us who know and love J.R., it is just pure joy and delight! In the first few pages I learned so many new things about this fascinating and many-faceted human being," Mr. Elton Georges, former Deputy Governor of the BVI, wrote in his introduction of Mr. O'NEAL's book.

The Author of Life Notes, Mr. O'NEAL was born in 1911 and has led a rich and varied life since. An entrepreneur who evolved into one of the titans of business leadership in the Virgin Islands, Mr. O'NEAL (or "J.R." as many call him) also found time to devote himself to political and environmental affairs.

Mr. O'NEAL has won distinctions and several awards for his many years of community service and for his leadership in the business arena. As Chairman of the National Parks Trust for some thirty years, he spearheaded the reforestation of Sage Mountain and Gorda Peak. In recognition of his work on behalf of the Trust, the Botanic Gardens in Road Town were named in his honour in 1998. In 1990, Mr. O'NEAL was also named to the Global 500, a United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) honour roll of people who have contributed to the preservation of the environment around the world.

Mr. O'NEAL was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty the Queen in 1998, following M.B.E and O.B.E awards. In 2002, he was awarded the Badge of Honour by the Government of the British Virgin Islands.

"Life Notes: Reflections of a British Virgin Islander" is available at major books stores throughout the Territory and at major retailers on the internet.
 

BVI's J.R. O'NEAL's 'Life Notes' Is Published
Reviewed by Dr. Ed Towle
[Source: The VI Source.com]

Jan. 3, 2005 - British Virgin Islands' entrepreneur and early conservationist J.R. O'NEAL has written "Life Notes: Reflections of a British Virgin Islander," a memoir of his life through his eyes.

According to his son, Michael E. O'NEAL, the book was published by XLibris, an imprint-affiliate of Random House (USA), and is currently available from local BVI bookstores and from the publisher. In March 2005, when 90 days have elapsed after first-run, the book will become available from online booksellers such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Borders.

The book is published in both hardback and trade paperback, and contains 180 pages. Joseph Reynold O'NEAL was born on Virgin Gorda in 1911 and has led "a rich and varied life since," according to the publisher's Web site. As chairman of the National Parks Trust for 30 years, he spearheaded the reforestation of Sage Mountain and Gorda Peak. In 1988 the Botanic Gardens in Road Town were named for him. He has a number of honors bestowed by Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth for his contributions.

Dr. Edward L. Towle, founder and current chairman of Island Resources Foundation and a longtime resident of the U.S. Virgin Islands until recently, has provided this review:


J.R. O'NEAL's "LIFE NOTES: Reflections of a British Virgin Islander"
Review by Dr. Edward L. Towle
Founder and Current Chairman of Island Resources Foundation

This incomparable memoir is a straight-forward retrospective overview of the nuances and highlights comprising the long and successful life of Joseph Reynold (J.R.) O'NEAL, a true native son of the Caribbean, a notable citizen, a dedicated family leader, and a successful entrepreneur and conservationist in the Eastern Caribbean Territory of the British Virgin Islands.

His memoir, subtitled "reflections", is a charming blend of history and au courant observations touching a wide spectrum of the author's affairs that reach beyond the world of business and family life in Tortola to the broader dimensions of domestic politics, public service, community health, and national parks.

J.R. O'NEAL was educated at the secondary level off-island in Antigua, after which he earned certification as a pharmacist. His return to Tortola as a young man was followed by a parental tutorial first on cattle raising and later on the merchandising of food stuffs and dry goods. This knowledge he expanded into development of a combined pharmacy, dental service, and photo shop and ultimately a hardware import and export trade, inter-island shipping firm, and larger scale general merchandising enterprise.

Itemizing the components of Mr. O'NEAL's successful entrepreneurship would generate a long list, as his basic business strategy was both opportunistic and experimental.
With both humility and generosity, J.R. O'NEAL manages to build into his narrative (which spans most of the century just past) very human, sometimes wry profiles of family members, politicians, neighbors, staff, community leaders, and, of course, assorted governors, ministers, jailers and the even the "receiver of wrecks" who sometimes stood in the way of timely transactions in marginal contraband. Fortunately, this somewhat nostalgic memoir includes a good index which lists, among other things, over 50 boat names, mostly vessels he had built or bought or chartered or had occasion to use over the years in his numerous businesses. No wonder he refers to British Virgin Islanders as a "people whose heritage was the sea" (see pages 10-11).

How singularly apt is the comment on this book by The Honorable Elton Georges, who employs the shimmering metaphor of "pure gold" to suggest that the memoir offers a greater reward to the reader as a consequence of subtle historical nuggets, which add a new dimension to the narrative to come.

In fact, in this regard, O'NEAL's nicely packaged snippet of West Indian island history is not quite what it seems at first glance, although the title is nonetheless accurate. Let me provide two examples of "buried treasure".

