​ANTHONY CONNELLY (ca. 1829–1907)
  • ​Born ca. 1829 in Ireland to Hugh Connelly (    –    ) and Catharine Copeland (    –    )
               New York State Department of Health, death certificate no. 54641 (1907), Anthony Connelley [sic]; Vital Records Section, Albany.
  • Married Bridget Leary (ca. 1829–1921)​ 27 Dec 1858 in St. Lawrence County, New York
​​              ​ St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), “Marriages 1855-1875, 1880-1881; Baptisms 1857-1875; Confirmations 1872-1914; Deaths 1879-1915,” 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.
  • Father of the following children:​
  1. Ann (Connelly) Burke (1859–1939)
  2. Hugh Connelly (1861–1908)
  3. Cornelius Clement Connelly (1864–1926)
  4. Anthony Connelly Jr (1869–1904)
  5. Mary Ellen (Connelly) Gilmore (1872–1950)
  • Lived in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York from 1860–1907
​               1860 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Town of Colton, pp. 23–24 (penned), dwelling 189, family 199, Anthony Conoly [sic]; digital image, 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, Town of Colton, p. 10 (penned), dwelling 73, family 73, Anthony Conolly [sic]; digital image,
​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, Town of Colton, enumeration district (ED) 188, p. 6 (penned), dwelling 57, family 57, A Conally [sic]; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 925.
               1900 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Town of Colton, p. 118 (stamped), enumeration district (ED) 82, sheet 7-A (penned), dwelling 151, families 170–171, Connelly and Burk[sic]; digital image, Ancestry.com  (www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1156.
​               1905 New York state census, Saint Lawrence County, population schedule, Town of Colton, election district 1, p. 11 (penned), lines 1–8, Anthony Conley [sic]; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 June 2014); citing state population census schedule; New York State Archives, Albany.
  • Died 09 Dec 1907 in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York
               New York State Department of Health, Death Index, 1907: 171, no. 54641, Anthony Connelley [sic]; consulted as “New York, Death Index, 1852-1956,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 June 2018); citing Vital Records Section, Albany.
               “Colton . . . Death of an Aged and Much Respected Citizen,” Courier and Freeman (Potsdam, New York), 11 December 1907, p. 8, col. 4, par. 12; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers Project (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 29 June 2014), Courier and freeman.
               “Colton . . . Death of Mr. Connelly Removes a Valued Citizen,” Courier and Freeman (Potsdam, New York), 18 December 1907, p. 8, col. 4, par. 1; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers Project (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 29 June 2014), Courier and freeman.
  • Buried in St. Patrick Cemetery, Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York
​               St. Patrick Cemetery (Town of Colton, Saint Lawrence County, New York; 1/4 mile E of NY-58 on Wildwood Road; 44.554238N, -74.926768W), Connelly [family] marker [front]; personally read and photographed by R. J. Kin, 8 November 2013.