John DONNELLY
1833 - 1914 (80 years)-
Name John DONNELLY Birth 9 Dec 1833 New Market, Upper Canada [1] Gender Male Death 25 Jun 1914 St. Margaret's Catholic Cemetary, Blufton, Alberta Person ID I014 Donnelly Tree Last Modified 14 Apr 2011
Father Patrick DONNELLY, b. 1802, Dungannon, /Tyrone County, Northern Ireland d. 17 Oct 1856, Beaverton R.C. Cemetary, Beaverton, Thorah Twp (Age 54 years) Mother Margaret LYONS, b. 1807, County of Cork, Ireland d. 6 Nov 1896, Carden, Victoria County (Age 89 years) Family ID F11 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Catherine MCRAE?? d. 1857, in childbirth Family ID F09 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mary (or McMahon) LUNNEY, b. 1834, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland d. 1871 (Age 37 years) Marriage 5 Jul 1857 Saint Marys Roman Catholic, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Notes - Transcription from the inGeneas Database
Record ID: 311898
Groom: DONNELLY, JOHN
Age: none given
Residence: of Mara Twp
Place of Birth: none given
Occupation: bachelor
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Parents: none given
Bride: McMAHON, MARY
Age: none given
Residence: Queen St.
Place of Birth: none given
Occupation: spinster
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Parents: none given
Witnesses: Sylvester Burns, Jane Burns
Married: 05 Jul 1857, at St Mary's, Toronto, York County, Ontario,
Clergyman: John Walsh, by Banns
Event: #v015 - Roman Catholic Marriages in Ontario
Source: transcribed from the microfilm of original documents
held in the collection of the Archives of Ontario
[Toronto]: microfilm group MS 248, reel 21, volume 3,
page 163.
Children 1. Michael DONNELLY, b. 11 Jun 1859, Mara, Ontario d. 5 Jul 1940, Brechin (Age 81 years) 2. Patrick DONNELLY, b. 3 Sep 1863, Brechin, Ontario (Mara Twp) d. 12 Jul 1928, Seattle, Washington (Age 64 years) Family ID F03 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Mathilda (Guindon) YADIEUX, b. 15 Jul 1845 d. 22 Sep 1939, Brechin, Mara Twp., Ontario (Age 94 years) Marriage 29 Sep 1872 Orillia, Ontario Notes - John Donnelly, 38, res. of Mara, son of Patrick Donnelly and Margaret Lyons born Canada married Mathilde(a) Yado, daughter of John Yado and Matilda Boucher in Mara 29th Sept 1872. K.A.C. pstre (Father Campbell)
Children 1. Peter DONNELLY, b. 9 Jul 1873, Carden Twp., Victoria Co., Ontario d. 2 Nov 1948, Toronto, York Co., Ontario (Age 75 years) 2. Jane DONNELLY, b. 16 Dec 1874 d. 23 Aug 1902 (Age 27 years) + 3. John Martin DONNELLY, b. 29 Sep 1876, Carden, Ontario d. 8 Aug 1939, Orillia, Ontario (Age 62 years) 4. Mary DONNELLY, b. 23 Aug 1878, Carden, Ontario d. AFT. 1939, Orillia nursing home (Age > 62 years) 5. Margaret DONNELLY, b. 13 Jun 1880, Carden, Ontario d. 28 May 1927, Nicollet, Minnesota (Age 46 years) 6. Sarah Elizabeth DONNELLY, b. 10 Aug 1882, Carden Twp., Victoria Co., Ontario d. 25 Aug 1884, Carden Twp., Victoria Co., Ontario (Age 2 years) 7. Mathilda DONNELLY, b. 30 Apr 1884, Carden, Ontario d. 4 Jul 1933, Corvallis, Oregon (Age 49 years) + 8. George Joseph DONNELLY, b. 21 Dec 1886 d. 16 Jun 1949, Blufton, Alberta (Age 62 years) 9. Isaac DONNELLY, b. 10 Oct 1888, Carden Twp, Ontario d. 13 Dec 1921, Mara Twp., Ontario Co (Age 33 years) + 10. Ambrose DONNELLY, b. 13 Mar 1890, Carden Twp, Ontario d. 21 Dec 1956, Brechin, Ontario (Age 66 years) 11. Jerome Joseph DONNELLY, b. 31 Jan 1895, Carden, Ontario d. 15 Dec 1969, Rimbey Alberta (Age 74 years) Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Transcription from the inGeneas Database
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Notes - Page: 1861 Census of Mara Twp., p. 11 # 38
Text: QUAY 3 stated age was 26 at census
1871census Ontario North, Mara Twp., div. 1, p 25
Text: QUAY 3 #19, Donnelly, John, Married, farmer, age 38, born Ont., Irish origin, R. Cath.