First, J.R.'s modesty is excessive when it comes to his almost casual and brief reportage on his 30 consecutive years of unpaid, volunteer service as chairman of the board of the BVI National Parks Trust. This important local institution presumably met several times each year and thus consumed perhaps a thousand donated hours of J.R.'s busy and productive life. It was an extraordinarily valuable service to the community. The Trust's example - and, by extension, J.R.'s - has been a model for other conservation organizations throughout the Eastern Caribbean.

Additionally, on occasion, Mr. O'NEAL served as a nominated member of the Legislative Council and on various other statutory boards and a dozen or so ad hoc committees and civic groups. For many years he supervised the Trust-sponsored mahogany reforestation project funded by Laurance S. Rockefeller at Sage Mountain and Virgin Gorda Peak.
But there is more! It was an astute geographer, I believe, who warned about the risk of standing too close to an area - or object or island or person or set of events - under study. One cannot, for example, see or appreciate the full dimensions of a given field while standing in it or even too close to it. Content, substance and history are not easily separated from contextual surroundings, e.g., the larger settings "next door" including, in the case of this memoir, neighboring islands, territories and oceanic reaches.

It is for these reasons that this unusual story of one branch of the O'NEAL family of the British Virgin Islands shares a much larger landscape (in fact, a seascape) that extends over 900 miles along the northeasterly Caribbean archipelago from Antigua, St. Kitts and Anguilla in the east to the U.S. Virgins, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba in the west. The author was at home in all these places - he had lived in virtually all of them!

The reader is asked to remember that J.R. O' Neal's maritime world encompassed more than the British Virgins. His was a far more spacious and diverse trading/shipping "insular system", with safe harbors, products and markets on a much grander geographical, geopolitical, and multicultural scale, which-in turn-was not without its own influence on the course of BVI historical development.

It is clear in these "Life Notes" that over the past six or seven decades J.R.'s family, colleagues and business associates were not unresponsive to the principles which made this extended maritime trading system work so well. O'NEAL's success was in part driven by his understanding and appreciation of the dynamic cultural and economic forces at work within the region. His response, for example, to the advent of World War II or to the U.S. Virgin Islands as a competitor was classic Harvard Business School dogma.
There is further evidence of his important role as a Caribbean maritime trader and venture capitalist. O'NEAL not only carefully designed a shipping, pharmacological and hardware business; with equal care, he began investing in the construction of trading vessels, first in wood and sail, then in wood and diesel, and eventually larger steel and diesel construction. Even later he purchased ready-built, finished vessels on the open market. He also pioneered a hydrofoil service linking Road Town and St. Thomas and San Juan.
Much of what he moved in his ships kept his wholesale and retail stores stocked and competitive. He moved (and sometimes sold) pharmaceuticals, cement, generators, Land Rovers, lumber, household goods, rock crushers, spirits, gasoline, kerosene, diesel oil, compressors, anchors, marine gear, paints, varnish, and construction tools while also serving as the resident agent in Tortola for larger shipping lines that linked the Territory with New York, New Jersey, Miami and the United Kingdom.

On a more personal note, J.R. had a deep and abiding interest in traditionally built boats, including vessel design, wooden boat construction techniques and boat building as a livelihood. He considered himself well grounded in the proportionate design length ratios for all the principal longitudinal timbers and the key athwart ship beams used in the standard Tortola sloop. He employed a number of local shipwrights to keep himself supplied with freight boats. All of this suggests a firm foundation in maritime lore and marine operational practices. He also was both patient and sensitive in his working relationships with boat builders (carpenters) and numerous ship captains.

All in all, it is fair to say that this fascinating story opens up a new, under-appreciated maritime dimension to the economic, social and artisanal history of the British Virgin Islands. J.R. can indeed be proud of his effort.

Valley Sound Lions Club Honours Four Citizens
Source: The Island Sun, published 22 May 2004 in the BVI

Nurse Carmelita O'Neal, wife of the late Bregado O'Neal
L to r: Roy Harrigan, Lion President Cecil Dainty, Nurse Carmelita O’Neal, Dwight Flax, and Geoff Cooke [photos by Astrid Wenzke]

The Rock Cafe in Virgin Gorda was the venue for the 8th Annual Awards Dinner of the Valley Sound Lions Club.

Master of Ceremonies Lion Marion Levons led through the evening, that was blessed by the invocation offered by Lion Bernice Sprauve; followed by the reading of the Lions Code of Ethics presented by Lion Vivian Wheatley. Lion President Cecil Dainty extended a warm welcome to the guests. After enjoying a sumptuous and delicious dinner the awards ceremony commenced, starting with Lion Joyce Ephraim introducing Mr. Roy Harrigan of North Sound, Virgin Gorda, who at the age of eighteen started his teaching carrier at the North Sound Primary School. He changed from teaching in the nineties to become a Senior Administrative officer in the Government's Training division. Mr. Harrigan volunteered on the Disaster Emergency Committee and represented Virgin Gorda on the National Park Trust. He is also a Charter member of the Virgin Gorda Lions as well as one of its Past Presidents.

