Hugh Connelly (1861–1908)

  • Born 09 November 1861 in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York to Anthony Connelly and Bridget Leary
Hugh Connolly; baptism register

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), Baptisms, p. 91 [penned], entry 749, Hugh Connolly [sic], 1861; FHL microfilm 1450732, item 1; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2018); citing St. Mary’s Rectory, Massena, New York.

Hugh Connelly; baptism register

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), Marriages, Baptisms, Confirmations and Deaths, p. 146 [penned], entry 784, Hugh Connelly baptism, 1861; FHL microfilm 1450732, item 2; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2018); citing St. Mary’s Rectory, Massena, New York.

  • Lived in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York from 1861–1880, 1905–1908
Hugh 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.

Hugh 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.

Hugh 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 26 January 1908 in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York
Hugh Connelly; death register

Colton (New York), Register of births, deaths and marriages, p. 17 [penned], entry 460, Hugh Connelly death, 1908; FHL microfilm 1311927, item 7; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 July 2022); citing Registrar of Vital Statistics, Colton.

Hugh Connelly; death index

New York State Department of Health, Death Index, 1908: 169, no. 4244, Hugh Connelly; consulted as “New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 June 2018); citing Vital Records Office, Albany.

Hugh Connelly; obituary

“Hugh Connelly,” Courier and Freeman (Potsdam, New York), 12 February 1908, p. 4, col. 3; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 13 July 2014), Courier and freeman, 1861-1989.

Hugh Connolly; obituary

“Wildwood,” Courier and Freeman (Potsdam, New York), 12 February 1908, p. 8, col. 6, par. 6; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 13 July 2014), Courier and freeman, 1861-1989.

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