William James CONNELLY

1868 - 1935  (66 years)

• Name	William James CONNELLY
  Birth	30 Apr 1868	Thorne Twp., Pontiac, Quebec, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1870	Of Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontario
  Census	1911	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Crawford St.,
  Alt. Burial	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Origin	1911
  	Irish
  Occupation	1911  [2]
  	Drover
  Religion	1911
  	Methodist
  Alt. Death	1 Jan 1935
  newspaper article	VP Associations of Fairs of ON; CS Jan 8, 1920
  Death	6 Jan 1935	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  	Address: Cobden Union Cemetery Cobden, Ontario
  Person ID	I91164330	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	James CONNELLY,   b. Abt 1804, , , , Ireland d. 18 Sep 1900, Calvin Twp., Nipissing, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 96 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann TELFORD,   b. Abt 1840   d. 30 Mar 1899, Calvin Twp., Nipissing, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 59 years)
  Family ID	F45064462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Louisa CORRIGAN,   b. Abt 1872, , , Quebec, Canada d. 9 Sep 1910, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 38 years)
  Marriage	1897
  Children	1. Lyman CONNELLY,   b. Nov 1900, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Oct 1918, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 17 years)   2. Elizabeth Nina Susan CONNELLY,   b. 8 Dec 1904, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   3. William Donald CONNELLY,   b. 21 Mar 1906, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 4 Apr 1987, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)   4. Baby CONNELLY,   b. 23 Jul 1907, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 23 Jul 1907, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years)   5. Harold Corrigan CONNELLY,   b. 5 Aug 1910, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Apr 1963, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F45038143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Annie Laura PRENDERGAST,   b. 1880, Clarendon Twp., Pontiac, Quebec, Canada d. 4 Dec 1967, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	21 Nov 1911	Shawville, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada   [8, 9]
  Notes	Married: Pembroke Observer Nov 30 1911 Married Shawville, Nov 21 1911, Mrs H Armstrong, dau of late Thos Prenderg ast to Mr W J Connelly, Cobden, at the home of the bride's brother Mr G eo W Prendergast, by Rev E W Crane.
  Children	1. Margaret Annie CONNELLY,   b. 5 Jun 1913, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 14 Sep 1913 (Age 0 years)   2. Betty Laurier CONNELLY,   b. 1 Mar 1921, , Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F45039750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2016

  
  

• Photos

  CHx-Grace United Church-Laying of the Cornerstone, 1905 Newspaper clipping located in "A Trip Down Memory Lane" scrapbooks held by Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Society, Pembroke.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Connelly, W. J. for reeve The Cobden Sun, Dec 3, 1931 p. 4
  		CHx-Connelly for Reeve The Cobden Sun, Dec 10, 1931 p. 1
  		CHx-Connelly, W. J. is Agricultural Society president Newspaper articles from The Cobden Sun, January 31, 1929
  		Connelly, William J. obituary The Cobden Sun, Jan 10, 1935
  		Connelly, Wm J. obituary pt.2 The Cobden Sun, Jan 10, 1935
  		Connelly, William James death editorial The Cobden Sun, Jan 10, 1935
  		CHx-Business Changes in Cobden The Cobden Sun, Jan 10, 1935
  		CHx-W.J. Connelly sets record shipment of livestock this week The Cobden Sun, Nov 6, 1919
  		Connelly, W. J. invited to speak to Minister of Agriculture The Cobden Sun, Jan 8, 1920
  		Connelly, W. J. president of Cobden Agricultural Society The Cobcen Sun, Mar 16, 1911
  		CHURCH-GRACE UNITED CHURCH, COBDEN - laying corner stone, 1909 Newspaper clipping from the collection of Irene McLaren

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone-Connelly, w. J. & Margaret Louise nee Corrigan Block 3 - Methodist Cobden Union Cemetery photographed by Fay Bennett, Aug 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S633] Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool ,, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1911, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html). [S1007386] Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool ,, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1911, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html). [S219] Church Record - Burial - Grace United Church Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontario. [S52] Newspaper - The Cobden Sun, (Weekly Publication), Jan 10 1935 p. 1 (Reliability: 3). [S1007384] Church Record - Burial - Grace United Church Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontario. [S1006885] Newspaper-CA-ON-The Cobden Sun, (Weekly Publication), Jan 10 1935 p. 1 (Reliability: 3). [S1006980] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Death Registrations Online at Ancestry.ca", (Subscription www.ancestry.ca), 029487 (Reliability: 3). [S387] Blondin, Ernest Compiler, Marriages Protestant De L'Outaouais Quebecois - Methodist, (1986). [S1006882] Blondin, Ernest Compiler, BMD-CAN-QC-Marriages Protestant De L'Outaouais Quebecois - Methodist, (1986).