William Patrick Connelly (1895–1903)

  • Born 28 November 1895 in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York to Cornelius Clement Connelly and Mary McCoy
William Patrick Connelly; baptism register

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), Baptisms and Marriages, p. 182 [stamped], entry 1494, William Patrick Conolly [sic] baptism, 1896; 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; Gulielmum Patricium translates to William Patrick.]

William Connelly; 1900 U.S. census

1900 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Potsdam Township, enumeration district 133, p. 167-A [stamped], sheet 5 [penned], dwelling 94, family 96, Cornelius Connelly [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 August 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1158.

  • Lived in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York from 1895–1903
William Connelly; 1900 U.S. census

1900 U.S. census, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., pop. sch., Potsdam, ED 133, p. 167-A, sht. 5, dwell. 94, fam. 96, Cornelius Connelly.

  • Died 03 November 1903 in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York
William Connelly; death register

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), Marriages, Baptisms, Confirmations and Deaths, p. 321 [penned], William Connelly death, 1903; FHL microfilm 1450732, item 2; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 01 July 2022); citing St. Mary’s Rectory, Massena, New York.

William P Connelly; death register

Potsdam (New York), Register of births, marriages and deaths, [unpaginated], entry 726, William P Connelly death, 1903; FHL microfilm 1311928, item 4; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 July 2022), image 436; citing Registrar of Vital Statistics, Potsdam.

William P Connelly; death index

New York State Department of Health, Death Index, 1903: 156, no. 42167, William P 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.

William Connelly; obituary

“Died,” Norwood (New York) News, 17 November 1903, p. 8, col. 6; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 23 December 2019), Norwood news, 1878-1941.

  • Buried in St. Patrick Cemetery, Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York
William P Connelly headstone

St. Patrick Cemetery (Colton Township, Saint Lawrence County, New York; ¼ mile east of NY-58 on Wildwood Road; 44.55420, -74.92617), William P Connelly headstone; personally read and photographed by R. J. Kin, 08 November 2013. [Engraved on the front is William P son of C & M Connelly 1895–1903.]