James Leslie Connelly Jr.
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1923 - Collinsville, Madison, Illinois, USA
Christening:
Death: 27 Oct 1983 - Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Burial: 29 Oct 1983 - Arcadia Valley Memorial Park, Ironton, Iron, Missouri, USA
Cause of Death:
Find A Grave ID: 171078500
Events
• Soc Sec Num: Social Security #: 500-16-1927.
Parents
Father: James Leslie Connelly Sr.
Mother: Edith Estelle Gain {FGID: 115539412}
Spouses and Children
1. *Wanda Frances Piontkowski {FGID: 171078515}
Marriage: 4 Feb 1946 - St. Joseph's Chapel, Arcadia Academy, Arcadia, Iron, Missouri, United States
Notes
General:
Per 1930 U S Census: Arcadia Township, Iron County, MissouriMarriage Notes (Wanda Frances Piontkowski)
Head of Household is James L Connelly, Sr, who owns his house valued at $2,000. He is a 44 year old white male, married at age 29, born in Illinois, his father in Kentucky and mother in Ohio. He is employer/operator of a service station. He is not a veteran. His wife 41 year old Edith E. was 41 when she married. She was born in Illinois, as were her parents. Children living at home are - daughter, Nelda P., 18 and single, born in Illinois; son Charles W., age 13 born in Illinois; daughter Alice L., age 9 born in Illinois; and son James L., Jr. age 6 born in Illinois.
Renting from them is James's mother Lucy A. Connelly, paying $10 a month (Note-her jounal says she lived in a cabin on their property), is 77 years old, was born in Illinois, her father in Ohio, her mother in Pennsylvania.
Also renting is James S. Connelly, 32 years old, paying $6 month. James was first married at age 30. He was born in Indiana, father in Kentucky, mother in Illinois. He is an employee in a service station. His 25 year old wife, Beulah L. was married at age 23. Born in Missouri as was her father, her mother was born in Kentucky.
Per 1940 US Census : 5/27/1940 Shepherd Mountain Road, Arcadia Township, Iron County, Missouri
J. L. Connley is the 54 year old white male head of household, who owns his home valued at $10,000. He was born in Illinois, as were all the family members, and in 1935 they lived in rural Iron, Missouri. Educated through 1 year of high school, he works on his own account as manager in the refined oil retail industry. His wife is 51 year old Edith who was educated through eighth grade and now works in the home. Lillian is their 19 year old daughter, a student who has completed 2 years of college. James L. Jr is the 16 year old son, a student who has completed 3 years of high school.
Per WWII Draft Registration image 6/30/1942
James Leslie Connelly, Jr. is 18 years old, resides in Ironton, Iron, Missouri, mailing address Camp Lander in Lander, Wyoming. No telephone number. He was born in Collinsville, Illinois. The relative who will always know his address is J. L. Connelly, Sr. Occupation is student at University of Missouri. James is described as white, blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion, 5'11" tall and 138 lbs.
WWII Enlistment record per File Unit Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946
Data Table: ARMY SERIAL NUMBER ELECTRONIC FILE: MERGED PROCESSED FILE ENLISTMENT CARD RECORDS
Member of: Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration; Series: World War II Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002
Name: James L Jr Connelly Name (Original):CONNELLY JAMES L JR
Event Type:Military Service
Event Date:26 Feb 1943
Term of Enlistment:Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Event Place: Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, United States
Race:White Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year:1923 Birthplace: ILLINOIS
Education Level:1 year of college
Civilian Occupation:Attendants, filling stations and parking lots
Marital Status:Single, without dependents
Military Rank:Private
Army Branch:Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Army Component:Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Reference:Civil Life
Serial Number:37604743
Affiliate Publication Title:Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946
Affiliate ARC Identifier:1263923
Box Film Number:12376.3
Per "Missouri, Reports of Separation Notices, 1941-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q4-89DW : accessed 17 July 2017), James L Connelly, 15 Jan 1946; citing Military Service, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
Name:James L Connelly
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 15 Jan 1946
Event Place: Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
Event Place (Original): Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas
Marital Status:Single
Birth Date:13 Sep 1923
Birthplace:Collinsville, Illinois
Digital Folder Number:007485584
Image Number:00281
Per Columbia, Missouri 1949 City Directory
Connelly, Jas L jr (Wanda F) student h 201½ E 3rd
Per Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) 9/1/1950
Baby-Sitting Graduates:
Camden Girl and Husband Alternated Tending Own Children at College
There's a picture of a smiling family group on the mantel in the home of Mrs. Sophia Piontkowski, 402 Linden street, that tells a novel story of the American way of life in 1950.
