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Name: O'NEILL, Thomas
Birth Date: 1836 Cape of Good Hope
Death Date: 13 Dec 1877 Ukerewe - killed
First Date: 1876
Last Date: 1877
Profession: One of first party of CMS missionaries to travel to the interior - in Jan 1877 reached the shore of Lake Victoria with C.T. Wilson. Murdered at Ukerewe with Shergold Smith
Area: Nyanza
Married: 18 Apr 1859 Henrietta Elizabeth Hodgins d. before 13 June 1935
Children: Thomas Alfred (1872 Dublin-13 June 1935 Glasgow)
Book Reference: Tucker, CMS, EAHB 1904
General Information:
CMS 1876 - Age 40. Of Cork, Ireland. Born at the Cape. Engineer and Architect. 1876, April 27, to the Nyanza Mission. 1877, Dec 13 (?) killed with George Shergold Smith on the island of Ukerewe. Service 1 year 9 months. Married 1859, April 18, Henrietta Elizabeth Hodgins who survived him.