Welcome to the O’Neil Malloy Weblog. My brother Dan and I developed the idea for this Weblog after our Mom Jeanne shared with us some memories of her early years as a Mom.
We hope our siblings and perhaps eventually our cousins and aunts and uncles will contribute to this site. Please email me if you want to be involved, or make comments on postings as a way to be involved.
Dan took this video in December 2002. Unfortunately, the URL haw changed and I don’t know where it is now.
Here’s the envelope.
Download 1977-11-16_Envelope with Airmail written on it by JJ
Dan made this video from shot of our visit to Pittsburgh in December 2001 for JJ's 75th birthday.
Pittsburgh Sibling Visit for JJ's 75th Birthday from Daniel X. O'Neil on Vimeo.
In April of 2009, Jeanne Malloy O’Neil was interviewed by Eve Brownstone, a specialist in taking oral histories. In two sessions over two days, Eve recorded Jeanne telling many of the stories we’ve heard before, and probably some we’ve never heard.
I broke up the 100 total minutes of Jeanne’s Memories into 19 installments. I put them here for my siblings, Laurie, Sean, Mark, Michael, Patrick, and Dan, and for all their children and their children’s children. Yes, memories truly can last forever.
Love, Kevin O’Neil – Christmas 2009PS: For a full index of the memories, go here.
Here’s an index to all 19 posts in the series of Jeanne’s Memories.
Jeanne’s Memories: Introduction, Jeanne’s childhood and memories of parents
Jeanne’s Memories: Memories of Jeanne’s Dad Charlie
Jeanne’s Memories: The early years with Jack
Jeanne’s Memories: The Projects, Elsdon Avenue
Jeanne’s Memories: Proud of her children
Jeanne’s Memories: Memories of Laurie
Jeanne’s Memories: Memories of Kevin
Jeanne’s Memories: Memories of Sean
Jeanne’s Memories: Jack leaves, marriage ends – Mark
Jeanne’s Memories: Memories of Mark (dinner at 6)
Jeanne’s Memories: The busy summer of 1980
Jeanne’s Memories: More on Mark
Jeanne’s Memories: Memories of Michael
Jeanne’s Memories: Memories of Patrick
Jeanne’s Memories: Memories of Dan
Jeanne’s Memories: Her sons and politics
Jeanne’s Memories: Jeanne talks about death, her dreams
Jeanne’s Memories: Her siblings, her Dad’s funeral
Jeanne’s Memories: Elsdon mortgage closing; a positive attitude
In this first segment from an oral history of Jeanne Malloy O’Neil, she talks about her childhood and memories of her parents.
Jeanne talks about her Dad Charles, her love of sports, her Mom Irene, siblings and school years.
Stories of when she met Jack, first years of marriage, moving to the Northview Heights Projects and getting the TWA job, and giving birth to her first child and only daughter, Laurie.
Getting out of the Projects, buying first house on Elsdon,
getting through tough times.
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