Robert Connor, a grandchild of John and Mary Connor, passed on November 15th, 2024. His Funeral (at Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago) and internment (at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Evergreen Park, IL) were on Thursday, December 19th, 2024.

Rob and I connected over Facebook a few years ago, and had an occasional but steady correspondence. He was also an “Admin” for the Connor family’s Facebook page: helping recruit family members to join, and helping decide when those requesting to join really were members of the family.

I learned of Rob’s passing from his friend and colleague, Kathleen Ward. She was one of the first to learn of his passing, and reached out to me as the only person she could find who was a relative of Rob’s.

Below are the introduction I gave at the start of Rob’s Funeral Mass, and the Eulogy that was delivered by Kathleen.

John Connor, born in Market Hill, Northern Ireland, migrated to the United States as a young man.  Where he met and married Mary Jennings in 1896.  They eventually moved from a small town near near Erie, Pennsylvania to the South Side of Chicago.  Many of their descendants still live in the Chicago area, but can be found all over the United States as well.

This page is intended to help the descendants and relatives of John and Mary reconnect with each other, and with our shared past.  We are very interested in receiving stories of family members, genealogical information, news articles, letters, photos, old films, etc., for publication here.  Please use the “Contact Page” to let us know about you and your connection to the family.

If you are a direct descendant of John and Mary Connor, there is also a private Facebook Group for their descendants, which can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/JohnAndMaryConnorFamily/

We look forward to hearing from you!