Grins almost as broad as the graduates' bespangled mortar-board hats they are wearing light the faces of Mrs. Piontkowski's daughter Wanda and her son-in-law James L. Connelly Jr. The couple are pictured gowned for commencement exercises at the University of Missouri, where both recently received degrees.
What makes the picture unusual for a graduation photo is not just that it shows husband and wife, both happy over their honors, but each is holding an equally pleased looking child.
Alternated as Sitters
And thereby hangs the story of how James Connelly, ex-GI from Ironton. Mo., and his wife, the former Wanda Piontkowski, ex-Coast Guard Spar from Camden, alternated as baby sitters while earning their degrees at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Mo.
"For several terms," Mrs.Piontkowski said today, "my daughter Wanda, and her husband, James. spelled each other as baby-sitters for their own children while attending classes at college."
It began, Mrs. Piontkowski said, when Wanda Frances, now 3, and Jeril Ann, now 2, were still too young to be left with any outside babysitter.
Shifted for Classes
So James. who was studying for his master's degree in geology, went to college in the mornings, while his wife held down the household. In the afternoon Mrs. Connelly attended the classes in home economics which won her a bachelor of science degree, and James was baby-sitter.
The couple was wed in Arcadia, Mo., in 1946, after both had been discharged from the service. The former Wanda Piontkowski spent two years in the Spars. Her husband served in the Army.
Mrs. Connelly attended Holy Name and Camden High school; was a counsellor at Camp Roosevelt and Camp Kimble, girl scout camps, and was active in the Soroptimist club. Her father was the late Bronislaw Piontkowski.
Per Columbia, Missouri 1951 City Directory
Connelly, Jas L jr (Wanda F) instr MU h 201½ E 3rd av
Per Times-Picayune 2/14/1960
Contracts:
James L. Connelly, owner: Anthony M. Arnona, contractor: no surety: residence, Aurora Gardens, 216 Maumus, price $7411. [per Mary this was an addition to the house]
Per the Times-Picayune 4/20/1961
Officers were elected at a meeting of the Holy Name Society of St. Andrew the Apostle church in Aurora Gardens, Algiers, at a meeting held in the school cafetorium.
The new officers are James Connelly, president; Richard Rovegno, vice-president; Matthew Laura, secretary; John Kent, treasurer. The officers will be installed at a banquet on May 17, at 7:30 p. m., in the school cafetorium.
Per the Times-Picayune 4/22/1961
HOLY NAME GROUP ELECTS CONNELLY
James Connelly has been elected president of the Holy Name Society of St. Andrew the Apostle church, Algiers, succeeding Anthony Guell, according to an announcement Friday by the Rev. Paul Brewerton , pastor and spiritual director.
Other new officers, all of whom will be installed May 17, are Richard Rovegna, vice-president; Matthew Laura, secretary; and John Kent, treasurer.
The unit will sponsor a dance for parishioners Saturday, April 29, from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m., in the parish school cafeteria.
Per Times-Picayune 5/19/1970
Candidates for City Human Relations Committee
DISTRICT A (Algiers)
Black -- Charles Gambrell Sr., 53, 1423 Pdeon, insurance salesman; Alvin Sargent, 38, 3311 Simpson Pl., oil company accountant; Harold Vincent, 30, 1440 Casa Calco, Xavier University professor.
White -- James Connelly Jr., 47, 216 Maumus, oil company geologist; The Rev. Francis Hannigan, 52, 904 Summer, pastor of St. Julian Eymard Church.
Per Times-Picayune 5/23/1970
HRC Candidates Outline Local Problems, Solutions
..."Asked to choose one community problem and tell what the HRC could do about it, each of the candidates gave these answers:
Connelly:"The city's under-privileged people have many problems - education, welfare, housing, employment. But the majority of inquiries we get at the Answer desk are about employment, most of them from people on welfare. These people don't want to be on welfare; they want to work.
"Our biggest contribution in this area can be through legislation, such as a Fair Employment Practices Standard to fill in the gaps not covered by federal legislation."
