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James Johnstone DONNELLY 1907–1977 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 04 Feb 1907

Birth Location: Old, Luce, or, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Feb 1977

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Thomas DONNELLY

Mother: Agnes Johnstone

Spouse(s): Helen MCCLEARY

Children(s): Margaret DONNELLY, James DONNELLY, Evelyn DONNELLY, Thomas DONNELLY

The story of James Johnstone DONNELLY began in 1907 in Old, Luce, or, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland. James Johnstone DONNELLY married Helen Mcfarlane Mccleary, and had children including Elizabeth Anne Donnelly, Evelyn Donnelly, Helen Mary Donnelly, James Donnelly, Margaret Callander Donnelly, Thomas Donnelly, William Laurence Donnelly. James Johnstone DONNELLY passed away in 1977 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of James Johnstone DONNELLY began in 1907 in Old, Luce, or, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
  • James Johnstone DONNELLY married Helen Mcfarlane Mccleary, and had children including Elizabeth Anne Donnelly, Evelyn Donnelly, Helen Mary Donnelly, James Donnelly, Margaret Callander Donnelly, Thomas Donnelly, William Laurence Donnelly.
  • James Johnstone DONNELLY passed away in 1977 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James DONNELLY's Ancestors

Self
James DONNELLY
1907–1977
Birth Place: Old, Luce, or, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Parents
Thomas DONNELLY
1883–1956
44 High Street, Leswalt, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Agnes (Kennedy) Johnstone
1879–
Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Helen Donnelly
1857–1931
Glenluce, Wigtownshire
John Wither
1862–
New Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
James Johnstone
1856–1944
Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes Ambrose
1852–1927
Glenluce, Wigtownshire
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Donnelly
1815–1880
Betty McClorey
1819–1889
Robert Wither
1829–
Grace Wither
1837–
John Johnstone
1814–1878
Mary Rae
1818–1897
Thomas Ambrose
1830–1900
Agnes Kennedy
1826–1914
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Donnelly
1780–1858
Thomas McClory
1793–1865
Margaret clory
1797–1873
John Wither
1801–1882
Agnes Padley
1803–1871
John McCubbin
1805–1860
Ann MCCULLOCH
1812–1895
Edward Jonstone
1781–
Margaret Jones
1793–1863
William Ambrose
1798–
Jane Glass
1800–
William Kennedy
1799–
Elizabeth Mchutcheson
1793–

James DONNELLY's Descendants

1.
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James (Johnstone) DONNELLY (04 Feb 1907–8 Feb 1977) m. Helen (McFarlane) MCCLEARY (1913–27 Jan 1998)
  1. 1. Margaret (Callander) DONNELLY 1942–2017 m. William (John) Dodds 1936–2021
  2. 2. James DONNELLY 1945–1946
  3. 3. Evelyn DONNELLY 1933–2010 m. Henry(Harry) (McCaig) Paton 1924–2009
  4. 4. Thomas DONNELLY 1935–2008 m. Alice McCleary 1940–2014

James DONNELLY's Timeline

3 Records

1907
04 Feb 1907
Birth of James Johnstone DONNELLY in Old, Luce, or, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Old, Luce, or, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
1977
04 Feb 1977
Age 70
Death of James Johnstone DONNELLY in Minnigaff, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Minnigaff, Wigtownshire, Scotland
1977
8 Feb 1977
Age 70
Burial of James Johnstone DONNELLY in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 04 Feb 1907
    Event Place: Old, Luce, or, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, Dumfries and Galloway Council; Dumfries, Scotland; Dumfries and Galloway Burial Registers
    [2] England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, Dumfries and Galloway Council; Dumfries, Scotland; Dumfries and Galloway Burial Registers

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 04 Feb 1977
    Event Place: Minnigaff, Wigtownshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, Dumfries and Galloway Council; Dumfries, Scotland; Dumfries and Galloway Burial Registers
    [2] England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, Dumfries and Galloway Council; Dumfries, Scotland; Dumfries and Galloway Burial Registers

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1977
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, Dumfries and Galloway Council; Dumfries, Scotland; Dumfries and Galloway Burial Registers
    [2] England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, Dumfries and Galloway Council; Dumfries, Scotland; Dumfries and Galloway Burial Registers

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