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James McConnell
Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Ray Stewart Lobb ← Gladys Myrtle Kipp ← Sarah Jane McConnell ← James McConnell ← ____ McConnell
In brief
Born about 1806 in Ireland1/Scotland.
Family
Spouse
Children
- James McConnell · in this lineb. c. 1837 · Donoughmen, North Irelandm. Anne Jane Todd, April 13, 1864, in Drumballyroney/Ballyroney, Country Down, Irelandd. March 22, 1912, at the home of his son Josiah in Cheam, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
- William John McConnellb. May 1850, in Newry, County Down, Irelandm. Lucinda Kerr, at Downshire Road Presbyterian Church, in County Down, Irelandd. June 30, 1938, in Dauphin General Hospital, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Life story
A Farmer in Donaghmore
James McConnell was born around 1806 in Ireland (some records suggest Scotland) and farmed near Donaghmore, County Down. In August 1892 his son James, who had emigrated decades earlier to British Columbia, made a long-awaited visit home and found his father still in good health, though his mother had by then been confined to bed for a year.
Sources (3)
- “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.
- 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.