Lion Tacita Morgan introduced Nurse Carmelita O'NEAL, who was born, grew up and received her early education on Virgin Gorda. In 1943 she traveled to Tortola to begin her nursing career at Cottage Hospital. In 1946 she was sent to Anegada as a district nurse and in 1951 she was seconded to Holberton Hospital in Antigua. After her marriage to the late Bregado O'NEAL in 1958 she continued to give voluntary service at the hospital, as her devotion to nursing never lagged. In 1961 she was asked to act as temporary Charge Nurse during the absence of Misses Adina Donovan and Geraldine Norman. She acted as Public Health Nurse from 1971-73. When Miss Tatica Scatliffe was appointed she became the second Public Health Nurse. She practiced with love the art of nursing until 1997. A faithful Methodist, Nurse O'NEAL is a member of the Road Town Senior Choir and the Road Town Women's league. She is also a founding member of the BVI Nurses Association

Mr. Geoff Cooke was presented by Lion Sharlene Rogers. Mr. Cooke, who was born in Zimbabwe/ Africa came to Virgin Gorda almost 36 years ago. A man of few words, but lots of technical skills, he became  known as a boat and engine repairman and even a boat builder. Shortly after he made Virgin Gorda his home he met a lovely lady, Candy. When Little Dix Bay opened he was working as an all-round man in the Marina. Later on he  became Manager for the new Virgin Gorda Yacht Service and Chandlery. He always had a remedy, if some one had a problem and became affectionately known as "Mac Gyver of Virgin Gorda. He resigned from LDB in 1993 and opened his own business "The Workbench". His has volunteered his time and talents on countless occasions to the VG Community.

Lion Nidia George presented Businessman Dwight Flax, son of Norma and Andy Flax, both founding members of the Virgin Gorda Lions Club. Dwight has distinguished himself in various aspects of the Community. In his teens he discovered the world of music, which he later studied in Interlochen. He started the famous Band "Caribbean Ecstasy", which was hired to play on board the Cruise Ship Club Med I while anchored off Jost van Dyke. They liked his band so much that they were hired to cross the Atlantic on board, bringing the tunes of the British Virgin Islands to Europe. Engagements in Europe and the United States culminated in a long term contract with Carnival Cruise Lines. He later formed the Company "Caribbean Bands" which provides musicians to Cruise Ships. He is a role model for the young men in our community and has proven that with persistence and hard work one can achieve positive results in life. He and his Italian wife Paola successfully operate the Rock Cafe, a Restaurant with Italian flair in a Caribbean setting.

Princess Anne Presents OBE Award to BVI Sports Figure Rey O'Neal
VI Daily News, 26 Feb 2005
by Dean Greenaway

 TORTOLA - Britain's Princess Anne presented Rey O'Neal with an Order of the British Empire award during a Friday-morning investiture ceremony at Government House for his work in BVI sports during the last 35 years.

O'Neal, flanked by supporters A.O. Shirley and Audley Maduro, accepted the award before a crowd of athletes he helped develop and family members.

A founding member of the BVI Amateur Athletic Association in 1970 and the BVI Olympic Committee in 1980, O'Neal was the longest-serving president of any BVI sport. The vice president of the association after 23 successive years' tenure and 28 years of involvement in the group, O'Neal also has been the president of the BVI Olympic Committee for the last 17 years.

During his opening remarks, Gov. Thomas Macan gave a historic perspective of the award that dates back to 1917 and said it was only fitting that Princess Anne, a 1976 British Olympian and now a member of the International Olympic Committee, should be the one to honor O'Neal.

"He is a man who created the BVI Olympic Committee and who has made the development of BVI sports and indeed, Caribbean sports, his life's work," Macan said.

In 2003, O'Neal received the International Association of Athletic Federations Veteran Pin during a Paris ceremony. Last year, he was inducted into the Caribbean and Central American Track and Field Hall of Fame during the Carifta Games in Bermuda.

"I've received international awards from international bodies, but it always means a lot more when it comes from your own community," O'Neal said. "I'm certainly very appreciative. I regret that some persons who I would particularly have liked to have been here to see me accept the award have not been able to attend, but that's a part of life."

Following the ceremony, O'Neal spent 15 minutes chatting with Princess Anne. "We spoke, first of all, about the interconnection between education and sports. She was quite instructive in bringing up the point that education is not just academics," O'Neal said. "Education has to do with molding the whole individual. We also discussed the role that water sports could play in producing Olympic athletes in the BVI, and in fact, getting more youngsters involved in sports. That was a part of her mission this time, and we know she launched the BVI Water Sports Center on Thursday."

O'Neal said it was quite an honor to meet Princess Anne. "Our paths have never really crossed before," O'Neal said. "I met her younger brother at the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand in 1990, but she has been a member of the International Olympic Committee for a number of years and certainly an influential one."

Princess Anne also honored Virgin Gorda's Gracia Stevens during the ceremony.

