Edward and Catherine Donnelly
From the family files at the Campbell County Historical Society in Alexandria.
Edward Donnelly was born 1784 in Donegal Ireland and immigrated to Philadelphia where he married Catherine Gallagher. He died in Philadelphia. His son Edward Phillip Donnelly was born in 1820 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and married Katherine Ann Thorp February 25, 1847 in Cincinnati. Catherine was born 15 Mar 1818 in Freedhold New Jersey, the daughter of H Lewis Thorp and Phoebe Taylor. She died in Cincinnati February 4, 1919 and was buried in the Spring Grove Cemetery.
Children of Edward Donnelly and Catherine M Gallagher
1. Edward Phillip Donnelly b-1820 in
Philadelphia Pennsylvania; d-27 Feb 1858 in Cincinnati
2. Agnes Donnelly b-Philadelphia
3. Thomas Donnelly b-Philadelphia
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Children of Edward Phillip Donnelly and Katherine Ann Thorpe
1. Katherine B Donnelly b-25 Mar 1848 in
Cincinnati; d-21 June 1921; br-Spring Grove Cemetery; never married
2. Caroline Elizabeth Donnelly b-4 May 1851 in Cincinnati; d-18 July 1919 in
Cincinnati; br-Spring Grove Cemetery m-Charles Stuart Cowie 29 June 1880 in
Cincinnati
3. Philip Gallagher Donnelly b-15 Mar 1854 in Cincinnati; d-21 July 1930 in
Cincinnati; br-Spring Grove Cemetery; never married
4. Edward Lewis Donnelly b-2 Oct 1857 in Cincinnati; d-5 Feb 1931 in Ft Thomas;
m (1) Evelyn Remme of Newport; (2) Jessie E Schoenberger 24 May 1893; b-29 Jan
1873 in
Cincinnati the daughter of Joseph Schoenberger and Mary Jones and died 18 Apr
1951 in Ft Thomas.
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Children of Caroline Elizabeth Donnelly and Charles Stuart Cowie
1. Charles Stuart Cowie b-2 Apr 1881 in
Cincinnati; d-1963 in Cincinnati; br-Spring Grove Cemetery; m-Lillie
2. Edith Cowie b-1892 in Cincinnati
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Children of Edward Lewis Donnelly and Evelyn Remme (1856-26 June 1891)
1. Philip Edward Donnelly b-2 Mar 1880 in
Newport; d-15 Mar 1952 in Lexington, Fayette Co Ky. br-Evergreen Cemetery; never
married
2. B R Donnelly b&d 4 Nov 1882 in Newport; br-Evergreen
3. Baron Remme Donnelly b-2 Apr 1884 in Newport; d-16 Feb 1920 in Cincinnati; br-Evergreen;
m-Lillie Saffin
4. Dr. Charles Augustus Donnelly b-7 Aug 1886 in Newport; d-3 Oct 1960; m-Vivian Weaver of Ft Thomas. They had no
children but he practiced medicine in Birmingham, Alabama for 50 years.
5. Thomas O Donnelly b-Apr 1887 in Newport
5. W H Donnelly b-4 May 1889 in Newport; d-2 July 1890 in Newport; br-Evergreen
6. Marguerite Donnelly b-23 Aug 1891 in Newport; a-5m; br-Evergreen
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Children of Edward Lewis Donnelly and Jessie E Schoenberger
1. Dr. Joseph Lawrence Donnelly b-5 July 1894 in
Newport; graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1917 and earned a PhD in
organic chemistry in 1921; died 5 July 1975 in
Campbell County.
2. Mary L Donnelly b-3 Apr 1896 in Newport and married Casper Heeg Hamilton in
St Andrews Church in Ft Thomas. He was the son of Wm Kenny Hamilton and
Lee Heeg and was born in Ft Thomas 9 Jan 1895. Mary died 15 April 1993 in
Campbell County
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Child of Mary L Donnelly and Casper Heeg Hamilton
1. Mary Jane Hamilton b-10 Oct 1921 in Ft
Thomas
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Mary Donnelly Hamilton wrote a note about her grandfather Edward Donnelly. "Here is all I know about Grandpa Donnelly born 1812 to 1818 assuming he was in his early forties when he died. He married in 1847 and died 27 Feb 1859 (sic) on 6th Street between Broadway and Sycamore. There was another Donnelly in the block but they were not related. He was from Philadelphia in the wholesale dry goods business with his uncle Gallagher at Stewart & Co; had a brother Thomas and I believe a sister Agnes. Uncle Phil's name was Philip Gallagher Donnelly. I remember stories vaguely that Agnes was the wife of the Chief Justice Of Ohio who would bring a nun with her when she visited Cincinnati-ostensibly for company but actually to irritate her protestant relatives."
Joseph Lawrence Donnelly wrote this about his grandfather Edward. "My father Edward Lewis Donnelly said that our grandfather Edward Donnelly was born in the city of Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland. He also said that some member of the family was taken under the wing of the Bishop for education. The Bishop sent the fellow to Dublin and then to Belgium, to Louvan and finally ordered him to return for consecration to the priesthood. The rascal met this by writing that he did not find himself holy enough for the priesthood. Father intimated that the family left Ireland under a cloud. At any rate when I visited Donegal in 1960 I could find no trace of any Donnelly either in the city or the county records. Nobody admitted that there had ever been a Donnelly there-abouts. Could the Bishop's curse still be in effect?
A few years ago I met a Dr. Edward Donnelly from Philadelphia whose grandfather Edward Donnelly came from the County Donegal about 1835-40 to settle in Philadelphia. I was sure we were cousins but Dr. Edw. Donnelly died before we could get very far in our researches."