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Michael Donnelly[1]

Male 1847 - 1906  (59 years)

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  • Name Michael Donnelly  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Birth 15 Nov 1843 or 1847  Louisburgh, Mayo, Connacht, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7
    Gender Male 
    _UID 0BDA1CBBFF25C940B1ACA3FC9E8F0F7B9CDA 
    Death 19 Sep 1906  Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11
    Cause: Apoplexy 
    Burial 21 Sep 1906  St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 11
    Notes 
    • Occupation - Ring-Spinner

      Declaration of Intention, Second District Court of Bristol, MA, dated March 7, 1906, states that he arrived in Boston 8/31/1869, and was born in Louisburg, County Mayo. Residence on March 7, 1906 was 112 Hall St, Fall River. (Have photocopies of certificate and of index.) Notes from Norman Fairhorst agree. Primary declaration only. Died before finalizing. Index #3504 of year 1906. (Per index, of Lansburg, Mayo, Ireland; but certificate states Louisburg.)

      1900 and 1901 Fall River directories - operative, house 83 Wilbur.

      Per letter from St. Patrick's Cemetery to Rita Donnelly Broderick,, Feb 1988:
      Buried Plat 11, Lot 160, grave 2. Aged 54 at death. Died 9-19-1906, buried 1-13-1906. Last address - 112 Hall St., Fall River, MA

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      1881 British Census, age 35, Occ. Throstle Overlooker (Cotton Manuf). Name transcribed as "Mark".
      Dwelling 19 Brook St Census Place Warrington, Lancashire, England Family History Library Film 1341908 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 3796 / 22 Page Number 38

      Louisburgh was also known as the parish of Kilgeever, Archdiocese of Tuam, County of Mayo
      Variant forms of parish name:
      Kilgiver
      Louisburg
    Person ID I152  broderick
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2025 

    Father Peter Donnelly,   b. Abt 1786, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1851, Prob Stockport, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Mary Lyons,   b. Abt 1811, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1851, Prob Stockport, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Family ID F45  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Murray,   b. 1848, Stockport, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1917, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 8 Aug 1866  St. Joseph's Church, St. Petersgate, Stockport, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15
    Children 
     1. Donnelly
     2. Donnelly
     3. Michael James Donnelly,   b. 30 Apr 1869, Stockport, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1932, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     4. Donnelly
     5. Edward Francis Donnelly,   b. 13 Oct 1872, Stockport, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1950, Prob Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     6. Peter Henry Donnelly,   b. 30 Jun 1876, Droylsden, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1950, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     7. Mary Agnes Donnelly,   b. 7 Sep 1878, Stockport, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1946, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F41  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Nov 1843 or 1847 - Louisburgh, Mayo, Connacht, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Aug 1866 - St. Joseph's Church, St. Petersgate, Stockport, Cheshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Apoplexy - 19 Sep 1906 - Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 21 Sep 1906 - St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S470] FamilySearch.org, Boston, Passenger Lists, 1848-1891, GS Film Number: 000205723 , Digital Folder Number: 007620059, img 2691 (Reliability: 0).
      Name: Michael Donnelly
      Event Type: Immigration
      Event Date: 1888
      Event Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
      Gender: Male
      Age: 40
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1848
      Birthplace: Ireland
      Ship Name: Pavonia
      Affiliate Publication Number: 68 , Affiliate Publication Title: Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1848-1891 , GS Film Number: 000205723 , Digital Folder Number: 007620059 , Image Number: 02691
      However, last place of residence listed as Ireland

    2. [S107] Census of England and Wales, 1851, Cheshire, Stockport, Stockport, 3t, p 34, img 35, dwelling 125 (Reliability: 2).
      Name: Michael Donoley
      Age: 8
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
      Relation: Son
      Father's name: Peter Donoley
      Mother's name: Mary Donoley
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Ireland
      Civil Parish: Stockport
      Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
      Civil Parish: Stockport
      Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
      Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
      Town: Stockport
      County/Island: Cheshire
      Country: England
      Street address: (no number listed) Ridgeway Ln
      Occupation: (none)
      Condition as to marriage: U(nmarried)
      Registration district: Stockport
      Sub-registration district: Stockport
      ED, institution, or vessel: 3t
      Neighbors:
      Household schedule number: 124
      Piece: 2156
      Folio: 729
      Page Number: 34
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Peter Donoley 65
      Mary Donoley 40
      John Donoley 16
      Bridget Donoley 14
      Edward Donoley 12
      Michael Donoley 8
      James Donoley 1
      Thomas Loyns 21 Lodger
      Ann Morden 19 "
      Hannah Gee 40 "
      Mary Gee 17 "
      John Gee 15 "
      Austin Gee 13 "
      Edward Gee 10 "
      Michael Gee 3 "
      No house number listed. Enumerated between nos. 19 and 23

