1 CMNT Living With S. Johnson Family In 1870 Census
John immigrated to the U.S. in 1860 and was naturalized.
Obituary (from newspaper of 21 April 1970): SYRACUSE---Fred McConnell, 86, North Syracuse, formerly of Sackets Harbor, Three Mile Bay and Grindstone Island, died Monday after a short illness.
The funeral will be Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the Ferguson Funeral Home, North Syracuse, Rev. Lloyd F. Shephard, officiating. Burial will be in North Watertown Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home today and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Surviving are eight daughters, Mrs. Benjamin (Emma) Strait, Lakeland, Mrs. Clarence (Jessie) Majo, Cape Vincent, Mrs. Cecil (Jenny) Brown, Adams, Mrs. Clyde (Lana) Jordon, Boston, Mass., Mrs. Wealtha Prior, Watertown, Mrs. John (Doris)
Mahoney, North Syracuse, Mrs. Robert (Etta) VanAlstyne, Feridina Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Howard (Altha) Stewart, Marathon; eight sons, George, Canastota, Leland, California, Calvin, Adas, Albert and Chester, Watertown, Olin, Boston, Mass.,
Warren, Fernwood, and Melzer, Mexico; 64 grandchildren; 98 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.Born in Odessa, Ont., July 23, 1884, son of John and Emma McConnell, moved to Syracuse as a young man and was employed in an undertaking business. He married Miss Edith Calhoun, a native of Grindstone Island, in Suracuse on Aug. 6, 1905.
About 1912, Mr. and Mrs. McConnell moved to a farm on Grindstone Island. Later, they were on farms near Sackets Harbor and Three Mile Bay before going to Fernwood, where they farmed 20 years. Mrs. McConnell died Feb. 19, 1962, in the
House of the Good Samaritan.
Obituary (from newspaper of 20 Feb. 1962): Mrs. Edith Calhoun McConnell, 73, wife of Fred McConnell of Fernwood and mother of 15 children, died unexpectedly at 7:30 Monday night in the House of the Good Samaritan of a heart attack.
Mrs. McConnell, a patient in the hospital since Wednesday, had gone to the bathroom when she collapsed and died. She had been ill for more than two years of a heart condition and had been under the care of a physician for a long period of
time.Surviving her, besides her husband, a retired farmer, are seven sons, Albert B. and Chester W., Watertown, Leland B., Lomita, Calif., Olin, Everett, Mass., Warren G., Fernwood, Calvin C., Adams, and Melzer B., Mexico; eight daughters, Mrs.
Benjamin (Emma M.) Strait and Mrs. John (Doris) Maloney, Syracuse, Mrs. Wealtha M. Prior, Watertown-Theresa Road, Mrs. Cecil (Jennie M.) Brown, Adams, Mrs. Clarence (Jessie E.) Majo, Cape Vincent, Mrs. Robert (Etta E.) Van Alstyne, Fernandina
Beach, Fla., Mrs. Clyde (Lana) Jordan, Everett, Mass., and Mrs. Howard (Aletha) Stewart, Marathon.Also surviving are 56 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; a step-son, George McConnell, Baldwinsville; a sister, Mrs. Delia Thompson, Calgary, Alberta, Can.; a half-brother, Melzer Calhoun, Grenadier Island and two half-sisters, Mrs.
Harry (Aletha Calhoun) Slate, Grindstone Island, and Mrs. Woodrow (Mabel Calhoun) Congdon, Bridgeport, N.Y.Mrs. McConnell was born Sept. 23, 1888, on Grindstone Island, a daughter of Benjamin and Wealthy Hutchinson Calhoun. The early part of her life was spent on the island. Later, she lived in Clayton, where she was employed as a domestic.
She was married to Fred McConnell of Syracuse Aug. 6, 1905 and for a number of years they lived in Syracuse, where he was identified with the undertaking business. About 1912 they moved to a farm on Grindstone Island and thereafter until
his retirement he was a farmer.They lived for a few years on a farm near Sackets Harbor and later at Three Mile Bay, moving to a farm at Fernwood 20 years ago.
The funeral will be Thursday afternoon at 2 at the Reed & Benoit Funeral Home. Rev. Miles L. Hutchinson, Belleville, retired Methodist minister, will officiate. Burial will be in North Watertown Cemetery.
Obituary (from newspaper of 21 April 1970): SYRACUSE---Fred McConnell, 86, North Syracuse, formerly of Sackets Harbor, Three Mile Bay and Grindstone Island, died Monday after a short illness.
The funeral will be Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the Ferguson Funeral Home, North Syracuse, Rev. Lloyd F. Shephard, officiating. Burial will be in North Watertown Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home today and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Surviving are eight daughters, Mrs. Benjamin (Emma) Strait, Lakeland, Mrs. Clarence (Jessie) Majo, Cape Vincent, Mrs. Cecil (Jenny) Brown, Adams, Mrs. Clyde (Lana) Jordon, Boston, Mass., Mrs. Wealtha Prior, Watertown, Mrs. John (Doris)
Mahoney, North Syracuse, Mrs. Robert (Etta) VanAlstyne, Feridina Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Howard (Altha) Stewart, Marathon; eight sons, George, Canastota, Leland, California, Calvin, Adas, Albert and Chester, Watertown, Olin, Boston, Mass.,
Warren, Fernwood, and Melzer, Mexico; 64 grandchildren; 98 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.Born in Odessa, Ont., July 23, 1884, son of John and Emma McConnell, moved to Syracuse as a young man and was employed in an undertaking business. He married Miss Edith Calhoun, a native of Grindstone Island, in Suracuse on Aug. 6, 1905.
About 1912, Mr. and Mrs. McConnell moved to a farm on Grindstone Island. Later, they were on farms near Sackets Harbor and Three Mile Bay before going to Fernwood, where they farmed 20 years. Mrs. McConnell died Feb. 19, 1962, in the
House of the Good Samaritan.
1 CMNT Of Odessa, Canada
1 CMNT Of Odessa, Canada
1 CMNT Of Odessa, Canada
1 CMNT Of Michigan
1 CMNT Used the name "Thompson "
William emigrated to Clayton in April 1885; he was naturalized 22 Oct. 1888.
1 CMNT Used the name "Thompson "
William emigrated to Clayton in April 1885; he was naturalized 22 Oct. 1888.
1 CMNT From Wolfe Island Parents born in Ireland
1 CMNT She Immigrated To U.S. In 1885 & Was Naturalized
1 CMNT Came from Canada to Grindstone in 1855
Stephen emigrated from Canada and was naturalized 21 July 1876.
1 CMNT Parents born in New York