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James CONNELLY
 

Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924

Name: James Connelly

Birth Place: Tyrone, Ireland

Residence: Erin

Age: 21

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838

Father Name: Arthur Connelly

Mother Name: Sarah Connelly

Spouse Name: Margaret Dunbar

Spouse's Age: 21

Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838

Spouse Birth Place: Eramosa

Spouse residence: Erin

Spouse Father Name: Samuel Dunbar

Spouse Mother Name: Susan Dunbar

Marriage Date: 9 Feb 1859

Marriage County: Wellington

Family History Library Microfilm: 1030067

Source: Indexed by: Genealogical Research Library

Record retrieved from Ancestry.com

 
 

1861 Census of Canada

 

Enumeration district no. 3 of the township of Erin in the county of Wellington, Page 49

They live in a log home.

Persons number 30-33.
James Conly, Laborer, born in Ireland, Roman Catholic, age 23 (implies born 1838), married,

Margret Conly, born in W. Canada, English Church, age 21 (implies born 1840), married

Sarah C. Conly, born in W. Canada, English Church, age 2 (implies born 1859)

Eliza A. Conly, born in W. Canada, English Church,  age 1 (implies born 1860_

 

Note: Living next door to Susan Dunbar, age 49 (born in Ireland), Eliza A. Dunbar, age 19, William C. Dunbar, age 18, Susan C. Dunbar, age 11 and Robert Dunbar, age 8. I presume this is Margaret's mother and her siblings.

The census record was transcribed by me from an image on Ancestry.com

 
John CONNOLLY

Marriage: Schedule B Marriages
County of Wellington
Division of Elora
Page 285

No. 011816

John Connolly
age 32 (implies born 1846), residing in West Garafraxa, born in Coy. Tyrone, Ireland
Bachelor
Farmer
Parents are Arthur Connolly and Sarah McLoughlin

Mary Jane Mortin
Age 20 (implies born 1859)
born in Fergus, Toronto, spinster
parents are Michael Mortin and Mary Farrell

Witnesses were J. Mortin of Fergis and Rose (??) of Peel

Marriage date 7 Jan 1878 in Elora
Roman Catholic by banns

The above is my transcription.
 
 
1871 Canadian census living with his parents and a possible sibling. Again here is my transcription.
 

Ontario
District 34
Sub district G, Division 1, Garafraxa West

Page 16

Dwelling no. 61
Family no 62

Connolly, Jno (John), male, age 25, (implies born 1846), born in Ireland, Roman Catholic, Irish, Labourer, not married

Connolly, Arthur, male, age 60 (implies born 1811), born in Ireland, Roman Catholic, Irish, Labourer, married

Connolly, Sarah, female, age 60 (implies born 1811), Born in Ireland, Roman Catholic, Irish, married.

Page 17

Connolly, Mary, female, age 12 (implies born 1859), born in Ireland, Roman Catholic, Irish
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Lastly here he is with his wife and children in 1901. Image of census downloaded from Automated Genealogy (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html), transcribed by me.

Enumerated 9-11 April by Henry Waters


Page 5

Dwelling 41
Family 41

Connolly, John, male, white, head of house, married, born 21 Jun 1842, age 38, born in Ontario (?), Irish, Canadian, Roman Catholic, farmer

Connolly, Mary, female, white, wife, married, born 4 Dec 1852, age 48, born in Ontario, Irish, Canadian, Roman Catholic


Connolly, Arthur C, male, white, son, single, born 22 Jun 1879, age 21, born in Ontario, Irish, Canadian, Roman Catholic


Connolly, Ann, female, white, daughter, single, born 16 July 1892, age 18, born in Ontario, Irish, Canadian, Roman Catholic


Conolly, Mary, female, white, daughter, single, born 27 Nov 1883, age 17, born in Ontario, Irish, Canadian, Roman Catholic


Connolly, Margaret, female, white, daughter, single, born 18 July 1884, age 16, born in Ontario, Irish, Canadian, Roman Catholic


Connolly, Sarah, female, white, daughter, single, born 11 Nov 1887, age 13, born in Ontario, Irish, Canadian, Roman Catholic


Connolly, James, male, white, son, single, born 25 May 1891, age 9, born in Ontario, Irish, Canadian, Roman Catholic


Connolly, Edward, male, white, son, born 6 Dec 1894, age 6, born in Ontario, Irish, Canadian, Roman Catholic


 
Margaret Anne Connolly,
 
another daughter of Arthur Connolly and Sarah McLaughlin.

