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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 ...
- Bruce Ricketts
A replica of the original Donnelly tombstone, belonging to Ray Fazakas, on display at the Lucan Area Heritage & Donnelly museum in Lucan-Biddulph, Ontario. The "Black" Donnellys were an Irish Catholic immigrant family who settled in Biddulph township, Upper Canada (later the province of Ontario), about 25 km northwest of London, in the 1840s.
On February 4,1880 the Donnelly farm was burned to the ground. The bodies of James, his beloved Johannah, son Tom and niece Bridget were in the ashes, the victims of a cruel and vicious mob. Another son lay dead in a separate murder the same night. To this day, despite a great deal of evidence (including an eye witness), no one has been found ...
and Johannah Donnelly became squatters (that is, people who took up their land without properly registering their ownership or paying for it). By the 1850s, confl ict, much of it violent, characterized life in Biddulph Township. The community was plagued by sheep killings, arson, numerous fi ghts and brawls, and by murder.
The Donnelly family. James Donnelly - patriarch (March 7, 1816–February 4, 1880) Johannah Donnelly - (née Magee, or MacGee) his wife, and mother of all the children (September 22, 1823–February 4, 1880) James Donnelly Jr. - son, (1842–1877) died of an illness or possibly shot[1] William Donnelly - son, born with a clubfoot (1845–1897)
Around 2 a.m., February 4, 1880. After killing Bridget, Tom, Johannah and James Sr., the mob travels to William’s house at Whalen’s Corners. The mob separates and surrounds the house. Members of the mob shout “fire”, hoping to awaken William. Instead, John awakes and goes to the door to see what is happening.
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Heaven and Hell on Earth: The Massacre of the"Black Donnellys". Donnelly, Johannah. Johannah Magee was born in 1820 in Ireland. Johannah (also known as Judy, Judith, Julia, etc.) married James Donnelly in 1840 and gave birth to a son (James Jr.) in 1841. The couple then moved to Canada where they settled in Biddulph Township along the Roman Line.
