There is a new 2 volume resource at the California Room of the California State Library in Sacramento, CA and also at the California State Archives in Sacramento for anyone researching orphaned people in CA. This site extracts the O'Neil/O'Neal's listed in this resource. These records were compiled from Board of Examiners Records at the California State Archives.
Dove, Lois A., Orphans of California and Children on Aid 1883-1889, LC Catalog # 89-90057
15 listings for orphaned O'Neil's in CA from 1883-1889.....this is ALL the info I have.
Used with permission by Lois Dove, for not for profit, personal research only.
The abbreviations:
adm---admitted
b---born
d----died
dis---discharged
par---parents
m--married
"KATIE"----named sibling
"South San Franacisco"--facility name
res---resided
O'Neill, Annie
South San Franciso St. Joseph adm 19 mar 1884 9yr b Worcester, Mass dis
20 Apr 1884 par d San Francisco from Kerry, Ireland marr Worcester,
Mass Catholic Ch mother living in San Francisco KATIE
O'Neil, Anna
San Francisco Roman Catholic adm 26 Dec 1884 10 yr b Worcester, Mass
adm 1 Feb 1885 here June 1888 Father d San Francisco irish marr Mass
Catholic Ch res San Francisco
O'Neill, George
South San Francisco St Joseph adm 19 Nov 1884 6 yr b San
Francisco par d San Francisco from St. Louis
MO marr San Francisco St. Josephs father living in San Francisco MARY
O'Neil, Gregory
San Rafael St Vincent adm 4 oct 1882 7 yr b San
Francisco here June 1889 par d Oakland whole orphan marr Penn res
Oakland
O'Neill, Harry
San Rafael St. Vincent adm 3 Feb 1889 11 yr b San
Francisco par d US marr Sacramento res Sacrmaento still here June 1889
O'Neill, Henry
San Francisco Protestant adm 2 Nov 1888 12 b San
Francisco dis 9 Nov 1888 par d Ariz marr Sacramento res San Francisco
O'Neill, James
San Rafael St. Vincent adm 8 Nov 1884 8 yr b Sacramento par ? from USA
res Sacramento
O'Neill, James W.
Sacramento- Protestant adm 31 Mar 1887 9.4 yr b Sacramento dis 12 jan
1887 par d Sacramento from New York marr Sacramento res Sacramento
O'Neill, John
San Rafael St Vincent adm 28 Mar 1884 9 yr b San Francisco dis 25 May
1884 (not a typo that's
what it says) father d San Francisco from Ireland marr Worcester res SF
O'Neill, Katie
South San Francisco St Joseph adm 16 Nov 1883 1/30 mo b Female
Hospital dis 19 Mar 1884 ANNIE
O'Neil, Louisa
South San Francisco St Joseph adm 16 Nov 1883 1/2 mo or yr b San
Francisco mother d San Francisco, from Co,
Cork Ireland marr San Francisco St Josephs res San Francisco
O'Neill, Mary
South San Francisco - St Joseph adm 19 Nov 1884 7 yr b San
Francisco par d SF from Ireland Marr S F St Mary's mother living in San
Francisco GEORGE
O'Neill, Mary
South San Francisco St Joseph adm 5 Jan 1889 1/2 mo b Sacramento dis 7
Feb 1889
O'Neil, N. female
Grass Valley adm 28 Mar 1881 7 yr b Virginia
City dis 1 Apr 1888 par d State of Nevada from Ireland marr Virginia
City, Nev res Nevada and Calif
O'Neill, Thomas
San Rafael St Vincent adm 14 Nov 1883 11 yr b S F dis 14 jan 1884
mother d San Francisco par from Australia & USA marr S F res S F
END OF ONEILL/O'NEAL LISTINGS IN THIS RESOURCE.