Bridget (Leary) Connelly (1829–1921)
- Born 14 March 1829 in Kerry, Ireland to Cornelius Leary and Margaret Cronin
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.
New York State Department of Health, death certificate no. 40507 (1921), Bridget Connolly [sic]; Vital Records Section, Albany. [Genealogical research copy requested and received in 2014.]
- Married Anthony Connelly on 27 December 1858 in St. Lawrence County, New York
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.
- Mother 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 1860–1910
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1910 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Colton Township, enumeration district 117, p. [138]-B, sheet 11 [penned], dwelling 263, family 264, Hermon Gillmour [sic] [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 02 November 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1074.
- Lived in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York from 1915–1921
1915 New York state census, Saint Lawrence County, population schedule, Potsdam Township, election district 7, p. 2 [penned], 60 Pierpoint [sic] Avenue, Herman Gilmore [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 02 November 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 180, p. [191]-B, sheet 16 [penned], 60 Pierrepont Avenue, dwelling 437, family 402, Hermon [sic] Gilmore [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 02 November 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1260.
- Died 15 July 1921 in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York
New York State death certificate no. 40507 (1921), Bridget Connolly [sic].
New York State Department of Health, Death Index, 1921: 201, no. 40507, Bridget Connolly [sic]; consulted as “New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 June 2018), image 205; citing Vital Records Office, Albany.
“Dies on Day of Brother’s Funeral,” Courier and Freeman (Potsdam, New York), 20 July 1921, p. 2, col. 3; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 14 July 2013), Courier and freeman, 1861-1989.
“Mrs. Bridget Connolly,” Potsdam (New York) Herald-Recorder, 22 July 1921, p. 2, col. 2; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 29 October 2012), The Potsdam herald-recorder, 1905-1949.
- Buried 18 July 1921 in St. Patrick Cemetery, Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York
New York State death certificate no. 40507 (1921), Bridget Connolly [sic].
![Connelly [family] headstone [front]](https://myfamilykin.com/wp-content/gallery/bridget-leary/St.-Patrick-Cemetery-Colton-N.Y.-Connelly-family-marker-front.JPG "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.]