BVI chief minister pays tribute to the late J.R. O'Neal
By ANGELA BURNS-PIPER
Thursday, February 17th 2005

TORTOLA - Chief Minister Orlando Smith has described the late J.R. O'Neal, who died Monday, as a pioneer in the early days of trade and commerce and as a contributor to the overall development of the territory.

He said O'Neal, 93, who served on the Legislative Council as a nominated member in the 1950s, made an indelible mark on the territory's political development, which eventually led to a ministerial form of government.

Smith said many people relied on O'Neal's memory, experiences and familiarity with history and major developments that have affected the BVI.

As a strong advocate for the environment, O'Neal was instrumental in the BVI's observance of Arbor Day. Smith said it was only fitting that the government recognize his work by naming the botanical gardens in his honor.

O'Neal also was involved in several service clubs and nongovernmental agencies that helped improve the quality of life for many territory residents.

"His legacy will live on in our minds and in the places that bear his name, such as the Joseph Reynold O'Neal Botanical Gardens, J.R. O'Neal Building Supplies and the J.R. O'Neal Drugstore," he said.

Smith said J.R. O'Neal served his country politically, environmentally, socially and economically and will be greatly missed.

BVI conservationist, entrepreneur J.R. O'Neal dies at 93
By ANGELA BURNS-PIPER
Wednesday, February 16th 2005

Tortola - The BVI has lost another outstanding son of the soil in Joseph Reynold O'Neal, better known as "José" or "J.R."

Rey O'Neal said his father died Monday night at the age of 93.Â

"He developed a lung problem and had been ill since around 1999, but he died of natural causes," he said Tuesday.

Joseph Reynold O'Neal was born on Virgin Gorda in 1911. He was educated at the secondary level in Antigua and earned certification as a pharmacist.

On his return to Tortola as a young man, he assisted his parents with raising cattle and later with the merchandising of food stuffs and dry goods.

He later developed a combined pharmacy, dental service and photo shop, and ultimately a hardware import-export trade, inter-island shipping firm and larger-scale general merchandising enterprise.

As chairman of the BVI National Parks Trust for 30 years, O'Neal spearheaded the reforestation of Sage Mountain and Gorda Peak. In recognition of his work on behalf of the trust, the Botanic Gardens in Road Town were named in his honor in 1988.

In 1990, he also was named to the Global 500, a United Nations Environmental Program honor roll of people who have contributed to environmental preservation around the world.

In 2002, he was awarded the Badge of Honor by the BVI government.

He also was recognized by Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions, including the honors of Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Member of the Order of the British Empire and Order of the British Empire awards.

On occasion, O'Neal served as a nominated member of the Legislative Council and on various other statutory boards and a dozen or so ad-hoc committees and civic groups.

In January, the BVI entrepreneur and conservationist released a book: "Life Notes: Reflections of a British Virgin Islander," a memoir of his life. The book was published by XLibris, an affiliate of Random House USA, and is available from bookstores in the BVI and from the publisher.

In March 2005, the book will become available from online booksellers such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Borders.

"He retired in the mid 1990s up until which time he was actively involved in the business," said Rey O'Neal, who is carrying on the family business and is president of the BVI Olympic Federation.

He said arrangements are being made for a Feb. 26 funeral.

O'NEALS IN POLITICS & GOV'T SERVICE
If you have information to submit regarding political/government or any other public service positions held by O'NEAL's, please write to Monifa Marrero at CaribbeanKingdom@yahoo.com

Name Place of Birth Political Positions Held
The Honorable Ralph T. O'NEAL Virgin Gorda, BVI
  • Chief Minister, BVI
  • Leader of the BVI's Virgin Islands Party
Humberto O'NEAL Virgin Gorda, BVI (residing in St. Croix, USVI)
  • Board of Elections, St. Croix
Lilliana Bellardo
de O'NEAL (Note: wife of Humberto O'NEAL)		 Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI
  • Republican
  • Member of VI Legislature from St. Croix 1981-1986 and 1989-1996; defeated in 2000
  • Candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from the USVI in 2002
E. "Otto" O'NEAL BVI
Robinson O'NEAL Virgin Gorda, BVI The Robinson O'NEAL Primary School in Virgin Gorda is named after this O'NEAL family member.
Michael O'NEAL BVI Michael O'NEAL, son of the late J.R. O'NEAL, is the Vice President of the H. Lavitty Stout Community College in Tortola.
Colin O'NEAL BVI Colin O'Neal (son of the late J.R. O'Neal) is Managing Partner of O'Neal Webster Law Firm, Tortola, BVI - established in 1989. He is a graduate of Boston University, the University of the West Indies, and the Norman Manley Law School. He is a former managing partner of the firm and currently the head of the firm's Commercial Department where he practices primarily corporate law, public corporations law and intellectual property. Besides his legal practice, Colin O'Neal has a long standing and continuing involvement in public service where he currently serves as Chairman of the Public Service Commission, a body established under the British Virgin Islands Constitution charged with the responsibility to review appointments to the civil service, and to sit as a disciplinary tribunal. He is also a member of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission which oversees appointments to the legal services departments of the Government of the British Virgin Islands. He is a member of the Canons and Constitutions Committee of the Episcopal Church Diocese of the British Virgin Islands and United States Virgin Islands.

