McConnell, William Gilmour^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24]}

1854 - 1931  (76 years)

• Name	McConnell, William Gilmour  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 25, 26, 27, 28]
  Birth	11 Jul 1854	At Sea   [7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 25]
  	In transit from Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1901	Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	Abt. 1 Jun 1911	Welland, Niagara, Ontario, Canada   [11, 12]
  	Residence Religion: Episcopal; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	1 Jun 1921	Niagara Twp, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada   [13, 14]
  	Residence Religion: Church Of England; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	Abt. 1930	Port Robinson East, Welland, Ontario, Canada   [17, 26]
  Death	26 Apr 1931	Port Robinson, Niagara, Ontario, Canada   [15, 19, 21, 22, 25]
  Funeral	28 Apr 1931	Port Robinson, Niagara, Ontario, Canada   [22, 23]
  Burial	28 Apr 1931	Saint Paul's Anglican Cemetery, Port Robinson, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada   [15, 19, 21, 23, 27, 28]
  Person ID	I402273470675	Rick Dondo's Family
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2026

  
  

  Family	Schermerhorn, Emma "Blanche",   b. 7 Nov 1864, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA d. 11 Dec 1928, Welland, Niagara, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	21 Nov 1882	Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada   [19, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32]
  	Type: Spousal
  Children	1. McConnell, Edith May,   b. 31 Aug 1883, Napanee, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Jan 1970, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years)   2. McConnell, William J,   b. Abt. 1885, USA   3. McConnell, Norma Blanche,   b. 1 Oct 1885, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada d. Sep 1965, Canada (Age 79 years)   4. McConnell, William "Earl",   b. 5 Aug 1888, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA d. 16 Jul 1973, Canada (Age 84 years)   5. McConnell, Bessie Edna,   b. 15 Oct 1890, Ontario, Canada d. 1976, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F3351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2026