Marriage: 14 Apr 1873 Guelph, Wellington County, Ontariio Canada

Schedule B - Marriages
Registration District of Wellington, Division of Guelph
Page 304
Record no. 47 - 01253
Groom: Mark Tutton, age 25 (implies born 1848), residing in Guelph, born in England, bachelor, farmer. Parents are Thomas Tutton and Mary Ann Strawd.
Bride: Margaret Connolly, age 23 (implies born 1850), residing in Guelph, born in Ireland, spinster. Parents are Arthur Connolly and Sarah McLaughlin
Witnesses are Arthur Connolly and Julia McCarthy of Guelph
Denomination is Roman Catholic, married by banns.
 This is the transcription. Again, I have an image of the register.
 
 

Here she is in 1881 with her family. I have an image of the census from Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/). This is my transcription:

 

1881 census, Ontario, District 152, Centre Wellington, Township of West Garafraxia

Division no 2

William Black Em

Page 60

Dwelling 71
Family 272


Tutton, Mark, male, age 38 (implies born 1843), born in England, Catholic, English, Farmer, married

Tutton, Margaret, female, age 34 (implies born 1847), born in Ireland, Catholic, Irish, married

Tutton, Thomas, male, age 6 (implies born 1875), born in Ontario, Catholic, English

Tutton, Arthur, male, age 5 (implies born 1876), born in Ontario, Catholic, English
Tutton, Sarah, female, age 3 (implies born 1878), born in Ontario, Catholic, English
Tutton, James, male, age 2 (implies born 1879), born in Ontario, Catholic, English

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And last here she is in 1901. Image of census from Automated Genealogy (
http://automatedgenealogy.com/). Here is my transcription:

 

1901 census
Ontario, District 124 Wellington, Centre, s district no j, polling sub-division no 1, Township of Pilkington

Page 8

Enumerated by Tho. Marrhall

Dwelling no. 76
Family no. 76

Tutton, Mark, male, white, head, married, Born 20 Feb 1842, age 59, born in England, came to Canada in 1871, Canadian, Roman Catholic, farmer, worked 12 months, earned $170., can read, write and speak English, mother tongue is German


Tutton, Margaret, female, white, wife, married, born 10 June 1849, age 56 (that doesn't add up. If she was born 1849, she would be 52), born in Ireland, came to Canada in 1866, Canadian, Roman Catholic, can read, write and speak English, mother tongue is English

 

Tutton, Thomas, male, white, son, single, born 5 May 1874, age 26, born in Ontario, Canadian, Roman Catholic, occupation is farmer's son, can read, write and speak English, mother tongue is English

 

Tutton, Arthur, male, white, son, single, born 6 Dec 1875, age 25, born in Ontario, Canadian, Roman Catholic, can read, write and speak English, mother tongue is English

 

Tutton, James, male, white, son, single, born 21 Feb 1879, age 22, born in Ontario, Canadian, Roman Catholic, can read, write and speak English, mother tongue is English

 

Tutton, Sarah, female, white, daughter, single, born, 20 Feb 1878, age 23, born in Ontario, Canadian, Roman Catholic, can read, write and speak English, mother tongue is English

 

Tutton, Margaret, female, white, daughter, single, born 24 April 1885, age 17, born in Ontario, Canadian, Roman Catholic, can read, write and speak English, mother tongue is English

 

 

Here is her death record, also from Ancestry. I have the image. I note that the father's name is wrong. I figure that Margaret was 81 at the time. Her son filled out the certificate and he probably got the name of his grandfather wrong. Margaret's mother name is correct - both surname and given name.

