Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND
Living

WIFE
Mary MCDONNELL
BIRTH	23 June 1843	Goleen, Ireland²⁶⁵⁶
IMMIGRATION	before 1883	No female McDonnells in the 1872 Buffalo Directory
DEATH	5 February 1934	Buffalo, Erie, New York²⁶⁵⁷
BURIAL	8 February 1934	Holy Cross
MISC		Liked to read, had a book from Ireland
RESIDENCE		Corner of South and Vandalia St.
OCCUPATION		Studied bookkeeping in Ireland.;
MISC		Looked like Whistler's mother by the fire.
MISC		Liked to dance the jig with Kate
MISC		Left her husband, cause never discussed.
MISC		Oldest child, Came to US first with Jo(n33
FATHER	Patrick MCDONNELL
MOTHER	Hanora MAHANEY


CHILDREN
1.	Living MALE

2.	Catherine CONNELL FEMALE
	MISC		Liked to live in the city
	OCCUPATION		Upstairs maid;
	BIRTH		Buffalo, Erie, New York
	DEATH		Buffalo, Erie, New York (buried in front of St. Teresa's on Seneca St.)
	MISC		house where she worked
	MISC		delivering vegs to the back door of the
	MISC		She met her husband when he was a farmer
	MISC		Lived to be very old (94)

3.	Mary CONNELL FEMALE
	BIRTH	about 1874	Buffalo, Erie, New York
	DEATH	about 1928	Buffalo, Erie, New York
	MISC		Was an extrordinary seamstress to the rich
	RESIDENCE		Dodge St. Orphan asylum
	OCCUPATION		Became a nun age 36, Order of St. Francis;
	MISC		Florie Mahoney. Possibly second oldest sib
	MISC		John's daughter Mary McDonnell who married
	MISC		entered the convent, to care for her uncle
	MISC		She went back to Ireland before she