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 11 Jul 1854 - At Sea Marriage - Type: Spousal - 21 Nov 1882 - Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1901 - Ontario, Canada Residence - Abt. 1 Jun 1911 - Welland, Niagara, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1 Jun 1921 - Niagara Twp, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada Burial - 28 Apr 1931 - Saint Paul's Anglican Cemetery, Port Robinson, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item It is described as "Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 592". [S1516668161] Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Canada, Ontario, Marriages [ENH], (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 186". [S1516668161] Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Canada, Ontario, Marriages [ENH], (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item It is described as "Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 186". [S1502254883] Ancestry.com, Canada Census 1901 [ENH], (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). 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As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item It is described as "Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Delayed Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, "90" Series, 1869-1911, 1913; Series: MS933; Reel: 11; Record Group: RG 80-2". [S1502257697] Ancestry.com, Canada Census 1911 [ENH], (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "Year: 1911; Census Place: 9 - Crowland, Welland, Ontario; Page: 5; Family No: 41". [S1502257697] Ancestry.com, Canada Census 1911 [ENH], (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item It is described as "Year: 1911; Census Place: 9 - Crowland, Welland, Ontario; Page: 5; Family No: 41". [S1502252567] Ancestry.com, Canada Census 1921 [ENH], (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 70; Census Place: 70, Lincoln, Ontario; Page Number: 17". [S1502252567] Ancestry.com, Canada Census 1921 [ENH], (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item It is described as "Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 70; Census Place: 70, Lincoln, Ontario; Page Number: 17". [S0000100001] Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry), 000[SD-Own]: Ancestry's Find A Grave Indices / Catalogues, (Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry)). As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item [S0000100002] Newspapers.com, 000[SD-Own]: Newspapers.com, (Newspapers.com). As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item [S1626844336] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, The Ontario Name Index, 1812-2023, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Call Number not provided. A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "Ontario Genealogical Society; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Ontario Name Index; Record Group Number: Ngr4675". The contributor provided no additional descriptive information. The information was at the time and may yet be available here, on an Internet service, access to which may or may not also be subject to a subscription. [S1626844336] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, The Ontario Name Index, 1812-2023, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Call Number not provided. As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item It is described as "Ontario Genealogical Society; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Ontario Name Index; Record Group Number: Ngr4675".A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "Canadian Headstones; Canada". As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item It is described as "Canadian Headstones; Canada". [S1584398094] FamilySearch, 000[SD-Web]: FamilySearch, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints). A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "G8M7-929". The contributor provided no additional descriptive information. Reported as having been published or sourced on or about 2026/04/08. The information was at the time and may yet be available here, on an Internet service, access to which may or may not also be subject to a subscription. [S0000100001] Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry), 000[SD-Own]: Ancestry's Find A Grave Indices / Catalogues, (Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry)). An online memorial for "William Gilmore McConnell 1931" can be reviewed on the public and free Find a Grave service. It may offer connections to his or her parents, siblings, children, and generations beyond. It may also contain stories that are not documented on your host's tree or this website. Your host has graciously offered a file identified as an image of a headstone with a title of "Headstone - William Gilmore McConnell (1854)", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: Headstone for William Gilmore McConnell (1854) NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Published or taken in Port Robinson, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada on or about 10 Aug 2023 No place of birth was identified The offered date of birth is: 1923 The offered place of death is: Transcona The offered date of death is: 2005 Cemetery / final disposition identified as: Transcona Cemetery The following people have been identified as mentioned in the image: Joseph Kaminski The content of the image has not been transcribed Media / Image file of types: (jpg - jpeg; image - headstone) File size: 50740 bytes; Image size (pixels): 250 wide by 445 high Available for viewing with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. Or it can also be viewed on this site, which may also require a subscription. A publicly accessible image of this headstone and a memorial to this individual is very likely available via the "Find a Grave" service which is probably cited as a "SOURCE" for details and events that are part of this person's story. Ancestry record number reported as: N/A [S0000300002] Various, 000[SD-Own]: Media items collected on Ancestry® family trees: Headstones, (Various). Your host has graciously offered a file identified as an image of a headstone with a title of "Headstone - William Gilmore McConnell (1854)", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: Headstone for William Gilmore McConnell (1854) NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Published or taken in Port Robinson, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada on or about 10 Aug 2023 No place of birth was identified The offered date of birth is: 1923 The offered place of death is: Transcona The offered date of death is: 2005 Cemetery / final disposition identified as: Transcona Cemetery The following people have been identified as mentioned in the image: Joseph Kaminski The content of the image has not been transcribed Media / Image file of types: (jpg - jpeg; image - headstone) File size: 50740 bytes; Image size (pixels): 250 wide by 445 high Available for viewing with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. Or it can also be viewed on this site, which may also require a subscription. A publicly accessible image of this headstone and a memorial to this individual is very likely available via the "Find a Grave" service which is probably cited as a "SOURCE" for details and events that are part of this person's story. Ancestry record number reported as: N/A [S0000300009] Various, 000[SD-Own]: Media items collected on Ancestry® family trees: Images of obituaries, (Various). Your host has graciously offered a file identified as an image of an obituary with a title of "Obituary - William Gilmore McConnell (1854)", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: Obituary for William Gilmore McConnell (1854), as published in The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune on 1931/04/27 (page 8); via Newspapers.com NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Published in Welland, Ontario, Canada on 27 Apr 1931 No place of birth was identified No date of birth was identified No place of death was identified No date of death was identified The location of the death was not identified No cemetery was identified Though there may be such, no people have been identified by the contributor as having been mentioned in the notice The notice has not been transcribed Media / Image file of types: (jpg - [png]; image - obituary) File size: 821173 bytes; Image size (pixels): 930 wide by 1624 high Available for viewing with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. 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Your host has graciously offered a file identified as an image of a newspaper article with a title of "Funeral Report - William Gilmore McConnell (1854)", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: Funeral Report for William Gilmore McConnell (1854), as published in the Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune on 1931/04/30 (page 3); via Newspapers.com NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Published in Welland, Ontario, Canada on 30 Apr 1931 Though there may be such, no people have been identified by the contributor as having been mentioned in the notice The article has not been transcribed Media / Image file of types: (jpg - [png]; image - Newspaper article) File size: 316052 bytes; Image size (pixels): 743 wide by 688 high Available for viewing with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. 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Your host has graciously offered an image file identified as a document with a title of "Index Card by Therese (Dondo) Dandy (1944) about Edith May (McConnell) Dandy (1883)", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: Index Card by Therese (Dondo) Dandy (1944) about Edith May (McConnell) Dandy (1883); The location of early family settlement should read as "Wolfe Island", part of the "Thousand Islands" area in the St Lawrence River NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Presented as pertaining to Canada on Abt. 15 Jul 1985 The pertinent institution was not identified Though there may be such, no people have been identified by the contributor as having been mentioned in the document Media / Image (jpg - [png]; image - document]) File size: 139807 bytes; Image size (pixels): 928 wide by 657 high Available for download with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. Ancestry record number reported as: N/A [S1502254493] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees (Public and Private) [ENH], (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.). A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "Ancestry Family Tree". [S1626844336] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, The Ontario Name Index, 1812-2023, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Call Number not provided. As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item It is described as "Ontario Genealogical Society; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Ontario Name Index; Record Group Number: Ngr4675". [S1520496967] Ancestry.com, Web: CanadianHeadstones.com Index, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Call Number not provided. A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "Canadian Headstones; Canada". [S1520496967] Ancestry.com, Web: CanadianHeadstones.com Index, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Call Number not provided. As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item It is described as "Canadian Headstones; Canada". [S0000100001] Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry), 000[SD-Own]: Ancestry's Find A Grave Indices / Catalogues, (Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry)). As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item [S0000100002] Newspapers.com, 000[SD-Own]: Newspapers.com, (Newspapers.com). As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item [S0000100001] Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry), 000[SD-Own]: Ancestry's Find A Grave Indices / Catalogues, (Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry)). An online memorial for "Emily Blanche Schermahorn McConnell 11 Dec 1928" can be reviewed on the public and free Find a Grave service. It may offer connections to his or her parents, siblings, children, and generations beyond. It may also contain stories that are not documented on your host's tree or this website. [S1584398094] FamilySearch, 000[SD-Web]: FamilySearch, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints). A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "96ZH-PTS". The contributor provided no additional descriptive information. Reported as having been published or sourced on or about 2026/04/08. The information was at the time and may yet be available here, on an Internet service, access to which may or may not also be subject to a subscription.