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Catherine Kelley Connor

Birth
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death
28 Apr 1910 (aged 86)
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
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Burial in St. Ann's according to death record. Wife of Henry Nicholas Connor and mother of 14 children. Her parents, John and Mary Kelley moved from PEI to Maine when she was a young girl, according to an obituary. She and Henry married and lived in Cutler, Washington, Maine between 1840-1870 and moved to Blackinton, MA sometime in the 1870s. According to her obituary, in addition to raising her 14 children, she also adopted and cared for 2 others. Henry was a sailor while in Maine, but became a mill laborer in Adams, MA where he died in 1876. His obituary said he was run over by the evening train from Troy, and that "being quite deaf", probably didn't hear it approaching. Some of the family moved to Providence, RI. Catherine was living with her daughter, Elizabeth Feeley in Providence when she died of pneumonia.
Burial in St. Ann's according to death record. Wife of Henry Nicholas Connor and mother of 14 children. Her parents, John and Mary Kelley moved from PEI to Maine when she was a young girl, according to an obituary. She and Henry married and lived in Cutler, Washington, Maine between 1840-1870 and moved to Blackinton, MA sometime in the 1870s. According to her obituary, in addition to raising her 14 children, she also adopted and cared for 2 others. Henry was a sailor while in Maine, but became a mill laborer in Adams, MA where he died in 1876. His obituary said he was run over by the evening train from Troy, and that "being quite deaf", probably didn't hear it approaching. Some of the family moved to Providence, RI. Catherine was living with her daughter, Elizabeth Feeley in Providence when she died of pneumonia.


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  • Created by: CRiganati
  • Added: Oct 4, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170849629/catherine-connor: accessed ), memorial page for Catherine Kelley Connor (24 Jun 1823–28 Apr 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 170849629, citing Saint Ann Cemetery, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA; Maintained by CRiganati (contributor 48076032).