Mary Genevieve (Connelly) Brown (1904–1986)
- Born 29 January 1904 in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York to Cornelius Clement Connelly and Mary McCoy
St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), Baptisms and Marriages, p. 255 [stamped], entry 2066, Mary Genevieve Connelly baptism, 1904; FHL microfilm 1450732, item 4; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 01 July 2022); citing St. Mary’s Rectory, Massena, New York. [This record is written in Latin; married Lawrence W Brown, July 9, 1935, St. Mary’s Potsdam, Robert A James, is penned in the margin.]
- Confirmed 26 September 1914 in St. Mary’s Church, Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York
St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), Marriage, Baptisms, Confirmations and Deaths, p. 293 [penned], Mary Genevieve Connolly [sic] confirmation, 1914; FHL microfilm 1450732, item 2; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 01 July 2022); citing St. Mary’s Rectory, Massena, New York. [Sacrament of Confirmation received 26 September 1914; she is listed near the bottom of the fourth column.]
- Married Lawrence W Brown on 09 July 1935 in St. Mary’s Church, Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York
New York State Department of Health, Marriage Index, 1935: 369, no. 28610, Mary G Connelly [also listed as Genevieve Connelly]; consulted as “New York, Marriage Index, 1881-1967,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 June 2022); citing Vital Records Office, Albany.
New York State Marriage Index, 1935: 223, no. 28610, Lawrence W Brown.
“Brown-Connelly,” Potsdam (New York) Herald-Recorder, 02 August 1935, p. 4, col. 3; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 30 April 2023), The Potsdam herald-recorder, 1905–1949.
- Mother of the following children:
1. Lawrence C Brown
- School Records & Education Information:
Year Book of The Class of 1924, State Normal School, Potsdam, N.Y. (n.p.: The Allen Studio, 1924), unpaginated; consulted as “Pioneer 1924,” digital images, New York Heritage (www.nyheritage.org : accessed 25 April 2023), image 8; citing State University of New York, Potsdam.
Year Book of The Class of 1924, State Normal School, Potsdam, N.Y.; image 6.
- Lived in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York from 1904–1928
1905 New York state census, Saint Lawrence County, population schedule, Potsdam Township, election district 1, p. 6 [penned], Steam Mill Road, lines 31–40, Cornelius C Connelly [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 May 2014); citing multiple county clerk offices, New York.
1910 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Potsdam Township, enumeration district 173, p. [310]-B, sheet 13 [penned], dwelling 299, family 353, Cornelius Connelly [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 31 May 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1074.
1915 New York state census, Saint Lawrence County, population schedule, Potsdam Township, election district 7, p. 17 [penned], lines 14–24, Cornelius C Connolly [sic] [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 05 June 2014); citing state population census schedule, series A0275; New York State Archives, Albany.
1920 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Potsdam Township, enumeration district 176, p. 117-A, sheet 5 [penned], Parishville State Road, dwelling 117, family 121, Cornelius C Connelly [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 22 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1260.
1925 New York state census, Saint Lawrence County, population schedule, Potsdam Township, election district 11, p. 22 [penned], lines 37–44, Cornelius Connelly [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 05 June 2014); citing state population census schedule, series A0276; New York State Archives, Albany.
1930 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Potsdam Township, enumeration district 45-83, p. 183-A, sheet 2 [penned], Parishville State Road, dwelling 36, family 36, Mary Connelly [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 07 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1642.
- Lived in the Town of Dover, Morris County, New Jersey from ca. 1928–1933
“Locals,” Potsdam Herald-Recorder, 30 November 1928, p. 5, col. 1, para. 10.
1930 U.S. census, Morris County, New Jersey, population schedule, Dover Township, enumeration district 14-18, p. 258-A, sheet 11 [penned], 80 Elm Street, dwelling 265, family 280, John J Connelly [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 28 June 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1373.
“Trustees In Sixth Dist[rict] . . . Teachers So Far As Named for the Year 1933-1934,” Potsdam Herald-Recorder, 12 May 1933, p. 3, col. 1, para. 2.
- Lived in the Town of Madrid, St. Lawrence County, New York from 1935–ca. 1948
“Brown-Connelly,” Potsdam Herald-Recorder, 02 August 1935, p. 4, col. 3.
1940 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Madrid Township, enumeration district 45-51A, p. 501-A, sheet 2 [penned], family 31, Lawrence Brown [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 26 June 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2769.
- Lived in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York from ca. 1948–1986
The Mullin-Kille and Courier & Freeman, Potsdam, New York, Con Survey, City Directory (Columbus, Ohio: Mullin-Kille Company, 1948), 106, Lawrence W Brown, 40 Pierrepont Avenue; consulted as “U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 19 April 2023), image 57.
Manning’s Potsdam and Canton (New York) Directory (Schenectady, New York: H. A. Manning Company, 1950), 85, Lawrence W Brown, 40 Pierrepont Avenue; consulted as “U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 19 April 2023), image 45; see subsequent years: (1955) 122, (1958) 128.
1950 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Potsdam Township, enumeration district 45-123, sheet 4 [penned], 40 Pierrepont Avenue, dwelling 39, Lawrence Brown [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 04 June 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T628, roll 4107.
Manning’s Potsdam and Canton (New York) Directory, (1955) 122, Genevieve Brown, 40 Pierrepont Avenue; image 62.
- Died 20 January 1986 in the Town of Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York
“Genevieve C. Brown,” Courier and Freeman (Potsdam, New York), 21 January 1986, p. 10, col. 1; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 21 February 2015), Courier and freeman, 1861-1989.
“Genevieve Brown,” Advance News (Ogdensburg, New York), 26 January 1986, p. 17, col. 2; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 01 May 2023), The journal, 1971-current.
- Buried 22 January 1986 in Garfield Cemetery, Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York
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Find A Grave, database and digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 July 2022), memorial no. 97007849, Genevieve C Brown (1904-1986); citing Garfield Cemetery, Potsdam Township, Saint Lawrence County, New York; gravestone photographed and memorial maintained by Anne Cady [contributor no. 46985237].