 

Margaret Ann Tutton
female, Irish, Widowed
Age 81 years, 9 mos, 20 days
Born in Ireland May 20, 1845
8 months at current residence, 63 years in Canada, 63 years in Ontario
Father: Thomas Connelly from Ireland
Mother: Sarah McLaughlon of Ireland
Physician: W. A. Kerr
Name of Informant: Thomas Tutton, son
Place of Burial: Elora RC Cemetary
Date of burial: 15 Mar 1927
Undertaker: Fischer Bros, Elona PO
Cause of death: senile decay
Date of death: 11 Mar 1927
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Note that I have sent an image of her headstone directly to the Tyrone County cemetery project site.

 

 

Sarah J. Connolly  (she is my direct line ancestor)

 

I found her baptism on the Irish Family History Foundation site. Here is my transcription. As always, I have the original if you want:

 

Church Baptism Record
Name: Sarah Connoly
Date of baptism/birth: 10/08/1845
Address: Ballynatubbrit
District: KillyClogher
Gender: Female
County: Co. Tyrone
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Arthur Connoly
Mother:
Sarah McLaughlin
Sponsers
: Luke Connolly and Mary Anderson

 

I'm not sure if Sarah went to Canada with the rest of her family. I find her in 1871 in Mass. Here is her marriage register which I got from the New England Historical Genealogical Society. I have an image of it.

 

29 Oct 1871
John Brown, age 24 (implies born 1847), occupation laborer Born in Denmark
Parents: Peter and Mary B.

Sarah Connelly, age 21 (implies born 1850) Born in Ireland Parents: Arthur and Sarah
Volume 279, Page 116, Line 79

 

Here she is in 1880 in Boston. The census is from Heritage Quest.

 

1880 census

Boston, County of Suffolk, State of Massachuesetts

Enumerated by James A. Mullen on 5 Jun 1880

Page 17
Supervisor's district 60
Enumeration district 24

293 North Street
Dwelling 71
Family 146

Bonn, John, white, male age 34 (implies born 1846), head, married, Laborer, unemployed for 3 months, born in Denmark, both parents from Denmark, cannot read or write

 

Bonn, Sarah, white, female, age 29 (implies born 1851), wife, married, keeps house, born in Ireland, both parents from Ireland, cannot read or write

 

Bonn, Mary E., white, female, age 8 (implies born 1872), daughter, single, at school, born in Mass, both parents from Ireland (wrong!),cannot read or write

 

Bonn, Ann E. white, female, age 6 (implies born 1884), daughter, single, at school, currently has scarlet fever, born in Mass, both parents from Ireland (wrong!), cannot read or write

 

Bonn, Sarah, white, female, age 4 (implies born 1886), daughter, single, at school, currently has scarlet fever, born in Mass, both parents from Ireland (wrong!), cannot read or write

 

Bonn, Kate, white, female, age 2 (implies born 1878), daughter, single, at home, born in Mass, both parents from Ireland (wrong!), cannot read or write

 

Bonn, Matilda, white, female, aged 4 months, (census states born in March - 1880) , daughter, single, at home, born in Mass, both parents from Ireland (wrong!), cannot read or write


Note: the following families are all from Ireland and are living in the same house:

Nicholas Lahey, Margaret and 7 children

Jeremiah Mahoney and his wife Norah

Kate Horgan (?) a mother in law

John Murphy, a boarder

Dergen Bernard (from France) and his wife Mary (from Ireland) and their daughter

John Flaherty, his wife Kate and their 4 children

Michael Grady, his wife Margaret and their 5 children

 

 

Census 1900

Boston city, County of Suffolk, State of Mass.

Enumeration district 1181, sheet 10

Enumerated 6 Jun 1900 by Thomas O. McEvaney

95 Cottage Street
Dwelling number 88
Family number 193

Brown, John, Head 4C, white, male, born June 1846, age 53, married for 29 years (implies married 1871), born in Denmark, both parents born in Denmark, immigrated in 1858, has been in the US for 42 years, is naturalized, occupation is day laborer, can read and write, speaks English, rents a house

 

Brown, Sarah J. wife, white, female, born Aug 1850, age 49, married for 29

years, 13 children, 8 living, born in Ireland, both parents born in Ireland, immigrated in 1868, been in US 32 years, can read and write, speaks English

