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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.
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 ...
Discover Canada's notorious family, the Black Donnellys, who were massacred February 4th, 1880 by a vigilante committee. This award-winning, popular web site offers everything you need to know about the Donnellys -- historical, genealogical and tourism information, old and new photographs, updated information on Donnelly books and authors, a Donnelly Forum, and much more!
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 ...
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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Jun 21, 2019 · Last week's reunion was intended to bring members of the family together, but also to unveil the new museum display. To repay Cameron for escorting them around Lucan last week, the Newman siblings plan to take Jim on a tour of St. Catharines and to Donnelly’s Pub in Thorold, once the site of Patrick Donnelly’s hotel. - ThoroldNews.com
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Jun 21, 2019 · Cameron is the one who began investigating the family tree and locating Donnelly descendants. Shortly after meeting with twin half-brothers Blaine and Billy Monaghan, Billy passed away.
