(died 14 or 15 Sept. 1891, aged 67), registrar. (surname also appears as McDonell) While living on the homestead on the South Branch, where he had lived from childhood, he served as councillor and reeve in Charlottenburgh Township, and was a JP. He settled in Alexandria on becoming registrar for GC in 1876 (succeeding Alexander M. McKenzie), and it was at Alexandria that he died. Roman Catholic. An obituary, probably from the Glengarrian of Alexandria, calls him “the genial and obliging registrar, ” and “another old and familiar friend [who] will be seen no more on our streets,” and notes the many friends he made, not only in the village but the entire county, since coming to Alexandria. He was married three times. (16 children, 9 surviving him) His daughter Janet was married to Donald A. MacArthur.

Dies, CF 18 Sept. 1891, cited DTL Standard Freeholder 18 Sept. 1948 (name given as Angus MacDonnell) * obituary, probably from Glengarrian 18 Sept. 1891, in ASC ii, 47, also for marriage of his daughter Mary C., ASC ii, 110 * Belden Atlas 53 * The City of Ottawa and Central Canada Directory (1876), “Alexandria” section * Pringle 316 (McDonell) * wife dies, Cornwall Standard 2 Feb. 1922 * death at St. Paul, Minn., of his daughter, Sister St. Andrew, SFH 10 Feb. 1948