Past service includes

  • President of the BVI Bar Association.
  • Temporary appointments as a Magistrate.
  • Chairman of the Recreation Trust of the British Virgin Islands.
  • Member of the Public Service Development Commission established to reform the civil service in the BVI.
  • Member of the Fiscal Advisory Committee of the Government of the British Virgin Islands.
  • Adjunct Lecturer in Business Law at the BVI Community College where he currently serves as a member of the Community College's Business Advisory Committee.
  • Chairman of a Land Distribution Committee established by the Government of the British Virgin Islands for resettlement of tenant farmers.
  • Director of the BVI Hotel & Commerce Association.
Barbara O'NEAL BVI Barbara O'Neal (daughter of the late J.R. O'Neal) is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, the University of the West Indies and the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad. She is a former Managing Partner of the O'Neal Webster Law Firm. Her law practice concentrates on the areas of commercial law, real estate and banking. She has represented clients in major hotel and resort developments from project conceptualization through permit and execution stages. Her expertise in local development planning is widely recognized.

She is the current Chairperson of the Land Development Control Authority, the public body that has responsibility for all construction and development applications and approvals in the British Virgin Islands. She is also a member of the BVI Nurses and Midwives Council.

Past public service has included

  • Board membership of the BVI Hotel & Commerce Association
  • Treasurer BVI Bar Association
  • Government Committee to Reform the Laws Affecting Women and Children
Reynold Stanley O'Neal BVI Rey O'Neal (son of the late J.R. O'Neal) is:
  • A founding member of BVI Amateur Athletic Association in 1970 and BVI Olympic Committee in 1980
  • President of BVI Olympic Committee since 1988
  • 2003 Recipient of International Association of Athletic Federations Veteran Pin, Paris, France
  • 2005 Recipient of Order of the British Empire Award, presented by Princess Anne of the British Empire (25 Feb 2005)

ELLIS ISLAND SHIP MANIFESTS

I transcribed all the O'Neal's departing from the Caribbean islands.  I am not sure if or how any of these O'Neal's are related.  If I find a relative in any of the manifests, I will make a notation within the transcription.  This section is still a work in progress.

DATE NAME DETAILS
17 JUNE 1908 CLEMENCIA O'NEAL Clemencia O'Neal was 20 years and six months old, a single, Danish black female born in St. Thomas, who could read/write English.  Her occupation is listed as seamstress. She stood five feet, nine inches tall and had brown skin, brown eyes and black hair.  Hear nearest contact in St. Thomas was a woman named Ann Ingram.  She arrived at Ellis Island from St. Thomas on 17 June 1908, and her final destination was to her aunt, Willina Arnold who lived at 307 West 68th Street, New York, NY.  She had paid for her passage herself, and had $30 in her possession.  Clemencia had never been in the U.S. before.
10 May 1910 ELFRIDA O'NEAL On 22 Apr 1910, Elfrida O'Neal departed from the Demerara port in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies and arrived at the port of Ellis Island, New York on 10 May 1910 aboard the Korona ship.  She was 23 years and 7 months old, single and had no occupation.  Elfrida was five feet, seven; her skin was brown, her eyes gray and her hair brown.  Her race is given as British West Indies, even though the manifest gives her place of birth as St. Thomas, Danish West Indies.  Her last residence was in St. Thomas, and her nearest contact in St. Thomas was her father Morris O'Neal.  Her final destination was to Mrs. Priscilla Thomas (a friend) at 46 West 136th Street, New York, NY.  Elfrida had a ticket to her final destination.  Her father had paid for her ticket, and she had $50 or more in her possession.  She had never been in the U.S. before.

Elfrida appeared to be traveling with a 25-year-old black (25yrs, 3 mos.), French woman named Carmelita Hestress.  Her final destination was also to Mrs. Priscilla Thomas (a friend) at 46 West 136th Street, New York, NY.  Her nearest relative was Clothilda Anthony who lived in St. Thomas.  She had $70 in her possession.
30 SEP 1915 EMILY O'NEAL Emily O'Neal was a British West Indian/African who gave her last residence as Tortola.  She was 23 years old and married. She departed from the port of San Juan Puerto Rico on the Caracas ship and arrived at Ellis Island on 30 Sep 1915.  She had a ticket to her final destination, and indicated that she paid for her ticket herself.  She had at least $50 in her possession.  Emily had been in the USA during 1913-1914 and stayed in Brooklyn, New York.  Emily was going to stay with a Mr. (illegible) De Costa at 260 St. James Place, Brooklyn, New York.  Mr. DeCosta was indicated as being her husband. She was of good physical and mental condition with no markings.  Emily stood five feet tall, and had fair skin, brown hair and black eyes. I could not decode her place of birth. 
28 OCT 1915 IDALIA O'NEAL Idalia O'Neal was a 21 year old single, black, female who could read/write English and occupation was as a housemaid.  She was a British subject, born in Anegada.  She arrived at Ellis Island on the Parima ship from St. Thomas on 28 Oct 1915.  The address of her nearest contact was her uncle William Dunlop who lived in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies.  Her final destination was Cleveland, Ohio where she planned to stay with a friend, Mrs. H. Slaight at 2035-8, 96th Street, Cleveland, Ohio.  She paid for her passage for herself, and had $20 in her possession.  She had never been in the U.S. before.  Idalia was five feet, 10 inches tall, and had brown skin, brown eyes and black hair. 

