Chilton Times March 28, 1881
Died – At her residence in this city, on the 22nd inst., Mrs. Mary Callaghan, aged 55 years and seven months. The deceased was born near Ballinafad, Co., Roscommon, Ireland, and with her parents, emigrated to the U.S. in 1847 and located in Rhode Island, where, in 1850 she was married to Patrick Harlow. In 1853 or 1854, she and her husband located near what is now the city of Chilton, and underwent the privations and hardships incident to pioneer life. He died in 1858, leaving four children, and she subsequently married James Callaghan, by whom she had three children. He died some years ago, and there now survives her, six children, several grandchildren, as well as her brothers, Patrick, Michael and James Connelly and one sister, Mrs. Owen Wade, all of whom were early settlers here, although now, widely scattered apart. The deceased was an excellent wife and mother, a faithful Christian, true friend and an obliging neighbor, and her death is deeply regretted by all who knew her. Reguiescat in pace.
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Be fruitful and multiply?
It looks like this particular Connelly Catholic couple took their biblical mandate quite seriously.
Here is a list of all the children of Patrick and Elizabeth:
Francis Connelly b.1850 Rhode Island
Mary Connelly b.1852 Rhode Island
Thomas Connelly b.1855 Rhode Island
Caroline Connelly b.1857 Wisconsin
Dennis Connelly (Quad) b.&d.22 Dec 1860 Chilton, Calumet Co, WI
Theresa Connelly (Quad) b.&d.22 Dec 1860 Chilton, Calumet Co, WI
Catherine Connelly (Quad) b.&d.22 Dec 1860 Chilton, Calumet Co, WI
Winifred Connelly (Quad) b.&d.22 Dec 1860 Chilton, Calumet Co, WI
Elizabeth Johanna Connelly b.17 Jan 1862 Chilton ,Calumet Co,WI
Catherine Connelly b.07 Mar 1865 Chilton ,Calumet Co, WI
Last I heard from other Connelly researchers, it was not known for sure if Patrick was a son of Dennis and Winifred Connelly, but that might have changed. So it is likely that Patrick is an elder brother of my ancestress Winnifred Connelly Cain.
Patrick and his wife Elizabeth Connelly lived in Chilton, Wisconsin after emigrating from Ireland in the late 1840s. Well, Patrick most likely did, I don’t know anything about Elizabeth, (although I think I read somewhere that they married before emigrating, don’t quote me on that, and it is not really relevant to the story).
Here is another piece that come out in the Madison paper a few years later. Looks like there was a competition going on in the state.
The only Patrick that comes close to Connelly in the Wisconsin 14th Infantry regiment is this one:
| Carny, Patrick | G | 02/05/62 | Enlisted | 10/03/62 | Killed |
But I don’t think he is the same man, or they have several errors in the records regarding him. A cursory search at Ancestry.com databases make me think that after the war Patrick and Elizabeth headed back to Rhode Island to work in the mills. Maybe farming wasn’t for him.
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