CONNELLY, Bridget (d. 1900)
Friday night last, between 8 and 9 o'clock, the soul of Mrs. Edw. Connelly went back to its Maker from whence it came. She has been sick for a month or more and from the reason of her advanced age, 80 years, it was not thought at any time she would again regain her health. Mrs. Connelly came to Fairhaven about thirty years ago, in company with her husband and together they have lived here, on the old homestead, in Happy Valley, through all these years. She leaves a husband and three children - one son and two daughters - Patrick, Mrs. Henry Osier and Mrs. S. Hoyt. She was buried from the Church of the Assumption on Monday morning, Rev. Father Boulet officiating. A large congregation of friends were present to pay their last respects to a kind and noble woman and loving neighbor.
(From The Fairhaven Times, October 26, 1900) Submitted by Cathy Padden Atkinson
