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Catherine Donnelly (abt. 1852 - bef. 1905)

Catherine Donnelly
Born about in Ontario, Canadamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 27 Nov 1876 in North Adjala, Ontario, Canadamap
Died before before about age 53 in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canadamap
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Biography

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Sister Catherine Donnelly described her mother as "wonderful, deeply religious, actively Christian, self-sacrificing, a loving mother, loved by our neighbours."

Dr. Beck gives a brief synopsis of Catherine's family: "Hugh and Catherine Donnelly had seven children: Mary Gertrude, born in 1880, died when she was eleven; Bridget Ellen, born in 1881, died when she was sixteen; Joseph, born around 1882, died in infancy; Catherine Donnelly born on 26 February 1884, lived until she was ninety-nine; Thomas Ambrose, born in 1888, died in 1892 from sunstroke. (He was the only sibling for whom Catherine listed a cause of death.) Elizabeth Theresa (Tess) was born in 1890 and died at the age of seventy-four; Mary Loretto (Sister Justina CSJ), the youngest child, born in 1894, was eighty-seven when she died in 1981. Sister Catherine's grandparents, her parents, and five of her brothers and sisters are all buried on a knoll marked by a fine tombstone in the little cemetery adjacent to the Church."

Sources

  • 1871 Canada census
  • Beck, Jeanne Ruth Merifield. To Do and to Endure: The Life of Catherine Donnelly, Sister of Service. Toronto: Dundurn, 1997

Obituary

According to Dr. Beck's biography of Sister Catherine Donnelly, her mother's obituary appeared in the Alliston Herald:

"A sad affliction visited the home of Mr. Hugh Donnelly, Tossorontio, on Monday at noon, when Mrs. Donnelly passed away after a lengthy illness. The deceased was a woman who was held in very high esteem by all who knew her and will be mourned by a large circle of friends. She is survived by her husband, and three daughters, who have the sympathy of the community in their sad loss."

Footnotes

  1. Entered by Cory Donnelly.

Acknowledgments

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