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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.
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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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. In total, the couple had eight children.
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.
Jan 9, 2017 · Lucan awoke this morning to shock the country with intelligence of the blackest crime ever committed in the Dominion. The crime consisted of the murder, or rather butchery, of a family of five — father, mother, two brothers, and a girl. The victims were named Donnelly, a family that has lived in the neighborhood for upwards of thirty years.
Heaven and Hell on Earth: The Massacre of the"Black Donnellys". Donnelly, James Sr. James Donnelly, born in Ireland about 1816, married Johannah (Judith) Magee in Ireland in 1840. In 1841 Johannah gave birth to their first child, James Jr.. Not long after, James decided to move his family to Canada where he fathered seven additional children.
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Seared into the Ottawa man’s consciousness is a 125-year-old story: Religious strife, territorial battles and family revenge led to the bloody lynching of his ancestors, the infamous “Black Donnellys” of Lucan, Ont. The mass murder was sealed with the torching of the Donnelly home: Out of the ashes, a legend — part fact, part fiction ...
