Charles
Edward
Donnelly
Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Owen Donnelly
and Mary Ann (Butler) Donnelly
Brother of
Mary Agnes Donnelly, Louis Henry Donnelly, Walter Donnelly, Frances Louise (Donnelly) Devlin, William Owen Donnelly, Charlotte Ethel Donnelly and Josephine Olive (Donnelly) Clark
Husband of
Beatrice (Gamble) Donnelly
— married
May 1915 (to 14 Sep 1923) in New Zealand
Husband of
Louisa May Maud (Bustard) Donnelly
— married
1924 in New Zealand
Father of
Adelaide Mary Agnes Donnelly
Died
at about age 74
in New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 31 May 2016
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Biography
Taxi proprietor and driver, of Wellington, New Zealand. He was an uncle of Martin Paterson Donnelly, New Zealand Test cricketer and England Rugby Union player.
Taxi proprietor
In August 1920 he started business as a taxi proprietor and took a lease of buildings in Rintoul Street, Newtown and also owned a small dairy in one of the buildings.
Later he went bankrupt and in August 1923 was sentenced to four months imprisonment with hard labour for breaches of the Bankruptcy Act.
Marriage and family
In 1915 he married Beatrice Gamble and they had a daughter who died in infancy. They were divorced in September 1923.
Death
He died in 1961, aged 74.
Sources
Donnelly and His Dame, A Taxi-Driver's Wrangle, In Love With Someone Else, Two Brides With But A Single Groom, "Sour Domestic Doings," 20 Jan 1923, NZ Truth, Issue 895, NLNZ.
Bankrupt Taxi-Driver, Decision to Prosecute, 11 Jun 1923, NZH, Vol LX, Issue 18422, Papers Past, NLNZ.
Taxi Proprietor Sent to Gaol, 27 Aug 1923, EP, Vol CVI, Issue 49, Papers Past, NLNZ.
Birth reg 1887/16383; marriage 1915/1262; death 1961/30290, NZBDM [1]
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