Case #: 102-A-98700-McConnell Amount: Ł2,958,042.42

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The individuals below have been identified as possible heirs
to the Ł2,958,042.42 estate of:

Colour Sergeant Joseph Devlin McConnell
Born: 11/12/1852
Place of birth: Dublin

Sergeant McConnell was born Joseph Devlin O'Brien in Dublin on December 11, 1852. His mother, Sister Bernadette Marie Devlin O'Brien, died in childbirth. His father was unknown. Sister O'Brien worked in the local "hospitality" industry and little is known of her past except that she was said to be a very popular and hard working young lady.

Joseph spent 3 years in an orphanage before being adopted by Patrick O'Flaugherty McConnell and Imelda Murphy McConnell on Tuesday, March 4, 1855. The McConnells were potato farmers in Tipperary. Joseph worked on the farm until 1867 when he enlisted in the British Army and served in India.

Colour Sergeant Joseph Devlin McConnell, 5 th Company, the 27 th Regiment of Infantry (the Queen's Royal Irish Foot and Mouth), was awarded the Victoria Cross after being killed in action on 29 September 1878. His 1879 citation read:

Dublin 29 September 1878.
After five years service in the Kyber Pass, the 27 th Foot and Mouth had returned for leave to Dublin and was to participate in a victory parade. An unexpected and murderous rainstorm had made it impossible for the regiment to advance, and had caused the regiment to take cover. Colour Sgt. McConnell alone, with the greatest intrepidity, rushed across 5 yards of open ground directly into the face of the storm, and at the point of the bayonet captured a large number of umbrellas which were being sold by a small child. The gallantry and quick decision of this soldier enabled the regiment to resume its advance. Unfortunately, while carrying out this heroic action, colour sergeant McConnell slipped on a wet paving stone and impaled himself on the point of one of the umbrellas.

Colour Sergeant McConnell's estate was awarded survivor benefits of the sum of Ł2 three shillings and sixpence. This money was never collected by Patrick and Imelda McConnell because they died in a fire while Joseph was up the Khyber. The Ł2 three shillings and sixpence was invested by the court appointed Trustee and has now grown to the sum of Ł2,958,042.42.

If your name appears on the list of potential rightful heirs to the estate of Joseph Devlin "O'Brien" McConnell or his adopted parents Patrick O'Flaugherty McConnell and Imelda Murphy McConnell, we invite you to fill out the questionnaire below.

McConnell, Jack of Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland

McConnell, Samuel Allen of Knock

McConnell, Kathleen M. of Tara

McConnell, Steven Robert of Kilkenny

McConnell, Beverley Ann of Dublin

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