Connolly

(from Settlers)

William G. Connolly married Kate Thompson (-1936), the only daughter of Mary and William Thompson. She was born and raised in Watford. She graduated in Arts from University of Toronto; her husband was a fellow graduate of Varsity.

For seven years the Connollys served in a Canadian church mission school in Japan. There, Their only daughter, Mary, was born. The Connollys, upon coming to Canada on a furlough early in 1914, found that their return was cancelled after the outbreak of World War I. 

Mary went on to teach at Cornwall Collegiate. 

For many years, Kate Thompson Connolly developed a hobby of writing interesting biographical sketches of all the elderly residents of the district. These sketches were accepted for publication in daily newspapers. Her literary skill and genius in delving out many long-forgotten incidents has helped to record and preserve stories of our early pioneers that otherwise might have been forever lost.