James Patrick Donovan was born on 11 November 1858 in Kangaroo Flat, Amherst, Victoria, Australia, the son of Mary Kelly and James Donovan.[1]
He married Mary Josephine Kierce on 23 May 1888 at St Patricks Church in Ballarat, Victoria.[2] Their children were:[citation needed]
Mary died by suicide in February 1909.[3][4]
James remarried. [Note: it's thought James remarried because the article about his death mentions his widow and six children. But that statement may have been in error?]
James died, by suicide, on 30 November 1916 at Bald Hill, Carisbrook, Victoria, aged 58 years.[5][6] The executors of his will were Edmund Selwyn Herring and Bertha May Kelly.[7]
MARYBOROUGH, Sunday. Feb 1909.— Mary Donovan, aged 46 years, the wife of James Donovan, farmer, of Bald Hill, Carisbrook, shot herself with a pea-rifle in the head this morning, causing almost instantaneous death. Deceased was under medical attention during the last six weeks, and latterly showed signs of melancholia. The doctor ordered her away for a change, and arrangements were made for her departure this week… She leaves a widower and family of six children.
A Farmer's Suicide. Dec 1916.
CARISBROOK .— James Donovan, a farmer, residing at Bald Hill, three miles from Caisbrook, committed suicide in the early hours of Thursday morning by shooting himself. He left a note saying that he intended to do away with himself. A magisterial inquiry is to he held. Deceased leaves a widow and family of six children.
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