Mary E (McCoy) Connelly (1863–1937)

  • Born 24 November 1863 in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York to Patrick McCoy and Mary Hanrahan

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), Baptisms, p. 121 [penned], entry 1023, Mary McCoy, 1863; FHL microfilm 1450732, item 1; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2018); citing St. Mary’s Rectory, Massena, New York.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), Marriages, Baptisms, Confirmations and Deaths, p. 170 [penned], entry 1057, Mary McCoy baptism, 1863; FHL microfilm 1450732, item 2; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2018); citing St. Mary’s Rectory, Massena, New York.

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.

  • Married Cornelius Connelly on 07 January 1890 in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York

Colton (New York), Register of births, deaths and marriages, p. 2 [penned], entry 3, Connelly–McCoy marriage, 1890; FHL microfilm 1311927, item 7; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2018); citing Registrar of Vital Statistics, Colton.

Colton Township, Saint Lawrence County, New York, marriage return no. 3 (1890), Connelly–McCoy; Vital Records Section, New York State Department of Health, Albany. [Genealogical research copy requested and received in 2014.]

New York State Department of Health, Marriage Index, 1890: 463, no. 538, Mary McCoy; consulted as “New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 08 July 2018); citing Vital Records Office, Albany.

New York State Marriage Index, 1890: 150, no. 538, Cornelius Connelly.

New York State Department of Health, marriage certificate no. 538 (1890), Connelly–McCoy; Vital Records Section, Albany. [Genealogical research copy requested and received in 2014.]

  • Mother of the following children:

1. Hugh Francis Connelly
2. Edgar Anthony Connelly
3. John Joseph Connelly
4. William Paul Connelly
5. Cornelius Clement Connelly
6. Walter Edmund Connelly
7. Emmett Vincent Connelly
8. Mary Genevieve (Connelly) Brown
9. Florence Margaret (Connelly) Fahrenholz
10. Frances Ellen (Connelly) Babbit

  • Lived in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York from 1863–ca. 1890

1870 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Colton Township, p. 19 [penned], dwelling 140, family 137, Patrick McCoy; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 05 September 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. 7 [penned], dwelling 62, family 62, Pat McCoy [sic]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 925.

  • Lived in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York from 1900–1937

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.

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.

  • Died 12 March 1937 in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York

New York State Department of Health, death certificate no. 21244 (1937), Mary E Connelly; Vital Records Section, Albany. [Genealogical research copy requested and received in 2014.]

New York State Department of Health, Death Index, 1937: 227, no. 21244, Mary E 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.

“Mrs. Mary E. Connelly,” Potsdam (New York) Herald-Recorder, 19 March 1937, p. 4, col. 2; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 12 July 2012), The Potsdam herald-recorder, 1905-1949.

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

New York State death certificate no. 21244 (1937), Mary E Connelly.