The theme
for this week is brother and even though I have four brothers, I will talk
about one of my mother’s brothers. She had three brothers, but only knew two of
them. In his short life, Leo is only named in five records.
Leo, her
oldest brother, was born on Sunday April 4, 1897.[i]
He was baptized on 18 April 1897 at St Columbkille Catholic Church in Chicago,
Illinois. His sponsors were John Connery, his father’s brother and Mary Hogan,
his mother’s niece.[ii]
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| St Columbkille Church, Chicago, IL photo posted at ancestry.com by PatrickWSmith |
A single
appearance in the 1900 census is Leo’s only federal record and shows three-
year old Leo at home with his sisters Mary, Katherine, and Alice.[iii]
On 4 March
1905 Leo died of appendicitis complicated by septic anemia.[iv]
Leo was
buried on 8 Mar 1905 in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.
It has been
said that there is a stained glass window in his memory installed at St Mel
Church but I have never seen it.
[i] Illinois, Chicago Catholic Church Records
1833-1925, "FamilySearch.org," database with images, familysearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVMN-RNYY : online 9 December 2016),
birth and baptism of Leo Michael Connery.
[ii] Ibid
[iii] 1900
U S Census, , pop sch, 28th Ward, enumeration district (ED) 851, page 12, 213,
Leo M Connery; digital images, ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com:
accessed 23 November 2015); United States of America. Bureau of the Census.
[iv] Illinois,
Archdiocese of Chicago, Cemetery Records, 1864-1989, Register of Deaths, p161;
Family Search. https://familysearch.org,
FHL film 4372654, database with images, accessed 4 Aug 2019.
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