Anthony Connelly (ca. 1829–1907)

  • Born ca. 1829 in Kildare, Ireland to Hugh Connelly and Catharine Copeland
Anthony Connelly; 1900 U.S. census

1900 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Colton Township, enumeration district 82, p. 118-A [stamped], sheet 7 [penned], dwelling 151, family 170, Anthony Connelly [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1156.

Anthony Connelly; death certificate

New York State Department of Health, death certificate no. 54641 (1907), Anthony Connelly; Vital Records Section, Albany. [Genealogical research copy requested and received in 2014.]

  • Married Bridget Leary on 27 December 1858 in St. Lawrence County, New York
Cannelly–Leary; marriage register

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), Marriages, Baptisms, Confirmations and Deaths, p. 7 [penned], entry 68, Cannelly–Leary [sic] marriage, 1858; FHL microfilm 1450732, item 2; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2018); citing St. Mary’s Rectory, Massena, New York.

  • Father of the following children:

1. Ann (Connelly) Burke
2. Hugh Connelly
3. Cornelius Clement Connelly
4. Anthony Connelly [Jr]
5. Mary (Connelly) Gilmore

  • Lived in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York from 1860–1907
Anthony Conoly; 1860 U.S. census

1860 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Colton Township, pp. 23–24 [penned], dwelling 189, family 199, Anthony Conoly [sic]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 July 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 852.

Anthony Conolly; 1870 U.S. census

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.

A Conally; 1880 U.S. census

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.

Anthony Connelly; 1900 U.S. census

1900 U.S. census, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., pop. sch., Colton, ED 82, p. 118-A, sht. 7, dwell. 151, fam. 170, Anthony Connelly.

Anthony Conley; 1905 N.Y. state census

1905 New York state census, Saint Lawrence County, population schedule, Colton Township, election district 1, p. 11 [penned], lines 1–8, Anthony Conley [sic] [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 June 2014); citing multiple county clerk offices, New York.

  • Died 09 December 1907 in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York
Anthony Connelly; death register

Colton (New York), Register of births, deaths and marriages, p. 17 [penned], entry 457, Anthony Connelly death, 1907; FHL microfilm 1311927, item 7; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 July 2022); citing Registrar of Vital Statistics, Colton.

Anthony Connelly; death certificate

New York State death certificate no. 54641 (1907), Anthony Connelly.

Anthony Connelley; death index

New York State Department of Health, Death Index, 1907: 171, no. 54641, Anthony Connelley [sic]; consulted as “New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 June 2018); citing Vital Records Office, Albany.

Anthony Connolly; obituary

“Colton . . . Death of an Aged and Much Respected Citizen,” Courier and Freeman (Potsdam, New York), 11 December 1907, p. 8, col. 4, par. 12; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 29 June 2014), Courier and freeman, 1861-1989.

  • Buried 11 December 1907 in St. Patrick Cemetery, Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York
Anthony Connelly; death certificate

New York State death certificate no. 54641 (1907), Anthony Connelly.

Anthony Connelly; burial

“Colton . . . Death of Mr. Connelly Removes a Valued Citizen,” Courier and Freeman, 18 December 1907, p. 8, col. 4, par. 1.

Connelly [family] headstone [front]

St. Patrick Cemetery (Colton Township, Saint Lawrence County, New York; ¼ mile east of NY-58 on Wildwood Road; 44.55420, -74.92617), 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.]