Individual Details

Veronica (Vera) A. CONNOLLY

(14 Jan 1894 - 29 Jul 1976)

Vera's grandfather on her mother's side was Swiss, while her Connolly great-grandfather was from Castlehyde, Co. Cork, emigrating to England in the late 18th century. Vera's father was in the leather processing business, founding Connolly Leather, the Wimbledon-based company that eventually specialised in the manufacture of seating for luxury cars. Among the contracts awarded to the company was the provision of leather for the furnishings aboard the Queen Mary ocean liner, launched in 1936, for which Vera and her husband, Bob, received a free return voyage to New York.

Vera's aunt Maria Connolly was married to Bob's granduncle John Lynch.

    Events

    Birth14 Jan 1894Islington, London
    Marriage1921Kingston upon Thames, England - Robert (Bob) Edward HUSSEY
    Death29 Jul 1976Kingston upon Thames, Surrey

    Families

    SpouseRobert (Bob) Edward HUSSEY (1893 - 1947)
    ChildPhilippa Mary Josephine HUSSEY (1922 - 2020)
    ChildRuth Veronica M. HUSSEY (1925 - 2018)
    ChildElisabeth A. M. HUSSEY (1929 - 2017)
    ChildLiving
    FatherSamuel Frederick CONNOLLY (1858 - 1933)
    MotherJosephine SIMONA (1865 - 1956)
    Sibling'unknown' CONNOLLY (female) ( - )
    SiblingFrederick (Fred) Ignatius CONNOLLY (1895 - 1975)
    SiblingJoseph Eugene CONNOLLY (1898 - )
    SiblingEdward Philip CONNOLLY (1900 - 1975)
    SiblingWilfred John CONNOLLY (1903 - 1976)