Idalia appeared to be traveling with a woman named Lillian Potter, a 21-year-old, single, British subject whose occupation was a house servant.  Her last residence was in the British West Indies.
30 JUNE 1916 VINNIE O'NEAL Vinnie O'Neal was a 18 year old, female, Great Britian/African whose last place of residence was Anegada, BWI.  She arrived at Ellis Island on 30 June 1916 on the Parima ship which had departed from St. Thomas, Danish West Indies.  Her final destination was Perry, New York.  She had a ticket to her final destination and indicated that she had paid for her ticket herself.  She had never been in the U.S. before.  She was going to stay with a friend, Mrs. S. H. Joan(?) at 15 Helena Street, Perry, New York. She stood five feet, six inches tall with brown skin, black hair and eyes, and was in good health. Her place of birth was Anegada, British West Indies.
19 AUG 1916 THOMAS O'NEAL and ELEANOR J. W. O'NEAL On 11 Aug 1916, Thomas O'Neal and his mother Eleanor J. W. O'Neal left the port of Barbados and arrived at Ellis Island, New York on 19 Aug 1916 aboard the Vasari ship.  Thomas was carrying his mother to London, England.

Thomas was 49 years old - a married planter born in Baths, England.  His race was given as British West Indies. He stood five feet, seven inches tall, and had dark skin, gray eyes and gray hair.  His last residence was in St. Michael, Barbados, and he provided the address of his friend R. Challones who lived at The Wharf, Bridgetown, Barbados.  Thomas paid for his ticket himself, and he had more than $50 in his possession.  He had spent three weeks in New York before this trip.  He did not plan to stay in England.

Thomas' mother, Eleanor J. W. O'Neal was a 79-year-old widow of no occupation.  Her race was given as British West Indies, and she was born in St. Martius, Barbados.  Eleanor was five feet, three, and had brown skin, gray hair and gray eyes.  There is a notation about a medical exam, and that she had a swollen face.  She gave the same address as her son did for a contact in Barbados, friend R. Challones who lived at The Wharf, Bridgetown.  Her final destination was at the home of her nephew, C. Lindsay Chickester (spelling?), at Woodbourne, Terr, London, England.  She did not have a ticket to her final destination and her fare had been paid for by her son.
07 AUG 1917 ALLAN O'NEAL Allan O'Neal was 20 years and 8 months old, single, black male born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.  His occupation was a clerk.  His last residence was in St. Thomas, and his nearest contact was his mother, Mrs. M. O'Neal who lived in St. Thomas.  He possessed a ticket to his final destination and planned to stay for six months with his cousin Mrs. E. Cox at 157 West 51Street, New York, NY.  He arrived at Ellis Island on 07 Aug 1917 on the Guina Ship. Allan stood five feet, seven inches tall had brown skin, eyes and black hair.
04 DEC 1917 IRIS O'NEAL Iris O'neal departed the port of San Juan, Puerto Rico on 28 Nov 1917 and arrived at the port of Ellis Island, New York on 04 Dec 1917 aboard the Coamo ship.  She was eight years old, born 06 June 1909 in St. Thomas and was listed as a U.S. citizen, so not much information was collected about her.  Iris was going to stay with what appears to be "Mayor John D'...." (illegible), who resided at 720 Seneacas Ave., New York, NY.  [Note the manifest has her birth  year as 1809 which is an error since she was eight years old; she was born in 1909.]
02 DEC 1917 ALLAN E. O'NEAL Allan E. O'Neal 18 year old, single male born St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on 04 Nov 1899.  He arrived at Ellis Island on the Korona ship, and planned to stay with Mrs. Withers at 64 West, 139th Street, New York, NY.
02 FEB 1919 DAISY O'NEAL Daisy O'Neal was a 37-year-old, married female born in St. Lucy, Barbados.  Her last residence was at St. Michael, West Indies.  Daisy was five feet, two inches tall and had brown skin, brown eyes and black hair.  She arrived at Ellis Island on 17 Sep 1919 on the Houbien ship which sailed from Barbados. She possessed a ticket to her final destination to her husband, Lawton O'Neale who lived at 66 West 139th Street, New York, NY.  She had never been in the U.S. before.
14 JUNE 1919 EDWARD A. O'NEAL On 05 June 1919, Edward A. O'Neal departed from the port of San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, and arrived at Ellis Island on 14 June 1919 on the Algonquin ship.  Edward was 18, born in San Pedro, de Macoris, Dominican Republic, a single male and a machinist.  His race was given and Black, Dominican Republic.  He stood five feet, six inches tall, and had dark skin, brown eyes and hair.  Edward provided the address of his father, Adolph O''Neal who lived in San Pedro, de Macoris, Dominican Republic as his closest contact.  His final destination was at his friend, Mr. Gustavo Michel at 158 Main Street, East Orange, New Jersey where he planned to stay indefinitely.
10 OCT 1919 ANNETTE B. O'NEAL and her daughter, EDMEE O'NEAL Annette O'Neal was 32 years old, 9 months, married, British West Indies black female who resided in Christchurch, Barbados.  Annette was five feet, six inches tall, and had a fair complexion, brown eyes and brown hair.  She was born in Bridgetown, Barbados.  She departed from Barbados on the Parima ship and arrived in New York via Ellis Island on 10 Oct 1919.  She was traveling to her sister, Mrs. R. Leslie, at 4 West Oak Street, Millville, New Jersey, with whom she planned to stay with for six months.  She paid for her passage herself but did not have a ticket to her final destination.  She did have $150 in her possession.

