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Jun 21, 2019 · 1 / 1 An article in the Thorold News alerted James Cameron, grandson of Will Donnelly, about the Newman family - descendants of Patrick Donnelly living in Niagara. Pictured (l-r) are Peter Newman, Jim Cameron, Matt Newman and Andy Newman.
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.
When a John William Donnelly died childless in Detroit in 1973, the name Donnelly of the Roman Line of Biddolph died, too. But the Donnelly bloodline still lives on. Richard Egan’s daughter, Kelly Egan, represents the sixth generation of Donnellys in Canada. – – – The Donnellys started out like most other poor immigrants in Canada.
John Donnelly leaves the family homestead and goes to William Donnelly’s home in Whalen’s Corners to borrow a sleigh to take the family to court the next day. He decides to spend the night at William’s home. Friend Martin Hogan Sr. also spends the night at William’s.
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.
John Donnelly wed Fanny Drunan in 1871 and took up farming on land of his own several miles out of town; he was followed by Patrick, Michael and Robert who married, respectively, domestic lasses named Mary Ryan, Ellen Hynes and Annie Currie. All flowed quietly for awhile, but the Donnelly's had a knack for irritating neighbors, even when in love.
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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.
