Brief Life History of Gordon William
When Gordon William Donnelly was born on 3 April 1923, in Cookstown, Innisfil, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Melbert Donnelly, was 32 and his mother, Alice Nevils, was 33. He married Alice Aline Clemens on 28 March 1964, in Wiarton, Bruce, Canada West, British Colonial America. He died on 8 October 2005, in Wiarton, Bruce, Canada West, British Colonial America, at the age of 82, and was buried in Alliston, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
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- William Gordon Donnelly, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
1955 · General Motors Auto Workers Strike
From 1955-1956, around 17,000 workers for General Motors went on strike. They wanted a pay raise, more secure working conditions, and a health plan half paid by General Motors. The strike lasted 148 days.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Eamon, Aileen, Kieran, Liam, Aisling, Brigid, Clodagh, Conan, Eamonn, Michael Patrick, Niall.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donnghaile ‘descendant of Donnghal’, a personal name composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + gal ‘valor’. It is claimed that most bearers of this surname in Donegal descend from Donnghal O'Neill, 17th in descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages; there were also other families of the same name in Sligo and Cork.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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