Kathleen Claire Connor

Brief Life History of Kathleen Claire

When Kathleen Claire Connor was born on 13 February 1887, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Joseph L Connor, was 33 and her mother, Hannah Crotty, was 29. She married Henry George Drexel on 18 October 1920, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Lake Township, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 29 May 1969, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, Alsip, Worth Township, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry George Drexel
1892–1970
Kathleen Claire Connor
1887–1969
Marriage: 18 October 1920
Francis Henry Drexel
1922–1922
Anna Claire Drexel
1923–1998
Joseph Henry Drexel
1926–1926
Agnes Lucy Drexel
1928–2000

Sources (15)

  • Claire C Drexel, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Kathleen Claire Connor, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949"
  • Clara Connor, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"

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Name Meaning

Irish and Manx: shortened form of O'Connor , which is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Conchobhair ‘descendant of Conchobhar’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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