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Feb 4, 2019 · The most famous and grisly murders in Canadian history had a distinct Thorold connection. Because Patrick Donnelly was living in Thorold instead of Lucan in 1880, he escaped the gruesome fate that his family did not. Feb. 4 marks the 139th anniversary of the night the 'Black Donnellys' were slaughtered in their beds by Lucan townspeople—with ...
The Information and Complaint of James Carroll constable of the Township Biddulph taken this 9th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine before me the undersigned, one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, in and for the said County of Middlesex, who saith that John Donnelly of the Township Biddulph did, on the 9th day of October one thousand eight ...
Jun 21, 2019 · But after reading an article online about Patrick Donnelly’s descendants in the Thorold News — published on the anniversary of the horrific massacre of their ancestors on Feb. 4, 2019 — Jim ...
Nov 21, 2023 · In the spring of 1875, a fruit vendor named Thomas Gibbs stopped at Levett’s Hotel in Lucan with his son John. He put his horses and cart in the stable and retired for the night. Around 6 a.m., James Jr. arrived at the stable to take one of the horses the Donnelly’s kept there to St. Patrick’s Church for Mass.
Jun 21, 2019 · But after reading an article online about Patrick Donnelly’s descendants in the Thorold News — published on the anniversary of the horrific massacre of their ancestors on Feb. 4, 2019 — Jim Cameron contacted members of the Newman clan in St. Catharines, and met his new family for the first time this past winter.
Jennie married a James Currie and gave birth to 12 children, one of whom was a daughter named Jane. Jane in turn married Mike Egan. They had three children, including James Curry Egan, father of Richard Egan of Ottawa. When a John William Donnelly died childless in Detroit in 1973, the name Donnelly of the Roman Line of Biddolph died, too.
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Jul 6, 2023 · Sleeping in the house at the Donnelly homestead that night were James Donnelly Senior, his wife, Johanna, their son Tom, and a niece visiting from Ireland – 21-year-old Bridget. What the mob didn’t know was that an 11-year-old neighbour boy (some sources quote him as being 12 or 13), Johnny O’Connor, was spending the night at the house so he could help with chores in the morning.
