Connery, Francis Daniel
Francis Daniel Connery Soundex Code C560
Francis Daniel Connery, coal;
born in: Chicago, on Friday, April 12, 1867;
son of: William Martin Connery and Mary E. Connery, nee: Mary E. Tobin
education: St. Stephen's School, (parochial) and St. Patrick's Academy, (commercial), Chicago; district school in Hamilton County, Iowa; public night school, Chicago;
married: Ellen Gertrude Connery, nee: Ellen Gertrude Osborne, of Chicago, on Thursday, November 26, 1891;
children: Ellen Marie Connery, Marie Jeannette Connery, Francis Daniel Connery, Jr., Vivian Connery, Dorothy Connery, John Joseph Connery (deceased before 1917).
Began as clerk for King & Bogle, coal merchants, 1883;
clerk and cashier, Silver Creek & Morris Coal Company, 1884-9;
clerk and assistant secretary, James W. Thatcher Coal Company, Omaha, Nebraska, 1889;
dock superintendent, Silver Creek & Morris Coal Company, West Superior, Wisconsin, 1890-1;
traveling salesman, dock superintendent and purchasing agent, Peabody Coal Company, 1892-1907; Francis Daniel Connery
purchasing agent, Miami Coal Company, 1907-9 and since 1917.
Alderman 28th Ward, Chicago, 1901-3 and 1907-9;
City Clerk of Chicago, Francis Daniel Connery 1909-15;
comptroller Sanitary District of Chicago, 1915-17.
Clubs: Illinois Club, Illinois Athletic Club.
Recreation: baseball.
Office: 1804 McCormick Building
Home: 1128 W. Columbia Avenue, Rogers Park
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1917, Rogers Park Directory, 1919, page 18.
