Nils Peder Jensen married Alicia O'Neill

NILS PEDER JENSEN
MARRIED
ALICIA O'NEILL

Nils Peder Jensen (aka Neil Peter Jensen) was born on 9 August 1873 to parents Anders Jensen and Magdalena Mortensen. He is believed to be their first child, though Magdalena is believed to have had a previous child Jens Christie who was born on 31 January 1872. Christie or Christy went on to be raised by Anders and Magdalena Jensen.

Neil Peter Jensen married Alicia O'Neill in the Townsville Registry Office on 1 June 1898.

Neil Peter Jensen and Alicia Jensen (nee O'Neill)

They had three children as follows:-

Lancelot Lionel Jensen     born 27 Dec 1898
Neil Stanley Jensen          born 29 Jan 1902
Leslie Raymond Jensen   born 18 Nov 1911

Alicia (aka Alice) O'Neill was born in Dublin on 11 October 1869 the daughter of Daniel O'Neill and Brigid Burgess. She was christened on 15 October 1869 at St Andrews RC Church in Dublin. It is believed she may have arrived in Townsville on board the SS Dorunda in February 1891

Her father Daniel O'Neill was the son of Patrick O'Neill (abt 1805 - late 1865?). Daniel O'Neill was listed as a jeweller/soldier in 1898 when his daughter Alicia married Nils Peder Jensen. With the help of AI using ChatGPT I was able to find official records for the following siblings for Alicia O'Neill all born in Dublin, Ireland.

Daniel O'Neill b. abt 1840s
= Bridget Burgess b. abt 1840s
m. 7 Aug 1864

Children
Mary O'Neill b. 1865
Patrick O'Neill b. 1867
Alicia O'Neill bap. 11 Sep 1869
Sarah O'Neill bap. 5 Apr 1871
Bridget Mary O'Neill b. 15 Dec 1879
William O'Neill b. 1880
Marthe Constantia (possibly Martha Constance) b. 16 Sep 1884

The Alert (Maryborough, Qld) FRiday 2 Apr 1909

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Mr. Neils Jensen's fishing party had a trip to Moon Point in Mr. Christensen's motor launch when a good day's fishing resulted, and some of the biggest fish ever seen in the Bay were caught, and a lot more people are talking of visiting the place.

Descendants of Patrick O'Neill
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