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Updated September 5, 2000

I am a seventh generation Floridian, due to my extensive Minorcan heritage. I am the direct descendant of 12 Minorcans who were members of the Turnbull Colony that came to "Les Mesquites" (now known as Ponce Inlet) in 1768. After living in New Smyrna for nine years, the Minorcans settled in St. Augustine. There is still a large Minorcan presence in St. Augustine today.
My Minorcan names are Masters (Mestre), Hernandez, Rogero, Vila, Andreu, Manusi, Rayo, Capo, Sintas, Segui, Mir and Castell.

I am also researching my Sedding, O'Neil, Hays and Cason roots in Hamilton, Columbia, Nassau and Duval Counties in Florida.

My Northern roots stretch to New York and New Jersey where I am looking for primarily Irish ancestors - Freel, Downey, and Dawcey.

If you have any information that you would like to share, I would greatly appreciate it.




Nancy Freel Michaluk

734 Cricklewood Terrace

Heathrow, FL 32746

A-United States

Fax: 407-333-8887

NFMich@aol.com

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  • My Ancestral File (367 KB)
    The surnames in my family tree include FREEL, SEDDING, O'NEIL (O'NEAL), HAYS, COHN, DAWCEY, DOWNEY, HERNANDEZ, MASTERS (MESTRE), MIR, ROGERO, VILA, ANDREU, MANUSI (MANUCY), RAYO, CAPO, SINTAS, SEGUI, CASTELL, and many more.
 

Family Photos

  • The Freel Brothers in 1957 (51 KB)
    This picture was taken on June 22, 1957 at the wedding of Neal Freel. From left to right are Vince, Steve, Kenny, Neal, Jim, and Lowell (my father).
  • Stephen Freel and Sons (129 KB)
    This photo was taken on Easter Sunday in Jacksonville, Florida in 1931. From left to right: Stephen Jr., James, Lowell (my father), Vince, and Stephen Freel, Sr.
  • Three Generations of O'Neil Women (452 KB)
    This photo was taken around 1903. The young girl in the top center is my grandmother, Eva O'Neil. From left to right, the other women are: My great-great grandmother, Eva Hays Townley (mother of Birdie), Birdie Hays O'Neil (my great grandmother), Mollie Cason O'Neil? (my great-great grandmother, and Hazel O'Neil (Eva's sister).
  • Ann Downey Dawcey (182 KB)
    The woman on the right in this photograph is my great grandmother, Ann Downey Dawcey. This photo was taken in Newark, NJ. She is standing next to my grandmother, Anna Dawcey Freel, who is holding her first child, my uncle Steve.
  • My Mom (524 KB)
    This is a picture of my mother, Dolores Sedding Freel, taken in 1927 when she was one year old.
  • Eva O'Neil Sedding (12 KB)
    This picture of my grandmother was taken in 1909 when she was eight years old.
  • George Herbert Patrick Sedding (7 KB)
    My great-grandfather, George Herbert Patrick Sedding (1865-1944)
  • The Greatest Dad in the World (9 KB)
    This is my father, Lowell Freel, holding me when I was four months old. This photo was taken in Tampa, Florida, in 1954. My Dad died of cancer in 1994.
  • Mary Dolores Masters Hernandez (47 KB)
    My great-great-grandmother, Mary Dolores Masters, was described as having been a striking figure. She also is said to have inherited a great power of endurance that enabled her to cope with the many emergencies in her life. Her son, Henry, said she never lost her strong, dominant spirit even at the age of 83.
  • William Henry O'Neil (32 KB)
    My great-grandfather, W. H. O'Neil. 1869 - 1944
 

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