I believe anyone who is from Ontario knows the history of the Black Donnellys. Wayne's image brought to mind that images have been seen on the tombstone of the Donnelly's in Lucan. I was researching a woman from Hamilton last name Donnelly but no relation when I came across the 4 death registrations all one after the other in the Ontario registrations. Talk about being careful not to rile one side or another every cause of death is listed as "presumed murdered". I believe one had been axed in the back. Rather clumsy accident if he did it to himself. James who was shot at his brother's house must have had a clumsy accident also. Just alittle Ontario history. You hear and read all the stories that are like folklore but it is an eye-opener when they actually appear in the official records. I copied them and put them in my files under HISTORY. Peggy Large UE "I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead" thanks to Jimmy Buffett!

Hi Peggy, There was a great program on TV where a retired Toronto Police officer re-enacted what happened, he even went as far as stating who he thought murdered the Donnellys. Wayne Cook http://www.waynecook.com (A History Television Approved Site) Host for the Simcoe County Genweb site at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml Ontario, Canada Host for the Parry Sound Muskoka Genweb site at http://www.waynecook.com/parrysound.html 1. Historic Plaques of Ontario 1,588 Plaques online http://www.waynecook.com 2. The Canadian Query Boards at http://www.waynecook.com/bulletin.html 3. Tombstone Territory (online gravemarkers in Simcoe County) http://www.waynecook.com/Tombstone_Territory.html 4. CHAT at http://www.waynecook.com/chat.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <PALarge@aol.com> To: <ontario@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 9:48 PM Subject: [ONTARIO] tombstone image brought to mind >I believe anyone who is from Ontario knows the history of the Black > Donnellys. Wayne's image brought to mind that images have been seen on > the tombstone > of the Donnelly's in Lucan. I was researching a woman from Hamilton last > name Donnelly but no relation when I came across the 4 death > registrations all > one after the other in the Ontario registrations. Talk about being > careful > not to rile one side or another every cause of death is listed as > "presumed > murdered". I believe one had been axed in the back. Rather clumsy > accident if > he did it to himself. James who was shot at his brother's house must > have > had a clumsy accident also. Just alittle Ontario history. You hear and > read > all the stories that are like folklore but it is an eye-opener when they > actually appear in the official records. I copied them and put them in > my files > under HISTORY. > > Peggy Large UE > > > "I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead" > thanks to Jimmy Buffett! > > > > > > *********** > Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >