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Anne Jane Todd

Generation 5 back

Born

c. 1840 · Ireland

Died

October 21, 1904 · Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Married

April 13, 1864, in Drumballyroney/Ballyroney, Country Down, Ireland

Also known as

Ellen Jane McConnell

Migration

1864: Travelled from County Newry, Ireland to Peterborough, Ontario

Photos

A formal portrait of James McConnell and his wife, Anne Jane Todd, who married April 13, 1864, in Drumballyroney/Ballyroney, County Down, Ireland.

Family

Father

William Todd

no.

Child in this line

Sarah Jane McConnell

Spouse

James McConnell

Children

Elizabeth Ann McConnell
b. August 4, 1865, in Monaghan Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
m. Samuel Calbick, December 13, 1882, in New Westminster, BC
Isabella McConnell
b. March 4, 1870, in South Monaghan, Ontario, Canada · d. November 1, 1941, at home on McConnell Road in Chilliwack, BC
m. Charles Hawthorne, January 21, 1896, in her parents’ home in Cheam, British Columbia
Josiah “Josh” McConnell
b. March 27, 1872, in Northumberland and Durham County, Ontario, Canada · d. May 27, 1947, at 112 Victoria Avenue, Chilliwack, BC due to coronary thrombosis
m. Effie J. Bellrose, December 31, 1902, in the home of Effie’s father George Bellrose in Lake View; Emily Gertrude Kingston, October 9, 1946, in Chilliwack United Church at 45 Spadina Avenue, Chilliwack, BC
William James McConnell
b. January 19, 1877, in Chilliwack, BC · d. August 5, 1967, at Shaughnessy Hospital in Vancouver, BC due to Bronchopneumonia while also having a chronic brain syndrome caused by a sub-dural hematoma
m. Eva May Irish
Martha Lila McConnell
b. June 21, 1879, in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada · d. March 4, 1947, at Oakhurst Nursing Home at 59th and Oak Street in Vancouver, BC due to Gangrene of the right leg caused by an arterial occlusion from auricular fibrillation and general arteriosclerosis
m. J. Ryder; William Bridge, April 18, 1900, in her parents’ home in Cheam, British Columbia
Joseph Andrew McConnell
b. August 19, 1881, at his family’s home on McConnell Road in Chilliwack, BC · d. April 20, 1937, at Chilliwack Hospital in Chilliwack, BC
m. Gertrude Hambrook, January 30, 1907, in the home of Gertrude’s father Alfred Webb Hambrook in South Vancouver, BC

In brief

Born Abt in Ireland. 1864: Travelled from County Newry, Ireland to Peterborough, Ontario. She married April 13, 1864, in Drumballyroney/Ballyroney, Country Down, Ireland. She died October 21, 1904 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.

Life story

From County Down to Chilliwack

Anne Jane Todd was born around 1840–1843 near Belfast or Donegal, Ireland, to a Presbyterian family, and married James McConnell in April 1864 in Drumballyroney, County Down. The couple emigrated that same year, settling first in South Monaghan Township near Peterborough, Ontario. In 1873 the family made the long journey west to British Columbia — by train across the United States to San Francisco, then by boat up the coast to Victoria, New Westminster, and finally Chilliwack, where they spent their first night in the home of fellow settler Isaac Kipp. Anne Jane lived out the rest of her life in Chilliwack, worshiping as a Wesleyan Methodist, and died there on October 21, 1904, following an illness during which she was cared for by a neighbor, Mrs. Reeves. Her funeral was well attended.

At a glance

Lived

Edenagarry, Drumballyroney, County Down, Ireland · South Monaghan Township, Peterborough West, Ontario, Canada · South New Westminster District, British Columbia, Canda · Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Sources (15)

Jean Keith, “Mrs. Dorothy (Kipp) Menzies,” Who’s Who in Cooke’s – #4; privately held by Catherine Leineweber, Portland, Oregon, 2021.
Unsourced page on Sarah Jane McConnell (possibly family-written obituary or genealogical notes) likely held by Gladys Kipp; privately held by Catherine Leineweber, Portland, Oregon, 2021.
“Pioneer Passes Away,” Chilliwack Free Press (Chilliwack, BC), 29 March 1912, page 1, col 6; web archives (https://newspaperarchive.com/agassiz-record-mar-29-1912-p-1/ : accessed 14 December 2021).
Gladys Myrtle (Kipp) Lobb, “Europe in 1964”, 1964; privately held by Catherine Raye Leineweber, Portland, Oregon, 2021. Catherine is the granddaughter of Gladys.
Anna Frances (nee Kipp), to Kathy (nee Moles), letter, 13 April [Unknown Year]; privately held by Kathy Gustafson, Bellingham, Washington, 2022 in her copy of “The Kipp Family” by Edward B. Kipp.
“A Letter from Ireland,” The Chilliwack Progress (Chilliwack, BC), 1 September 1892, page 4, col 3; web archives (https://www.newspapers.com/image/43088604 : accessed 14 August 2024).
“Irish Marriage Records - Counties Antrim and Down, c. 1660–1930,” database, Ulster Historical Foundation (https://ulsterhistoricalfoundation.com/genealogy-databases/irish-marriage-records-co-antrim-co-down-c-1660-1930/10454631 : 17 August 2024), entry for James McConnell and Anne Jane Todd, 13 April 1864.
“Local and Personal,” The Chilliwack Progress (Chilliwack, BC), 26 October 1904, page 5, col 3-4; web archives (https://www.newspapers.com/image/43174458 : accessed 29 August 2024).
“The naming of McConnell Road,” The Chilliwack Progress (Chilliwack, BC), 14 October 2001, page 16; web archives (https://www.newspapers.com/image/81614372 : accessed 2 September 2024).
1871 Census of Canada, South Monaghan, Ontario, population schedule, enumeration district 56 West Peterborough, subdistrict A South Monaghan Township, p. 12, dwelling 43, family 44, James McConnell family; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1578/images/4396623_00316 : accessed 31 December 2024); citing Library and Archives Canada Microfilm C-9986.
1881 Census of Canada, New Westminster, British Columbia, population schedule, enumeration district 187, subdistrict A - South, p. 4-5, dwelling 22, family 23, James McConnell family; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1577/images/31229_C_13284-00249 : accessed 31 December 2024); citing Library and Archives Canada Microfilm C-13284.
1891 Census of Canada, New Westminster, British Columbia, population schedule, enumeration district 2 New Westminster, subdistrict 8 New Westminster, p. 32, dwelling W 2/9, family 148, James McConnell family; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1274/images/30953_148092-00253 : accessed 29 December 2024); citing Library and Archives Canada Microfilm T-6290.
“Community Portraits,” The Chilliwack Progress (Chilliwack, BC), 13 July 1949, page 2, col 3-4; web archives (https://www.newspapers.com/image/77100197 : accessed 1 February 2024).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/250236556/ann_jane-mcconnell : accessed 9 December 2025), memorial page for Ann Jane Todd McConnell (1 Oct 1841–21 Oct 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 250236556, citing Chilliwack Cemeteries, Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Maintained by Linnea Groom (contributor 50472977).
1901 census of Canada, Chilliwack, New Westminster, British Columbia, population schedule, p. 7, dwelling 76, family 77, James McConnell Family; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8826/images/z000010794 : accessed 9 December 2025); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm T-6428 through T-6556.