Hi Joan I too have an Arthur Connelly who married Sarah ? I have James Conelly as their son born 1838 Tyrone, Ireland, he married Margaret Dunbar born 1838 Erin Twp., Eramosa Ontario Canada Marilyn Do you think there is any chance we are looking at the same family??? [CoTyIre] Baptism details: Mary Conolly 1855 I purchased this record from the Irish Family History Foundation but I don't think she is my ancestor. I'm posting it in case she is yours! I have Arthur Connolly's wife as Sarah McLaughlin, but then again, maybe Arthur remarried??? Church Baptism record for Mary Conolly Name: Mary Connolly Date of Baptism/birth” 25/07/1855 Parish/District: Clonallon Gender: Female County: Down Denomination: Roman Catholic Father: Arthur Connolly Mother: Rose Ryan Sponsors: Rev. A. Simpson, Edward Ryan and Catherine Ryan Joan

Hi Marilyn, Well, I think we are talking about the same family. I have a cousin with Ancestry.com who helped me with this line months ago. She is an excellent genealogist and was collecting info about the family for me. She sent me census data, marriage records and some word documents that she created. Then I put it aside and worked on another family. I recently picked up the Connollys again and re-read her notes. She had told me that James is in the family. But as I look over the data I don't see any documentation of that. Unfortunately right now she is involved in a personal project and I can't ask her to look through all her files to find the proof that James is part of the family. I'm sure she had something or she would not just pull that name (and birthdate) out of her hat. So how about if you and I work on this together? Do you have Ancestry.com? I use it at the library and have searched for James but haven't found him. I guess all you have is his marriage register? I have that too. I notice James's parents are listed as Arthur Connolly and Sarah Connolly on that. Darn. Here's something I haven't tried yet. (I hope you have Ancestry....). Is there a way to search the Ontario records for another couple named Arthur Connolly and Sarah anything? To see if Arthur and Sarah are the only ones? If there is another Arthur Connolly with a wife named Sarah then it causes some doubts. Since all of their children were born in Ireland I would guess this would involve searching for the parents in marriage records. Can that be done? I have Arthur and Sarah on the 1871 census, but James is not with them. He was married by then. How can we link James to his parents Arthur and Sarah McLoughlin? Joan Researching BOND, MEAGHER and PELLERIN in Port Felix, Nova Scotia. Researching LAFORET in Williamsburg NY and E. Boston MA Researching CONNOLLY in Cty Tryone Ireland and Ontario Canada ________________________________ From: Marilyn Jones <marilyn013@sympatico.ca> To: acadianjoan@yahoo.com; cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, October 26, 2009 5:05:45 PM Subject: RE: [CoTyIre] Baptism details: Mary Conolly 1855 Hi Joan I too have an Arthur Connelly who married Sarah ? I have James Conelly as their son born 1838 Tyrone, Ireland, he married Margaret Dunbar born 1838 Erin Twp., Eramosa Ontario Canada Marilyn Do you think there is any chance we are looking at the same family??? [CoTyIre] Baptism details: Mary Conolly 1855 I purchased this record from the Irish Family History Foundation but I don't think she is my ancestor. I'm posting it in case she is yours! I have Arthur Connolly's wife as Sarah McLaughlin, but then again, maybe Arthur remarried??? Church Baptism record for Mary Conolly Name: Mary Connolly Date of Baptism/birth” 25/07/1855 Parish/District: Clonallon Gender: Female County: Down Denomination: Roman Catholic Father: Arthur Connolly Mother: Rose Ryan Sponsors: Rev. A. Simpson, Edward Ryan and Catherine Ryan Joan