Per Times-Picayune 6/17/1970
District A, Algiers, candidates elected were Francis Hannigan, with 594 votes, and Alvin Sargent, who received 468 votes. Also in the Algiers race and number of votes received were Charles Gambrell, 202; Harold Vincent, 387; and James Connelly, 459.
Per "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJNY-MW6M : 16 May 2014), James L Connelly, Residence, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
Name: James L Connelly
Residence Date:01 Jan 1998
Residence Place:Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1923
Address:Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
Possible Relatives:Peter Andrew Connelly, Wanda P Connelly
Record Number:781198451
Per Obituary in the Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) October 28, 1983 Page 28
CONNELLY
James L. Connelly, Jr., on Thursday, October 27, 1983, husband of the late Wanda P. Connelly; father of Wanda Connelly Heron, of Hurst, TX, Fabian Connelly Prendergast, of Fort Worth, TX, Mary Connelly Silbernagel, and Jeril Connelly Ferrara, both of New Orleans, LA, Paul James Connelly, of Lafayette, LA, Peter Andrew Connelly and John Patrick Connelly, both of Baton Rouge, LA; also survived by 5 grandchildren. Age 70 years, a native of Collinsville, IL, and a resident of Baton Rouge.
Relatives and friends of the family, are invited to attend the funeral. Services on Friday, October 28, 1983 at 9:00 a.m. from Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, Baton Rouge, LA.
Interment in Arcadia Valley Memorial Park, Ironton, MO.
Per Obituary in the Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) October 28, 1983 Page 36
Connelly Jr., James L.
Died Thursday, Oct. 27, 1983 at his residence in Baton Rouge. He was 70, a native of Collinsville, Ill. He was a Lands Explorations Manager with Ethel Corp. and a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. Religious services at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church at 9 a.m. Friday. Burial at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Arcadia Valley Memorial Park, Ironton, Missouri. Survived by four daughters, Wanda Connelly Herron, Hurst, Texas, Fabian Connelly Prendergast, Ft. Worth, Mary Connelly Silbernagel and Geril Connelly Ferrara, both of New Orleans; three sons, Paul James Connelly, Lafayette, Peter Andrew Connelly and John Patrick Connelly, both of Baton Rouge; two sisters, Lillian and Nelda; and five grandchildren. Preceded in death by his wife, Wanda. He was a member of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church and an active member of both the Evangeline and Istrouma Councils of the Boy Scouts of America. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to the Boy Scouts of America. Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., in charge of arrangements.
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index : U.S., Date of Import: Aug 2, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.111.6.50350.56]
Individual: Connelly, James
Social Security #: 500-16-1927
Issued in: Missouri
Birth date: Sep 13, 1923
Death date: Oct 27, 1983
Per Findagrave.com James L Connelly, Jr
Birth:1923
Death:1983
Burial: Arcadia Valley Memorial Park Arcadia, Iron County, Missouri, USA
Created by: Judie Latshaw Huff
Record added: Oct 09, 2016
Find A Grave Memorial# 171078500
Per Marriage License:
Authorizes marriage between James L. Connelly, Jr. of Ironton, in the county of Iron, in the state of Missouri, who is of the age of twenty-two years, and Wanda Piontkowski of Camdem, in the county of Cambden, and state of New Jersey, who is of the age of twenty-one years.
Witnessed by Clara Schwab before the clerk of court R. C. Jones on February 1, 1946.
The marriage was solemnized by Catholic priest J. S. Moser of Acadia in Iron County on the 4th of February, 1946 and filed at the clerk's office on February 8, 1946. Father Moser is pastor of St. Joseph Parish of Arcadioa, Missouri.
Per Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) Feb 20, 1946
Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Wanda Barbara Pointkowski, daughter of
Mrs. Bronislaw Pointkowski, 402 Linden street, and the late Mr. Pointkowski, to Mr. James Leslie Connelly, Jr., son or Mr. and Mrs. Connelly, Ironton. Mo., which took place Feb. 4 at a Nuptial Mass in St. Joseph's Chapel, Arcadia College, Arcadia, Mo., with the Rev. J. S. Moser officiating.
Miss Jeronne Pointkowski was her sister's only attendant, and Lieut. George Pallo, AUS, Arcadia, was best man.
The bride has returned to Washington, D. C., where she is serving with the Coast Guard
assigned to the Communications Division at Coast Guard headquarters.
Mr. Connelly was recently discharged from the Army after more than a year's service in the European theatre. Both he and his bride will resume their studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia, following her discharge.