Ontario death registration has cause of death as drowning. Age given as 52 yrs (i.e. born 1857)
Censuses, however, indicate an earlier birthdate -- 1855 (per 1861 census) or 1854 (per 1871 census) (1881 census has children's ages that are incorrect by 6 to 11 years!). Birthplace also varies between Ontario and Quebec in records, but the (so far) earliest record for Alexander, the 1861 census, has U Canada (i.e. Ontario). By birth order, Alex was the 3rd child of James and Eliza, and the oldest of the 3 children born between the 1851 and 1861 censuses.
Cemetery database has surname as "Connolley"
Censuses, however, indicate an earlier birthdate -- 1855 (per 1861 census) or 1854 (per 1871 census) (1881 census has children's ages that are incorrect by 6 to 11 years!). Birthplace also varies between Ontario and Quebec in records, but the (so far) earliest record for Alexander, the 1861 census, has U Canada (i.e. Ontario). By birth order, Alex was the 3rd child of James and Eliza, and the oldest of the 3 children born between the 1851 and 1861 censuses.
Cemetery database has surname as "Connolley"
Ontario death registration has cause of death as drowning. Age given as 52 yrs (i.e. born 1857)
Censuses, however, indicate an earlier birthdate -- 1855 (per 1861 census) or 1854 (per 1871 census) (1881 census has children's ages that are incorrect by 6 to 11 years!). Birthplace also varies between Ontario and Quebec in records, but the (so far) earliest record for Alexander, the 1861 census, has U Canada (i.e. Ontario). By birth order, Alex was the 3rd child of James and Eliza, and the oldest of the 3 children born between the 1851 and 1861 censuses.
Cemetery database has surname as "Connolley"
Censuses, however, indicate an earlier birthdate -- 1855 (per 1861 census) or 1854 (per 1871 census) (1881 census has children's ages that are incorrect by 6 to 11 years!). Birthplace also varies between Ontario and Quebec in records, but the (so far) earliest record for Alexander, the 1861 census, has U Canada (i.e. Ontario). By birth order, Alex was the 3rd child of James and Eliza, and the oldest of the 3 children born between the 1851 and 1861 censuses.
Cemetery database has surname as "Connolley"
Inscription
[unmarked]
Gravesite Details
Interment Date 11/29/1909
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