Edward and Catherine Donnelly
From the family files at the Campbell County Historical Society in Alexandria.
Edward Donnelly was born in 1810 in Donegal Ireland, married Catherine M Throp February 25, 1847 and died in Cincinnati Ohio, February 27, 1858. Catherine was born in Freedhold NJ in 1818 and died in Cincinnati February 4, 1919. NOTE: In the 1850 census for Cincinnati Hamilton County, Edward is listed as being 30 years old born in Pennsylvania. Perhaps this Edward is the son of Edward Donnelly born in Ireland.
Children of Edward Donnelly and Catherine Throp
1. Kate (Catherine B) Donnelly-born 1848 in
Cincinnati
2. Philip Donnelly born 1854 in Cincinnati
3. Caroline Donnelly born 1851 in Cincinnati; who married Charles Cowie in
Cincinnati
4. Edward Lewis Donnelly b-2 Oct 1857 in Cincinnati; d-5 Feb 1931 in Ft Thomas.
He married 1-Evelyn Remme of Newport; 2-Jessie E Schoenberger b-29 Jan 1870 in
Cincinnati the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Yoe) Schoenberger and died 18 Apr
1951 in Ft Thomas.
Children of Edward Lewis Donnelly and Eveyln Remme
1. Philip Donnelly
2. Baron Remme Donnelly
3. Dr. Charles A Donnelly; married Vivian Weaver of Ft Thomas. They had no
children but he practiced medicine in Birmingham, Alabama for 50 years.
Children of Edward Lewis Donnelly and Jessie E Schoenberger
1. Joseph Lawrence Donnelly b-5 July 1894 in
Newport and a graduate of the University of Cincinnati; 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.
Child of Mary L Donnelly and Casper Heeg Hamilton
1. Mary Jane Hamilton b-10 Oct 1921 in Ft Thomas.
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 Gallager Stewart & Co; had a brother Thomas and I believe a sister Agnes. Uncle Phil's name was Philip Gallager 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."