McConnell Ancestry - The Story of Harold William McConnell (1900-1988) and Marjorie Uldean Latta (1905-1988)

Harold McConnell and Marjorie Latta, c1922

The McConnell family emigrated from Ireland to Canada in 1826 (refer to the previous post about the McConnell Ancestry – Ireland to Canada). Harold William McConnell, a farmer, was born on July 30, 1900 in Percy Township, Northumberland, Ontario. He was the youngest of ten children born to William McConnell (1846-1930), when he was 54, and Mary Ann Bloomer (1856-1932), when she was 43.

Harold William McConnell, c1907

The Latta family emigrated from Ireland to Canada about 1850 (refer to the previous post about the Latta Ancestry – Ireland to Canada). Marjorie Uldean Latta was born in Toronto, Ontario on April 28, 1905. She was the second child of Walter James Latta, a cheesemaker (chaumber), who was born on August 12, 1873 and died on April 3, 1932, aged 58 in Healy Falls, Northumberland, Ontario. Walter was married to Sadie Elizabeth Coulson, who was born in 1881 in Hastings and died in 1941, aged 59. Walter and Sadie had two children. Their first child, James Cyril Latta, was born in 1901 in Northumberland.

 

Marjorie Uldean Latta, c1917

Marjorie Uldean Latta and Harold William McConnell were married on January 9, 1924 in Campbellford, Ontario. According to the Ontario Marriage Certificate (see the image below), Marjorie’s older brother, Cyril, signed as a witness. Harold was 23 and Marjorie was 18. Their marriage lasted 64 years, during which time they had nine children, six girls and three boys.

 

McConnell-Latta Marriage Certificate 1924

Harold William McConnell lived a long life and died on April 21,1988 at the age of 87. Marjorie Uldean Latta died in November 1988 aged 83.

 

Marjorie (Latta) and Harold McConnell, 1963