CORNELIUS CLEMENT CONNELLY (1864–1926)
  • ​​Born 20 Feb 1864 in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York to Anthony Connelly (ca. 1829–1907) and Bridget Leary (ca. 1829–1921)
               St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Potsdam, New York), “Baptisms 1857-1870,” p. 122 [penned], entry 1031, Cornelius Connelly baptism (1864); FHL microfilm 1450732, item 1, digital images, FamilySearch (www.familyserach.org : accessed 09 June 2018); citing St. Mary's Rectory, Massena, 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. 170 [penned], entry 1065, Cornelius Connelly baptism (1864); FHL microfilm 1450732, item 2, ​digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2018); citing St. Mary’s Rectory, Massena, New York.
  • Married Mary E McCoy (1863–1937)​ 07 Jan 1890 in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York
              “Register of births, deaths, and marriages in the town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York, 1887-1909,” 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 Office of the Registrar of Vital Statistics, Colton.
               Colton, Saint Lawrence County, New York, marriage return, 1890, registered no. 3, Connelly–McCoy; Vital Records Section, New York State Department of Health, Albany.​
               New York State Department of Health, Marriage Index, 1890: 150, no. 538, Cornelius Connelly; consulted as “New York, Marriage Index, 1881-1967,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 08 July 2018); citing Vital Records Section, Albany.
               New York State Department of Health, marriage certificate no. 538 (1890), Connelly–McCoy; Vital Records Section, Albany.
  • Father of the following children:
  1. Hugh Francis Connelly
  2. Edgar Anthony Connelly
  3. John Joseph Connelly
  4. William Paul Connelly
  5. Clement Cornelius Connelly
  6. Walter Edmond 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 1864–ca.1900
               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.
  • ​​Lived in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York from 1900–1926
​               1900 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Town of Potsdam, p. 167 (stamped), enumeration district (ED) 133, sheet 5-A, dwelling 94, family 96, Cornelius Connelly; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 August 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1158.
​               1905 New York state census, Saint Lawrence County, population schedule, Town of Potsdam, election district 1, p. 6 (penned), Steam Mill Road, lines 31–40, Cornelius C Connelly; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 May 2014); citing state population census schedule; New York State Archives, Albany.
               1910 U.S. census, Saint Lawrence County, New York, population schedule, Town of Potsdam, enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet 13-B (penned), dwelling 299, family 353, Cornelius Connelly; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 May 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1074.
               1915 New York state census, Saint Lawrence County, population schedule, Town of Potsdam, election district 7, p. 17 (penned), lines 14–24, Cornelius C Connolly [sic]; digital image, 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, Town of Potsdam, p. 117 (stamped), enumeration district (ED) 176, sheet 5-A (penned), Parishville State Road, dwelling 117, family 121, Cornelius C Connelly; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1260.
​               1925 New York state census, Saint Lawrence County, population schedule, Town of Potsdam, election district 11, p. 22 (penned), lines 37–44, Cornelius Connelly; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 05 June 2014); citing state population census schedule series A0276; New York State Archives, Albany.
  • Died 17 Feb 1926 in the Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York
               New York State Department of Health, Death Index, 1926: unpaginated [arranged alphabetically], no. 12564, Cornelius C Connolly [sic]; consulted as “New York, Death Index, 1852-1956,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 June 2018); citing Vital Records Section, Albany.
               New York State Department of Health, death certificate no. 12564 (1926), Cornelius C Connelly; Vital Records Section, Albany.
               “Cornelius C. Connelly,” Potsdam (New York) Herald-Recorder, 19 Febrauary 1926, p. 4, col. 3; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers Project (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 21 January 2016), The Potsdam herald-recorder.
               “Cornelius C. Connelly,” Courier and Freeman (Potsdam, New York), 03 March 1926, p. 2, col. 3; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers Project (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 22 June 2014), Courier and freeman.
  • Buried in St. Patrick Cemetery, Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York
               “Colton,” Potsdam (New York) Herald-Recorder, 21 May 1926, p. 2, col. 1; digital image, New York State Historic Newspapers Project (www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 21 January 2016), The Potsdam herald-recorder.
​               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 [back]; personally read and photographed by R. J. Kin, 8 November 2013.