Thomas O'Donnell 41
- Born: Cir 1806, Plymouth, Devon England
- Marriage (1): Mary McGarrity on 15 Jan 1849 41
- Died: 6 Jan 1851, Liberty Plains, NSW Australia about age 45 258,259
Cause of his death was - Thomas was killed 6 Jan 1851 when he was jammed between the wheel of his cart and a fence post, and crushed to death.
Noted events in his life were:
• note:. 258 David Fayle notes:
"Parramatta: inquests" Sydney Morning Herald 10 Jan 1851, p2
"PARRAMATTA." The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 10 Jan 1851: 2. Web. 3 Nov 2015 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12924006>
PARRAMATTA.
Inquests.- An inquest was held before Mr. C, B. Lyons, coroner, on Monday last, at the District Hospital, on view of the body of Henry Reid. …..
- Another inquest was held the same day, at the house of Thomas Smith, known as the Traveller's Inn, at Liberty Plains, before Mr. C. B. Lyons, on view of the body of Thomas O'Donnell. Thomas Smith, being sworn, stated : I am the landlord of this house ; I was acquainted with Thomas O'Donnell, who is now lying dead ; he resided on a farm about a mile and a half from this house ; he was here this morning about nine o'clock ; he only stayed half an hour. A few minutes after he left, I went to the front of the house and saw his cart standing still, where it now is ; not seeing O'Donnell near, and the horses (two) standing still, I went to the garden, when I thought I saw him against the wheel of the cart ; I ran in and said something had happened to O'Donnell ; I went to the cart, and found him jammed between the cart and the post, on the near side of the cart ; he was erect -- his face quite black ; I got assistance from persons passing, and removed the cart ; the body fell down, O Donnell sighed once, he never spoke ; he was perfectly sober, he had had only some ginger beer ; the horse in the shafts was recently broken into harness; the leader was an old horse, and I think quite steady ; the horse in the shafts was the one, I believe, Mr. Green bought for O'Donnell. Mr. James Belcher, one of the jury, stated that the deceased had lately told him that the horse (which was in the shafts at the time of the accident), which Mr. Green had bought for him, had run off and broken his cart, and had thrown him (" spilt him ") several times ; Mr. Belcher cautioned him to take care of the horse, or he would kill him. Dr. Rutter being sworn, stated, I have examined the body of the deceased, and find a number of contusions about the head and neck ; I have heard Mr. Smith's evidence, which, together with the marks on the body, induce me to suppose that his death arose from the compression on the brain, produced by the pressure upon the lungs between the wheel and the post. The Jury returned a verdict that deceased came to his death by being jammed between a cart and the post of a fence.
"Family Notices." The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 7 Jan 1851: 3. Web. 3 Nov 2015 <<http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12923907>>.
THE Friends of the late Mr. Thomas O'Donnell are respectfully requested to attend his funeral, on Wednesday, the 8th instant. The procession will move from Mrs. McSorley's, Smith-street, Parramatta, at half- past two o'clock P.M
JAMES WILLIS, Undertaker.
January 6. 503
NOTE: Thomas' sister Elizabeth had married Francis McSorley [printed family tree of Hugh O'Donnell, source unknown]
• connection. 258 David Fayle's links to me are as follows:
David Fayle (1951) married Pamela McKnight (1954)
Her father was Allan McKnight (1919)
His father was Andrew McKnight (1870)
His father was Robert McKnight (1842) who married Emily O'Donnell (1849)
Her father was Thomas O'Donnell (1806) who married Mary McGarrity (c1832)
Her father was Andrew McGarrity (1806) & he also had Andrew McGarrity (1841)
He had Robert McGarrity (1881) who married Catherine Ann (Kate) Sheppard (1882)
Her father was James Sheppard (1858) & he also had Susan Sheppard (1896) who married Winthrop Larkinson (1889)
They had Dulcie Larkinson (1926) who married Colin Davies (1925)
They had Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)
Thomas married Mary McGarrity, daughter of Andrew McGarrity and Mary Bell Johnston, on 15 Jan 1849.41 (Mary McGarrity was born circa 1832 in Arbo, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland UK 41 and died on 21 Feb 1865 in Haslam's Creek, Liberty Plains, NSW Australia 258,259.)
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