 

Brown, Margaret, daughter, white, female, born Aug 1881, age 18, single, born in Mass, Father from Denmark, mother from Ireland, occupation is feather selector, not employed 1 month, can read and write, speaks English


Brown, Gertrude, daughter, white, female, born Oct 1882, age 17, single, born in Mass, Father from Denmark, mother from Ireland, occupation is feather binder, not employed 6 months, can read and write, speaks English


Brown, George, son, white, male, born Jul 1884, age 15 single, born in Mass, Father from Denmark, mother from Ireland, occupation is errand boy, not employed 11 months, can read and write, speaks English


Brown, Loretta, daughter, white, female, born Dec 1888, age 11, single, born in Mass, Father from Denmark, mother from Ireland, at school, can read and write, speaks English

 

 

I have images of the birth registers for 13 of her 15 children. The first 6 were born in Boston, the 7th in Canada (which is how I located her siblings and parents) and the last 6 were born in Boston. I have 2 siblings that were not named in census records and I can't find their births/deaths. Can you imagine how many babies with the surname of Brown were born in Boston in the year 1888 for example? I looked through every baby with the surname of Brown born from 1871-1910 which is when census records stated she had 15 children. Could not find the last two!


I found Arthur's baptismal record on the Irish Family History Foundation webiste. Here is my transcription, I also have the original:
 

Church Baptism Record
Name: Arthur Connolly Date of Baptism / Birth: 01/03/1850
Address: Ballinatubbrit Parish / District: KILLYCLOGHER
Gender:  Male County Co. Tyrone
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Arthur Connolly Mother:
Sarah McLaughlin
Informant 1: William Morris
Informant 2: Catherine Burke

 
Arthur married in Canada in 1874. Here is my transcription. I have an image of the register. I got it from Ancestry.com


Schedule B – Marriages
 
County of Wellington , Division of Elora
 
Page 285
 
Record no. 011816 N. 3
 
John Connolly, age 32 (implies born 1842), residing in West Garafraxa , born in Coy. Tyrone , Ireland , bachelor, farmer. Parents were
Arthur Connolly and Sarah McLoughlin.
 
Mary Jane Martin, age 20 (implies born 1854), residing in Fergus, born in Toronto , spinster, Parents were Michael Martin and Mary Farrell.
 
Witnesses were J (?) Martin of Fergus and Rose Morrisere of Peel
 
Marriage date 7 Jan 1878 in Elora, Roman Catholic, by banns


Arthur and his family are on the 1881 census. I have an image from Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881). Here is my transcription:


1881 census, Ontario, District 151 Wellington, S. District Guelph City,

Page 33

Div. 4
A. Riddell


Dwelling no. 162

Family No. 167

Connelly, Arthur, male, age 35 (implies born 1846), born in Ireland, catholic, Irish, Farmer, married

Connelly, Julia A, female, age 40 (implies born 1841), born in O (Ontario), Catholic, Irish, married


I have no info on children or his death.


I have one more possible child. Here is the 1871 census of Canada. I have an image of the original from Library and Archives Canada. Here's my transcription:


Census 1871

Ontario
District 34
Sub district G, Division 1, Garafraxa West

Page 16

Dwelling no. 61
Family no 62

Connolly, Jno (John), male, age 25, (implies born 1846), born in Ireland, Roman Catholic, Irish, Labourer, not married
 
Connolly, Arthur, male, age 60 (implies born 1811), born in Ireland, Roman Catholic, Irish, Labourer, married
 
Connolly, Sarah, female, age 60 (implies born 1811), Born in Ireland, Roman Catholic, Irish, married.
 

Page 17

Connolly, Mary, female, age 12 (implies born 1859), born in Ireland, Roman Catholic, Irish


I don't know if Mary is the daughter of Arthur (Sr) and Sarah McLoughlin. If Sarah really was born in 1811, then she would have been 48 when this child was born. But neither the census date or Sarah's birth date is reliable, so who knows??


I believe that's all the info I have on the Connolly family.
 
If there is anyone who can help AcadianJoan is her quest for the CONNOLLY's of Killyclogher, please do contact her.


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