Edmee O'Neal was born in Bridgetown, Barbados.  At age 14, she traveled with her mother Annette B. O'Neal on 19 Oct 1919 from Barbados to New York.  Her passage had been paid for by her mother, and it is indicated that she planned to stay at her aunt's house, Mrs. R. Leslie at 4 West Oak Street, Millville, New Jersey to stay indefinitely.  Edmee was in good health, and stood four feet, six inches tall.  She was fair in complexion with brown hair and gray eyes. 

22 FEB 1921 B.B. O'NEAL
(Boyd B. O'Neal)		 B. B. O'Neal, a 30-year-old white male, departed from Havana, Cuba on 22 Feb 1921 on the Chipchung ship and arrived in New York via Ellis Island.  He was the assistant engineer on the ship, and was shipped on 20 June 1920 from Baltimore (illegible writing looks like he was from Jacksonville, Fl).  He was five feet, nine inches tall, and weighed 160 lbs.
29 APR 1922 CARLTON O'NEAL Carlton O'Neal was a 19-year-old, black male that could read/write English and was employed as a waiter on the Parima ship.  He was a British subject, and embarked on the ship from Bridgetown, Barbados on 19 April 1922.  The ship arrived at Ellis Island on 29 April 1922.  Carlton was five feet, six inches tall and weighed 175 lbs.

Note: all the crew on this ship were black, British subjects apparently from the Caribbean (Barbados).
23 MAY 1922 ALETHA O'NEAL 39 year old married female, who could read/write English and was employed as a domestic.  She stood five feet, four inches tall, and had brown skin, brown eyes and black hair.  She was a British subject born in Barbados, who had lived in Havana, Cuba for the last two years.  Her nearest contact in Cuba was her husband, John O'Neal who lived at 259 Neptuno Street, Havana, Cuba.  Aletha arrived in New York on 22 May 1922 on the Orizaba ship; her final destination was New York, where she was going to stay for four months with her brother, Nathaniel Blackman at 32 West 136th Street, New York, NY.
25 SEP 1922 INGERBERG O'NEAL On 17 Sep 1922, Ingerberg O'Neal departed from St. Thomas on the Parima Ship and arrived at the Port of Ellis Island, New York on 25 Sep 1922.  Ingerberg was an 11-year-old female that was a student, born in Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands. She was five feet tall, with brown skin, brown eyes and fair colored hair.  Her race was indicated as British African Black, and her last residence as Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands.  Her nearest contact was her friend Clara Rapsack (possibly Rabsatt) who lived in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.  Ingerberg's final destination was to her mother Annabele McGregor at 148 West 142nd Street, New York, NY.  She had a ticket to her final destination, and her passage was paid for by her mother.  She had less that $50 in her possession ($30) and had never been in the U.S. before.
04 MAY 1924 BLANCHE O'NEAL Blanche O'Neal was a 23-year-old, single, black female that could read./write English and whose occupation was a domestic.  She was a British subject, born in Anegada.  The address of her nearest contact was her uncle, Mr. William Dunlop who lived in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.  She arrived at Elllis Island on 04 May 1924 on the Parima ship which sailed from St. Croix to New York.  Her final destination, New York City and she planned to stay for two years with her cousin, Miss M. George at 34 West 131st Street, New York, NY.

Also on the same manifest was a 42-year-old single, black female born in Anegada and employed as a domestic - Pepita Creque.  Pepita's last residence was St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.  The address of her nearest contact was her cousin, Mr. W. Dunlop who lived in St. Thomas, VI.  Her final destination was her sister, Mrs. Romalia Dunlop who lived at 34 West 131st Street, New York, NY.   Pepita was five feet, two inches tall and had brown skin, brown eyes and black hair.

