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William A. Fennell, (from County Limerick, Ireland?) arrived in North America (New York?) by sailing ship as a boy. My Dad said he sailed from Cork with his parents and three brothers. Either the father of William, or one of his brothers, was a shoemaker, possibly in the state of Vermont. William Fennell and his wife, Barbara Winter, settled in or around Ormstown, Quebec, and had four children:
Susan Winter Fennell, b.1854
Robert Girard Fennell, b.1856
Margaret "Maggie" Fennell, b.1859
Barbara Wilhelmina Fennell, b.1864
Robert Girard Fennell married Elizabeth Baer Dawson, daughter of William Dawson (from Castledawson, Derry, N. Ireland?) and Elizabeth Johnston of Huntington Quebec, and had 6 children at Ormstown:
Ernest Alexander Fennell, b. 1885
Eveline Elizabeth Fennell, b.1886
William Hermin Fennell, b.1891
Twins Chester and Frank Johnston Fennell, b. and d.1896
Elsie Fennell, b.1900
Ernest Alexander Fennell married Hazel ?, worked as a mail-carrier with his faithful horse ("Barney"?), and died in Ormstown about 1975. "Ernie" was a longtime neighbour to the Patenaude family.
Eveline married ? Winter, had 2 little boys (Merril and ?), and died in the flue epidemic of 1917.
William Hermin Fennell had 3 children: Betty Lou, Thelma Louise, and me. William Hermin (AKA "Slim" Fennell) died in Oliver, BC, Canada in 1978.
Elsie married ? Meikle, and had 3 daughters: Lillian, Joyce (married name Akester, of Hemmingford, Quebec?), and Bernice (married name Ramsden, of Burnaby, BC?). Elsie's last known residence was Waterloo, Ontario.
CAN YOU ADD ANY FURTHER BRANCHES OR LEAVES TO THIS RATHER INCOMPLETE TREE? WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!
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