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Edith Jessie McConnell

Edith Jessie McConnell

Female 1915 - 1995  (79 years)


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  • Name Edith Jessie McConnell 
    Birth 28 Jul 1915  Grindstone Island, Jefferson, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 3 Apr 1995  Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18956  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Frederick Albert McConnell,   b. 23 Jul 1884, Odessa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1970, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Edith Mae Calhoun,   b. 23 Sep 1888, Grindstone Island, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1962, Watertown, Jefferson, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 6 Aug 1905  Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11415  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clarence T. Majo 
    Family ID F762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • EDITH "JESSIE' MAJO, CAPE VINCENT, DIES AT 79
      Watertown Daily Times (NY) - April 3, 1995
      Edith "Jessie" Majo, 79, South Murray Street, died at 1:25 a.m. Sunday in the emergency room at Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, after being stricken with a heart attack at her home.

      The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. John's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Kathleen E. Adams-Shepherd officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery later in the spring.

      Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Simpson-Cleveland Funeral Home. Donations may be made to St. John's Episcopal Church Memorial Fund or the Cape Vincent Ambulance Fund.

      Surviving are a son, David, Ayer, Mass.; three daughters, Mrs. Daniel (Carolyn) Fitzgerald, Henrietta, Janet Majo, Cape Vincent, and Mrs. Richard (Barbara) Kelsey, Calcium; five brothers, Leland "Peter" McConnell, California, Chester McConnell, Watertown, Warren "Bucky" McConnell and Melzer McConnell, both of Mexico, and Calvin "Kelly" McConnell, Adams Center; four sisters, Wealtha Prior, Watertown, Jenny Brown, Three Mile Bay, Etta VanAlstine, Florida, and Aleatha Stewart, Marathon; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

      Three brothers, George, Albert and Barney McConnell, and three sisters, Emma Straite, Doris Maloney and Lana Jordan, died before her.

      Born July 28, 1915, on Grindstone Island, daughter of Frederick and Edith Calhoun McConnell, she attended area schools and married Clarence Majo Dec. 3, 1937, in Millens Bay Church. Mr. Majo died Dec. 28.

      Mrs. Majo was a waitress at the Carleton Hotel and later worked for the Buccaneer Motel.

      She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church and its St. John's Guild. She was also a member of the Capers Senior Citizens Club, the Cape Vincent Improvement League and the Cape Vincent Election Board.