(Note: These women might be related as they both indicated that their nearest relative was the same man, William Dunlop who lived in St. Thomas AND they both planned to stay at the same address in New York City.  They might also be related to Idalia O'Neal who is listed above as arriving at Ellis Island on 28 Oct 1915; Idalia also gave her nearest contact as Mr. W. Dunlop, and said he was her uncle.)

 

U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS
United States Virgin Islands
1920 (Note: Race is "M" for mulatto, "C" for colored and "W" for white or Caucasian.)

Name Home in 1920 (1917) Estimated Birth Year Place of Birth Race
Erick O'Neal Christiansted, St. Croix 1917 St. Thomas M
Exceria O'Neal Christiansted, St. Croix 1896 St. Croix C
Imelda O'Neal Christiansted, St. Croix 1916 St. Croix M
Georgeana O'Neal Fredericksted, St. Croix 1864 St. Thomas C
Clara E. O'Neal Great Northside, St. Thomas 1870 St. Thomas C
Name Home in 1930 Estimated Birth Year Place of Birth Relationship to Head of House
Alfreda O'Neal Christiansted, St. Croix 1915 St. Croix niece
Caroline O'Neal Cruz Bay, St. John 1866 St. John Head
Ebenezer O'Neal
(with Georgiana A. O'Neal)		 Cruz Bay, St. John 1892 St. John Head
Georgiana A. O'Neal
(with Ebenezer O'Neal)		 Cruz Bay, St. John 1894   Wife
Lenore E. O'Neal
(with Ebenezer and Georgiana O'Neal)		 Cruz Bay, St. John 1918   Daughter
Estelle O. O'Neal
(with Ebenezer and Georgiana O'Neal)		 Cruz Bay, St. John 1920   Daughter
Herschell E. O'Neal
(with Ebenezer and Georgiana O'Neal)		 Cruz Bay, St. John 1922   Son
Maris A. O'Neal
(with Ebenezer and Georgiana O'Neal)		 Cruz Bay, St. John 1925   Daughter
Erma A. O'Neal
(with Ebenezer and Georgiana O'Neal)		 Cruz Bay, St. John 1927   Daughter
Dasworld O'Neal New Qtr, St. Thomas 1894 St. John Head
Alice O'Neal St. Thomas 1880 St. Thomas Sister

O'NEAL MARRIAGES

Source: Gloria Malone-Neal via B.V.I. Registry Records available at the Latter Day Saints Family Center in New York. (Please note that persons born after 1905 will not be listed... for more information please write me at CaribbeanKingdom@yahoo.com). Those with a red asterisk means I have identified them as a family member

O'NEAL FAMILY MEMBER HUSBAND OR WIFE YEAR MARRIED ISLAND / AREA
Caroline O'Neale R.S. Callwood 1859 D
Frances Elizabeth O'Neale Benjamin Flax 1869 A
Eliza O'Neale Thomas Lettsome 1860 C
Alexander Agrippa O'Neale * Catherine Elizabeth Brown 1862 A
Edwin Harrigan O'Neale Jestina Eliza O'Neale (note that O'Neale was her maiden name as well) 1861 A
Leopold O'Neale Susannah Rhmer 1862 A
Catherine O'Neale John Charles Knight 1863 A
Samuel F. O'Neale Maria Pitman O'Neale 1865 A
Jacob Marsden O'Neale Rachel Ann White 1865 A
Eleanor O'Neale James Thomas Potter 1867 B
Juliana O'Neale William Henry Stephens 1870 D
Frances Elzera O'Neale William Joseph Mulloon 1875 A
Ellen Elizabeth O'Neale Pittman Augustus Vanterpool 1880 A
Julia E. O'Neale John Jas. Rymer 1882 A
Malvina O'Neale Samuel E. Waters 1884 A
Blanche Agatha O'Neale James E. Waters 1884 A
William O'Neale *
(note the record spelled his surname with an "e" at the end but family members have confirmed that he did not use the "e")		 Ann E. Vanterpool
(Ann Elizabeth Vanterpool)
 		 1885 A
Louis Adolph O'Neale * Margaret A. Smith 1891 D
Augusta A. O'Neale Arnold Barone 1893 A
Adelesa H. O'Neale Cleophus C. Waters 1898 A
Alexander Severious O'Neale * Janetta Alexandrine Ross 1898 A
Elizabeth O'Neale William H. Potter 1898 B
Alicia Agrippana O'Neale * Godfrey H. Warner 1899 A
Hubert Edward O'Neale * Lucina Antesta Matila O'Neale (maiden name is O'Neal) * 1916 D
Eunice S. O'Neale James O. Georges 1916 D
Otho O'Neale * Esther Stevens 1916 D
Agesliano Sertorius O'Neale (?spelling) Helena Flax 1926 A
--same as above Mary Amanda Smith 1934 A
Athlestan Sullivan O'Neale Zelma Adelle Smith 1926 A
Zelma Adelle O'Neale (widow of Athelstan Sullivan O'Neale) Victor McDonald Romney 1930 E

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