According to family stories, the young families of bothe Cornelius and John Donnelly were sharing a 1 story log house which ad been built in 1854 (Sourc: Dorothy MacDonald)
When John was 24 he married Mary Lunney or McMahon. She bore 2 children, Patrick and Michael.
Transcription from the inGeneas Database
Record ID: 311898
Groom: DONNELLY, JOHN
Age: none given
Residence: of Mara Twp
Place of Birth: none given
Occupation: bachelor
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Parents: none given
Bride: McMAHON, MARY
Age: none given
Residence: Queen St.
Place of Birth: none given
Occupation: spinster
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Parents: none given
Witnesses: Sylvester Burns, Jane Burns
Married: 05 Jul 1857, at St Mary's, Toronto, York County, Ontario,
Clergyman: John Walsh, by Banns
Event: #v015 - Roman Catholic Marriages in Ontario
Source: transcribed from the microfilm of original documents
held in the collection of the Archives of Ontario
[Toronto]: microfilm group MS 248, reel 21, volume 3,
page 163.
John's second marriage was to Mathilda Yadieux (Guindon?) at the age of 39. She went on to have eleven more children. The last, Jerome, being born when John was 62 years old.
1871 Census of Mara Township lists John and all his brother’s (Arthur, Richard M., Patrick, Cornelius) occupations as Farmers.
1871 Census shows Mary still living but he married Matilda in 1872.
The Orillia Packet and Times; 28 September, 1939
Text: QUAY 3 Obit. of wife, Matilda on 21 Sep. 1939
"She was an old pioneer of Carden township, up until her husband's death twenty-five years ago,..."
Page: Record at Ch. of the Guardian Angels, Orillia, Simcoe Co., Ont.; LDS film # 1305890, item # 2, p. 6
Text: QUAY 3 "On the 29th of September 1872 were married, John Donnelly, age 38, of Mara, born Ireland; son of Patrick Donnelly and Margaret Lyons and Matilda Yado, age 32, of Mara,, born Canada; dau. of Jo hn Yad o and Matilda Bouchard; witnesses: Thos Murphy, Mary Yado, both of Mara: by K. A. Campbell."
1881 Census:
Birth Year <1842>
Birthplace O
Age 39
Occupation Agent
Marital Status M
Ethnic Origin Irish
Head of Household John DONNELLY
Religion Catholic
Census Place Orillia, Simcoe North, Ontario
John DONNOLLY M Male Irish 48 O.Farmer Roman Catholic
Matilda DONNOLLY M Female French 32 O.Farmer Roman Catholic
Patrick DONNOLLY Male Irish 18 O.Farmer Roman Catholic
Peter DONNOLLY Male Irish 8 O.Roman Catholic
Jane DONNOLLY Female Irish 6 O.Roman Catholic
John Martin DONNOLLY Male Irish 5 O.Roman Catholic
Mary DONNOLLY Female Irish 3 O.Roman Catholic
Margaret DONNOLLY Female Irish <1 Born:; 10/12 O. Roman Catholic
Carden, Victoria North, Ontario
1893 Victoria County Directory, shows John Donnelly at Con 1 , Lot 8 , Carden Twp
In 1911 at the age of 77, John homesteaded in the Blufton, Alberta area along with his sons Pat, George and Jerome. John died before he could prove the claim but his sons and nephews prospered in the new land. John never returned to Brechin and died in Alberta in 1914.
- Page: 1861 Census of Mara Twp., p. 11 # 38
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Sources - [S1555] 1861 Census of Mara Twp, p. 11 #38.
- [S1555] 1861 Census of Mara Twp, p. 11 #38.