Johannah (Hannah, Anna) J. OConnell

  General Notes:

Richard's obituary lists Annie while Johanna's lists Hannah. Hannah was with Richard in Erie for 1880 census. Annie is listed at Holy Cross Cemetery. They are assumed to be the same person.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Birth: 1880 Census lists her as 17, making birth year 1863: Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. 1892 New York State census lists her age as 21.

Her age is given as 35 in the 1905 New York State census.

********************************************

From Family Search org - Possible match

name: Anne Connell
registration district: Kanturk
event type: BIRTHS
registration quarter and year: 1867
estimated birth year:
age (at death):
mother's maiden name:
film number: 101044
volume number: 20
page number: 247
digital folder number: 4187284
image number:

• Baptism: From Roots Ireland org, 29 Oct 1859, Castlemagner, Cork, Ireland. Name: Johanna Connell
Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 29-Oct-1859
Address: Bluepool
Parish/District: CASTLEMAGNER
Gender: Female
County Co. Cork
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Richard Connell
Mother: Johanna Kennedy
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /Informant 1: William Connell
Sponsor 2 /Informant 2: Ellen McCarthy
Notes:
PRIEST: REV T RICE
FILE NO 01/344/MA

**************************************
From Family Search org

Name Joanna Connell
Father's Name Richard Connell
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Johanna Kennedy
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 9 Dec 1860
Event Place Castlemagner, County Cork, Ireland

Digital Folder Number: 104500022_013_M94H-J1V
Image Number: 95

Citing this Record
"Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6N6B-CD5K : Thu Nov 21 16:52:32 UTC 2024), Entry for Joanna Connell and Richard Connell, 9 Dec 1860.

Note: It is unclear why the dates are different.

• Husband: Different first names. Her brother William's obituary refers to her as Mrs. Thomas Wilson.

Her brother James' obituary refers to her as Mrs. Charles Wilson.

Her brother Edward's obituary refers to her as Mrs. T. J. Wilson.

Her sister Ellen's obituary refers to her as Mrs. Anna Wilson.

It is assumed that Thomas J. Wilson is correct.

• Immigration: 1900 Census, 1880, Buffalo, Erie, New York.

• Occupation: Servant, 16 Feb 1892, Buffalo, Erie, New York. From 1892 New York State Census

Listed as born in Ireland and an alien of the US.

• Residence: 301 Fulton Street, 1905, Buffalo, Erie, New York. From 1905 New York State census

• Residence: 50 O'Connell Avenue, 1911, Buffalo, Erie, New York. From James A OConnell's death notice.

• Death: From Census records, Abt 1935, Buffalo, Erie, New York. She is listed in the 1930 Census but not the 1940 Census. Her husband is listed as widowed in the 1940 Census.

Johannah married Thomas J. Wilson, son of Wilson and Unknown, about 1898 in Buffalo, Erie, New York. (Thomas J. Wilson was born in Feb 1873 in Canada and died after 1940 in Buffalo, Erie, New York.)