Thomas Connors (1795 - abt. 1880)

Born 28 Aug 1795 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Husband of Mary Ann (Adams) O'Connor — married 1 May 1834 in Digby, Annapolis, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died about 1880 at about age 84 in Digby, Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas was born on Aug 28, 1795 and baptized on October 4, 1795 at St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He was the son of Michael Connors and Elizabeth Slate.

Thomas and family had moved from Lunenburg to Cap Forchu, Yarmouth Township, Nova Scotia, before the birth of his sister Elizabeth on September 1st, 1799. The Connors family surname was known by this time as O'Connor and the family moved to Broad Cove, Digby, NS, before the birth of Thomas' brother James on May 4th, 1813. His father Michael was listed as a yeoman so owned his own land around this time. (Deed research required).

Thomas married Mary Ann Adams on May 1st, 1834, in the Parish of Trinity, Digby. They had children: (profiles to be created)

• John
  
• Martha
• Michael
• Mary Elizabeth
• Charles W.
• Annie A.

According to William Edward Chute's A genealogy and history of the Chute family in America, Thomas passed away in 1860.

Research Notes

Some Ancestry and FamilySearch trees show Thomas Connors/O'Connor as being born around 1806. The 1871 Census records that he was 83 years old at that time. It is possible that the first Thomas Connors passed away young and his parents named a later son Thomas. Although no sources have yet been found to support this, it makes sense from the Census age standpoint.

Sources

• Shankle, Don. BMD Transcriptions, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia [1]
• Birth and Baptism from Parish Register: Baptism Records of St. John's (Anglican) Church, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. FamilySearch. Film # 008131526. Page 1010 of 1414. "1795. Octr. 4,- Thomas, born August 28, to Michael, & Elizabeth Connor. Sponsors, George Beener; Casper Heckman; Charlotte Beener. By Richard Money, Missionary." Note: Beener should read Boehner [2]
• Marriage: "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 005190406_001_M996-1K4; Image number: 89
  FamilySearch Record: 6ZQS-R84D (accessed 7 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBCK-RQG
  "Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Trinity, Digby, in the County of Annapolis, in the year 1834. By the Revd. Roger Viets. Thomas O'Connor, & Mary Ann Adams, both of this parish, by Licence, May 1st, 1834."
• 1871 Census: "1871 Census of Canada"
  Year: 1871; Census Place: Digby, Digby, Nova Scotia; Roll: C-10544; Page: 37; Family No: 144
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1578 #3450403 (accessed 8 January 2024)
  Thomas Oconnor (63), widowed, Farmer, in Digby, Digby, Nova Scotia. Born in Nova Scotia.
• Chute, William. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America (Salem, Mass, 1894) p. 30, 27, x, 2. [3]
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nsdigby/marriages/marr1.htm