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Florence Marion O'Connell[1]

Female 1898 - 1928  (29 years)


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  • Name Florence Marion O'Connell 
    • Parents: James and Eliza (McEvoy) O'Connell.
    Born 10 Sep 1898  Hardwick, MA, US Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 14 Jun 1910  Hardwick, MA, US Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 5 Jan 1920  670 Dwight Street, Holyoke, MA, US Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 27 Aug 1928  Holyoke, MA, US Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 30 Aug 1928  Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Cottage Grove Rd, Bloomfield, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12019  Smithwick Family Tree
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2025 

    Family John Patrick Shea,   b. 3 Oct 1900, Hartford, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1972, Hartford, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 10 Oct 1923  Immaculate Conception Church, Hartford, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. John Patrick Shea, Jr.,   b. 15 Jul 1924, Hartford, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1942, At sea Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2025 
    Family ID F3840  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S949] Obituary - Florence (O'Connell) Shea, (Hartford Courant).
      Funeral of Mrs. John P. Shea.

      The funeral of Mrs. Florence M. (O'Connell) Shea, wife of John P. Shea, was held Thursday morning at her home. 550 Hudson Street, and at St. Peter's Church. Rev. James E. Dargan was celebrant of the solemn requiem high mass: Rev. Walter J. Kenney deacon, and Rev. James Woods sub-deacon. George A. Dunn sang "Some Sweet "Ave Maria" at the offertory and "Beautiful Land On High" at the close of the service. The floral tributes include offerings from the Providence Hospital Nurses' Training School alumnae, the Kerry Social club and Holyoke telephone operators. The bearers were P. O'Connell, Roland B. O'Connell. Gerald F. O'Connell, James C. McCall, John C. Shea and Cornelius J. Crowley. Burial was in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery. Rev. James E. Dargan conducted the service.

    2. [S940] Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915, (Ancestry), https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5062/images/41262_b139439-00492.

    3. [S120] United States Census, 1910, (Family History Library), https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/records/111528361.
      The pagination is off -- Florence is on sheet 15-A aged 12, born in Vermont, and her parents James and Eliza appear on sheet 15-B. Siblings include: Charles (14), Gerald (10), Roland (8), and Gracie (5).

    4. [S17] United States Census, 1920, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6061/images/4301097-00521.

    5. [S402] Connecticut Vital Records, (https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/marriage-records/).