Click on the trees to see information about William & Mary’s parents
William Connors was born on 1st of May 1863 in Newport. His parents were Patrick Connors and Margaret McNulty. His mother died when he was three years old. For a while he lived with his sister Mary and her husband in Castle Street. He worked as a labourer and was involved in a number of brawls with his neighbours in Mellon Square. He died on 16 October 1900, aged 37.

Mary Collins was born on 6 February 1863 in Newport. Her parents were Patrick Collins and Johanna Hegarty. She worked as a charwoman. Like her husband, she too was involved in a number of court cases as a witness and as a defendant. She died on 14 August 1935.

William and Mary married in 1885 and lived in Mellon Square. They had four children, only two of whom survived to adulthood.
Click on the branches to see information about William and Mary’s children. The diagram below shows the tree to their granddaughter, Mary Connors.






