I need some help from the people on this list. Buried in the cemetery of St. Ann's of Penetanguishene is a fellow named "Michael McDonnell". He died 2 April 1844 and was buried on the 5th of April. His name does not appear in any other local church records. According to various sources (sometimes unreliable) he could be the fellow who was associated with Lord Selkirk in the Red River. Lots of stuff on this guy but the spelling variations of the surname are many. Was he an unknown Irishman, of whom there were many buried in the cemetery, or was he someone of importance? I have read the references to a Michael MacDonnell in Pioneer Papers and The History of Simcoe County. But is he the same person as the fellow buried here? Did he marry, have children? Anybody know? Pam