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Feb 7, 2006 · Donnellys, The. Early in the morning of 4 Feb 1880, a party of armed men brutally murdered James Donnelly, a farmer living near the village of LUCAN, Ont, his wife Johannah, his sons Thomas and John, and his niece Bridget Donnelly. Two eyewitnesses, 11-year-old Johnny O'Connor, and James Donnelly's eldest son, William, claimed to have ...
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Lucan, Ont, urban area, population 2076 (2011c), 1997...
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Oct 30, 2014 · The family of James and Johannah Donnelly emigrated from Tipperary, Ireland, to Canada, and settled on land being given away at the time by the Governor of Upper Canada. They staked a claim and built their homestead on Lot 18 of the sixth concession of Biddulph Township in the spring of 1847. By the spring of 1880, The Black Donnelly homestead ...
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James Donnelly, 63, wife Johannah, 56, son Thomas, 25, and niece Bridget, 21, were home, as was an 11-year-old hired boy named Johnny O’Connor. (Johnny, the only survivor, later recounted the events of that night at Mr. Carroll’s trial.)
Feb 4, 2019 · 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 clubs, axes, pitchforks, shovels and guns. In Tipperary, Ireland, Roman Catholic James ...
Nov 21, 2018 · THE CHARACTERS. The notorious Donnelly family lived about two and a half miles east (4 km) and almost straight across from the home of our ancestors: John Culbert, his wife Mary (Ward) Culbert, and their sons and daughters. The Culberts lived on Lot 19, Concession 2 (the Coursey Line) and the Donnellys lived on Lot 18, Concession 6 (the Roman ...
James Donnelly then went into hiding. Almost two years later, James turned himself in to Jim Hodgins, a sympathetic Justice of the Peace. [5] James was sentenced to be hanged on September 17, 1859. A petition for clemency started by his wife Johannah caused his sentence to be reduced to seven years in Kingston Penitentiary.
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James Donnelly goes into hiding and a $400 reward is offered for his capture. 1858. Daughter Jennie is born. James turns himself in to authorities. He is convicted of the murder of Farrell and he is sentenced to be executed. Johannah and others gather petitions asking that James Donnelly’s sentence be commuted.
