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| <tab>A statute passed by the legislature of United Canada, 1865, appointed him one of the trustees of the estate of the late Alexander Macdonell, postmaster of Alexandria (see entry for [[macdonald_angus_s|Angus S. Macdonald]]), after the trustees originally appointed in Macdonell’s will refused to act. | <tab>A statute passed by the legislature of United Canada, 1865, appointed him one of the trustees of the estate of the late Alexander Macdonell, postmaster of Alexandria (see entry for [[macdonald_angus_s|Angus S. Macdonald]]), after the trustees originally appointed in Macdonell’s will refused to act. |
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| <tab>Donald Aeneas died at Brockville, Ont., where he had lived in his last years. Roman Catholic. When his daughter Miss Amelia Macdonell died at Brockville in 1911, it was remembered that her father was “one of the brawny Scots, who helped to make the county of Glengarry famous.” (//Cornwall Freeholder// 7 July 1911, based on Brockville //Recorder//) He was the grandson of “Spanish John” (John Macdonell). Donald Aeneas was married to Mary Macdonell, the daughter of Archibald Macdonell of Leek, whose entry see for the important family linkages this connection produced. | <tab>Donald Aeneas died at Brockville, Ont., where he had lived in his last years. Roman Catholic. When his daughter Miss Amelia Macdonell died at Brockville in 1911, it was remembered that her father was “one of the brawny Scots, who helped to make the county of Glengarry famous.” (//Cornwall Freeholder// 7 July 1911, based on Brockville //Recorder//) He was the grandson of “Spanish John” (John Macdonell). Donald Aeneas was married to Mary Macdonell, the daughter of [[macdonell_archibald|Archibald Macdonell of Leek]], whose entry see for the important family linkages this connection produced. |
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| <tab>Donald Aeneas MacDonell must be distinguished from a man of similar name and career, Donald Macdonell (d. 1909), gaoler of the counties’ prison at Cornwall. | <tab>Donald Aeneas MacDonell must be distinguished from a man of similar name and career, Donald Macdonell (d. 1909), gaoler of the counties’ prison at Cornwall. |