    3. [S106] Census of England and Wales, 1861, Cheshire > Brimington > District 13 > img 11 (Reliability: 2).
      Name: Michael Donnerly
      Age: 15
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
      Relation: Lodger
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Ireland
      Civil parish: Brimington
      Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
      County/Island: Cheshire
      Country: England
      Street Address:
      Occupation: (none listed)
      Condition as to marriage: unmarried
      Registration district: Stockport
      Sub-registration district: Stockport Second
      ED, institution, or vessel: 13
      Household schedule number: 72
      5 Fernely place, Charles Brooks, head.
      Piece: 2571
      Folio: 53
      Page Number: 13
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Gill 56
      Hononr Gill 49
      John Gill 24
      Michael Gill 12
      Mary Gill 30
      William Giles 22
      Bridget Giles 22
      James Giles 2
      Patrick Burry 5
      Mary Ann Kelly 2
      Michael Donnerly 15
      Grouped with the inhabitants of 3 Fernerly place, John Gill head of household. William and Bridget Giles and family also in the household as lodgers.
      Household number on same line as that of Michael Donnerly.
      District is part of Stockport second.

    4. [S105] Census of England and Wales, 1871, Lancashire, Liverpool, Howard Street, District 9, Vauxhall, p 34, img 35, sched 172 (Reliability: 0).
      Name: Michael Donnelly
      Age: 26
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
      Relation: Lodger
      Gender: Male
      Unmarried
      Occ.: Carter
      Where born: Ireland
      Civil Parish: Liverpool
      Ecclesiastical parish: St Bartholomew
      County/Island: Lancashire
      Country: England
      Registration district: Liverpool
      Sub-registration district: Howard Street
      ED, institution, or vessel: 9
      Household schedule number: 172
      Piece: 3768
      Folio: 50
      Page Number: 34
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Patrick Bannon 40
      Ann Bannon 40
      Michael Bannon 13
      Mary Ellen Bannon 5
      Patrick Lynch 40
      Mary Ann Lynch 8
      Michael Donnelly 26
      Peter Slaven 52
      Terence Mallon 35
      Alexander Kelly 35
      John Kelly 40

    5. [S68] Census of England and Wales, 1881, Lancashire, Warrington SE, Dist 24, p 38, img 39, sched 186 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Mark Donnelly
      Age: 35
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
      Relationship to Head: Head
      Spouse: Catharine Donnelly
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Ireland
      Civil Parish: Warrington
      County/Island: Lancashire
      Country: England
      Street address: 19 Brook St
      Marital Status: Married
      Occupation: Throstle Overlooker (Cotton Manuf)
      Registration district: Warrington
      Sub-registration district: Warrington
      ED, institution, or vessel: 24
      Piece: 3796
      Folio: 22
      Page Number: 38
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Mark Donnelly 35
      Catharine Donnelly 35
      James Donnelly 12
      Edward Donnelly 9
      Peter Donnelly 5
      Mary Donnelly 3
      Bridget Murray 57
      James F. Murray 12
      Joseph H. Murray 10

    6. [S6] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, United States Census, 12th, 1900, (Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 2005), Mass, Bristol, Fall River Wd1, ED106, sht 10B, img 19, ln 81 (Reliability: 3).
      Michael, head, born May 1850, age 50, married, 30 years, born England, both parents born England, imm to US 1885, 15 yrs in US, NA, Mill Weaver, cotton, no months unemployed.
      Resides 83 Wilbur St., Fall River, rents.
      Dwelling 69, household 168.

    7. [S2] Stanton M. Broderick, Photocopy of Naturalization Declaration of Micheal Donnelly, 2d District Court of Bristol, Mass., 7 Mar 1906, in possession of S. M. Broderick. (Reliability: 3).
      Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
      To John J. McDonough, Esquire, Justice of the Second District Court of Bristol, in the City of Fall River, in the County of Bristol, on the ____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and four crossed out.
      Respectfully Represents __Michael Donnelly__, by occupation a __Weaver__, an alien and free white person now residing at __112 Hall__ Street, in __Fall River__, in said County, that he was born at __Louisburg__ in the County of __Mayo__, in __Ireland__ on or about the __15__day of __November__ in the year eighteen hundred and __47__ and is now about __59__ years of age; that he arrived at __Boston__ in the United States of America, on or about the __31__ day of __August__ in the year eighteen hundred and __69__ that it was then and still is his bona fide intention to become a citizen of the United States of America, and to renounce all allegiance and fidelity ot every Foreigh Prince, State, Potentate and Soverignty whatsoever, especially and in particular to EDWARD VII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India, and King of the British Dominions beyond the sea, _____
      And the said petitioner further represents that he is not a "person who disbelieves in or who is opposed to all organized government, or who advocates or teaches the duty, necessity or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of amy officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the United States or of any other organized government, because of his or their official character, or who has violated any of the provisions of " an Act of Congress approved March 3, 1903, entitle "An act to regulate the Immigration of Aliens into the United States."
      ____ whose subject he as heretofore been. He therefore prays that this, his Declaration and intention, may become a record of this Court, agreeable to the laws in such case made and provided.
      __/s/_Michael Donnelly__
      I, Augustus B. Leonard, Clerk of the Second District Court of Bristol, in the City of Fall River and Counry aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original petition which was presented and sworn to before said Court, on the __seventy__ day of __March__ A.D. 190_6_ and which is now of record in said Court.
      In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this __seventh__ day of __March__ A.D. 190_6_
      Attest, __/s/__A B Leonard__ Clerk.

