Anthony Connelly (1869–1904)

  • Born 02 May 1869 in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York to Anthony Connelly and Bridget Leary

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), Baptisms, p. 142 [penned], entry 1195, Anthony Connelly, 1869; FHL microfilm 1450732, item 1; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2018); citing St. Mary’s Rectory, Massena, New York.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), Marriages, Baptisms, Confirmations and Deaths, p. 225 [penned], entry 1730, Anthony Connelly baptism, 1869; FHL microfilm 1450732, item 2; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2018); citing St. Mary’s Rectory, Massena, New York.

1900 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Colton Township, enumeration district 82, p. [120]-B, sheet 9 [penned], dwelling 200, family 225, Anthony Connelly Jr [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1156.

  • Married Margaret Mary Gorman on 30 June 1897 in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York

Colton (New York), Register of births, deaths and marriages, p. 4 [penned], entry 79, Connelly–Gorman marriage, 1897; FHL microfilm 1311927, item 7; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2018); citing Registrar of Vital Statistics, Colton.

New York State Department of Health, Marriage Index, 1897: 164, no. 11666, Anthony Connelly Jr; consulted as “New York, Marriage Index, 1881-1967,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 08 July 2018); citing Vital Records Office, Albany.

New York State Marriage Index, 1897: 316, no. 11666, Margaret M Gorman.

  • Father of the following children:

1. Bernard Leland Connelly
2. Leo Anthony Connelly
3. Francis Connelly

  • Lived in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York from 1869–1904

1870 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Colton Township, p. 10 [penned], dwelling 73, family 73, Anthony Conolly [sic]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1097.

1880 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Colton Township, enumeration district 188, p. 6 [penned], dwelling 57, family 57, A Conally [sic]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 925.

1900 U.S. census, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., pop. sch., Colton, ED 82, p. [120]-B, sht. 9, dwell. 200, fam. 225, Anthony Connelly Jr.

  • Died 04 July 1904 in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York

Colton (N.Y.), Register of births, deaths and marriages, p. 14, entry 348, Anthony Connelly death, 1904.

New York State Department of Health, Death Index, 1904: 170, no. 29940, Anthony Connelly; consulted as “New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 04 July 2018); citing Vital Records Office, Albany.

“Notes of People and Places . . . South Colton,” Courier and Freeman (Potsdam, New York), 13 July 1904, p. 3, col. 4; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 14 July 2014), Courier and freeman, 1861-1989.

“Colton . . . Two Deaths Cause Sadness in Community,” Courier and Freeman, 13 July 1904, p. 8, col. 4, par. 20.

“News of the County . . . South Colton,” Courier and Freeman, 13 July 1904, p. 8, col. 8.

“Colton,” St. Lawrence Herald (Potsdam, New York), 15 July 1904, p. 2, col. 9; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 08 May 2016), The St. Lawrence herald, 1878-1905.

  • Buried in St. Patrick Cemetery, Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York

St. Patrick Cemetery (Colton Township, Saint Lawrence County, New York; ¼ mile east of NY-58 on Wildwood Road; 44.55420, -74.92617), Anthony Connelly [Jr] headstone; personally read and photographed by R. J. Kin, 08 November 2013. [Engraved on the front is Anthony; May 2, 1869; July 4, 1904.]

St. Patrick Cemetery (Colton, N.Y.), Connelly [family] headstone; personally read and photographed by R. J. Kin, 08 November 2013. [Engraved on the front is Anthony Connelly 1829–1907; Bridget, his wife 1829–1921; Anthony Jr 1869–1908; Hugh 1861–1908; engraved on the back is Cornelius 1864–1926.]