Family:Martin Connolly and Margaret Gold (1)

Martin Connolly was born in Ireland January 1849. He married on 13 January 1876 Margaret Gould/Gold, who was born in New Jersey in March 1858, daughter of Martin Gould/Gold and Ann Smith, both born in Scotland.

At the time of the 1900 Census, they were living in Union Twp, Bergen Co., N.J. in a home they owned. They later moved to Rutherford. Martin had immigrated in 1870. He is obviously related to Thomas Connolly (say 1810-1882), since many of the witnesses at baptisms and weddings are from the Connolly and McEnery families. He also shares the family occupation, since he was a butcher. They were members of St. Mary’s Parish, Nutley, Essex Co., N.J.

A page one article in the 12 Feb 1894 issue of the New Brunswick Daily News-Times recounts that he stepped off his train into the path of another train and was left with a fractured skull and broken shoulder. "For years he conducted a meat store in Lyndhurst, but recently has been employed in the machine shops of the D. L. and W. roads at Kingland [sic]." "Martin Connolly was formerly a resident of this city, where he carried on the butchering business. He is married to a daughter of Robert Gold, engineer at the Fruit Jar works, who resides at 66 Morrell St."

1. ↑ New Jersey, United States. New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985. (FamilySearch Record Search).

   "New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZLM-S5D : accessed 09 Feb 2013), Martin Connolly and Margaret Gold, 13 Jan 1876; citing reference p 138 rn 20, FHL microfilm 494158.

2. ↑ United States. Bureau of the Census. 10th census, 1880. New Jersey, 1880 federal census : soundex and population schedules. (Washington [District of Columbia]: The National Archives, 19--?).

   Martin Conley household, 1880 U.S. Federal Census, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ, p. 162A, Dwelling 31, Family 55.

3.   Martin Connolly household, 1920 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Lyndhurst, Bergen, New Jersey, Dwelling 198, Family 209, jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, <http://www.ancestry.com>, accessed 7 July 2011.