Theresa (Connelly) Ward (ca. 1817–1900)

  • Born ca. 1817 in Ireland to Hugh Connelly and Catharine Copeland
Theressa Ward; 1900 U.S. census

1900 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Potsdam Township, enumeration district 131, p. 150-A [stamped], sheet 13 [penned], dwelling 253, family 255, John Raegan [sic] [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 March 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1158.

  • Married Patrick Ward
  • Mother of the following children:

1. Mary (Ward) Regan

  • Lived in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York from 1860–1880
Hester Ward; 1860 U.S. census

1860 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Colton Township, p. 29 [penned], dwelling 234, family 244, Patrick Ward; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 October 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 852.

Theresa Ward; 1870 U.S. census

1870 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Colton Township, p. 20 [penned], dwelling 142, family 139, John Reagan [sic]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 March 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1097.

Teressa Ward; 1880 U.S. census

1880 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Colton Township, enumeration district 189, p. 5 [penned], dwelling 43, family 47, John Regan; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 March 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 925.

  • Lived in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York from ca. 1893–1900
Theressa Ward; 1900 U.S. census

1900 U.S. census, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., pop. sch., Potsdam, ED 131, p. 150-A, sht. 13, dwell. 253, fam. 255, John Raegan [sic].

Theressa Connelly; death register

Potsdam (New York), Register of births, marriages and deaths, [unpaginated], entry 630, Theressa [sic] Connelly death, 1900; FHL microfilm 1311928, item 4; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 July 2022), image 433; citing Registrar of Vital Statistics, Potsdam.

  • Died 26 June 1900 in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York
Theresa Ward; death register

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), Marriages, Baptisms, Confirmations and Deaths, p. 319 [penned], Theresa Ward death, 1900; FHL microfilm 1450732, item 2; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 01 July 2022); citing St. Mary’s Rectory, Massena, New York.

Theressa Connelly; death register

Potsdam (N.Y.), Register of births, marriages and deaths, [unpaginated], entry 630, Theressa [sic] Connelly death, 1900.

Theresa Connelly; death index

New York State Department of Health, Death Index, 1900: 164, no. 25402, Theresa Connelly; consulted as “New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 March 2023); citing Vital Records Office, Albany.

Theresa Connelly; obituary

“Deaths,” Courier and Freeman (Potsdam, New York), 04 July 1900, p. 3, col. 5; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 28 March 2023), Courier and freeman, 1861-1989.

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

Find A Grave, database and digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 March 2023), memorial no. 134372800, Theresa Connely [sic] Ward (1814-1900); citing St. Patrick Cemetery, Colton Township, Saint Lawrence County, New York; gravestone photographed and memorial maintained by Anne DiBernardo [contributor no. 48120327].