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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.
The Black Donnelly story came to a brutal end in the early hours of February 4th, 1880 when a group of vigilantes, members of the “Biddulph Peace Society,” fell upon the Donnelly family homestead. Late in the night, there was a knock at the door. James answered and went to meet their visitors.
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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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 ...
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.
Nov 11, 2022 · The Family. The "Black" Donnellys were an Irish Catholic immigrant family who settled in Biddulph Township, Upper Canada (now Ontario), in the 1840s. James (Jim) (1816-1880) and Johannah (or Judith/Judy as she was known) (1823-1880) married in Ireland in 1840. Not long after their union, their eldest son James Jr. (1842-1877) was born.
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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.