      seal affixed
      Photocopy of Naturalization Declaration of Micheal Donnelly, 2d District Court of Bristol, Mass., 7 Mar 1906, in possession of S. M. Broderick.

    8. [S108] Fall River City Directory, See text. (Reliability: 3).
      1895, p 207, img 210:
      Donnelly Michael, operative, house 66 East Main
      1896, p 222, img 222:
      Donnelly Michael, operative, house 426 East Main
      1897, p 227, img 231:
      Donnelly Michael, operative, house 40 Wilbur
      1898, p 245, img 244:
      Donnelly Michael, operative, house 362 Palmer
      1899, p 240, img 240:
      Donnelly Michael, operative, house 362 Palmer
      1900, p 247, img 243:
      Donnelly Michael, operative, house 83 Wilbur
      1901, p 256, img 252:
      Donnelly Michael, operative, house 83 Wilbur
      1902, p 265, img 265:
      Donnelly Michael, operative, house 61 Wilcox
      1903, p 275, img 277:
      Donnelly Michael, operative, house 112 Hall
      1904, p 288, img 300:
      Donnelly Michael, operative, house 112 Hall
      1905, p 304, img 308:
      Donnelly Michael, operative, house 112 Hall
      1906-07, p 305, img 307:
      Donnelly Michael (112 Hall) died Sept 19 1906

    9. [S103] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915 (database online), (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1463156), Film 2258137, digital gs no. 4282985, img 01765, ref. no. 61 (Reliability: 3).
      Michael Donnelly, 112 Hall St, age 54 years, d. 19 Sep 1906, Ciry of Fall River, married, born Ireland, Canada, father - Peter Donnelly, born Ireland, mother - Mary Lyons, born Ireland, occupation - laborer, informant - Catherine Donnelly, buried St. Patrick's Cemetery, 21 Sep 1906, undertaker - D. D. Sullivan & son, 267 So. Main, cause of death - apoplexy, physician statement signed John B. Trainor, M.S.19 Sep 1906, treated 12 Sep to 19 Sep 1906, duration of illness about a week, date filed 27 Sep 1906.

    10. [S20] Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vital Records Search (database on-line), (http://www.sec.state.ma.us/vitalrecordssearch), Donnelly, Michael, Fall River, 1906, vol. 38, pg. 61, death. (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S669] Fall River Globe, (Digital copy online at Newspapers.com), Wed, Sep 19, 1906 ·Page 5 (Reliability: 3).
      Obituary.

    12. [S16] The Family History Society of Cheshire , Cheshire BMD, (Database on-line, http://www.fhsc.org.uk/), STR/18/31 - 1866 (Reliability: 3).
      MURRAY Catherine DONNELLY Michael 1866 Stockport Civil Marriage Stockport Cheshire STR/18/31

    13. [S17] The Trustees of FreeBMD, FreeBMD, (http://www2.freebmd.org.uk), Marriages Sep 1866 (Reliability: 3).
      Donnelly, Michael, Stockport, vol 8a, p 138

    14. [S18] Ancestry.com, Family Trees on Ancestry.Com, (http://trees.ancestry.com), Donnelly family tree, by HelenDavis901 (Reliability: 2).
      Provides church info, no sourcing.

    15. [S19] Familysearch.org (database on-line), England, Cheshire, Non-conformist Records, 1671-1900, (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1610550), Image number: 696 Film number: 2068243 Digital GS number: 4304362 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Michael Donnelly
      Spouse's name: Catharine Murray
      Record place: St. Joseph's, Stockport, Cheshire, England
      Baptism date:
      Marriage date: 08 Aug 1866
      Burial date:
      Father's name: Peter Donnelly
      Mother's name:
      Spouse's father's name: Michael Murray
      Principal's age in years:
      Spouse's age in years:
      Gender: Male
      Marital status: S
      Residence:
      Page: