Francis married Edith Elizabeth BRANNEN on 27 Aug 1885 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Edith was born on 20 Nov 1867 in Woods Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 24 Nov 1939 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Frances McDONNELL was born on 10 Oct 1886 in West Head, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 1 Jun 1962 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
2. Eldridge Fenimore McDONNELL was born on 4 Dec 1887 in Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 8 Dec 1971 in Rumford, Oxford, Maine.
3. William Wallace McDONNELL was born on 6 Oct 1889 in Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died in Mar 1965.
4. Edith Mae McDONNELL was born on 17 Aug 1891 in Lower Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 27 Feb 1967 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey.
5. Annie Maud McDONNELL was born on 22 Mar 1893 in Woods Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 23 Apr 1988 in Norway, Oxford, Maine.
6. Osma C. McDONNELL was born in Dec 1893 in Nova Scotia; died in Dec 1893 in Woods Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
7. John Harold McDONNELL was born on 5 May 1895 in Woods Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 30 Oct 1980 in Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
8. Franck Dougall McDONNELL was born on 25 Mar 1898 in Woods Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 4 Sep 1969 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
9. Cpl. Gladwin James McDONNELL was born on 14 May 1899 in Woods Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 17 Aug 1918 in Somme, France; was buried in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
10. Malcolm Murdock McDONNELL was born on 23 Jan 1901 in Woods Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 16 Oct 1999 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
11. Royal McDONNELL was born in 1905 in Woods Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died in 1906 in Woods Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
12. Dorothy Winifred McDONNELL was born on 22 Jan 1906 in Woods Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 22 Apr 2001 in Mount Uniacke, Hants, Nova Scotia; was buried in Union Cemetery, Mount Uniacke, Hants, Nova Scotia.

William married Rebecca Winifred HIPSON about 1857 in Nova Scotia. Rebecca was born in 1836 in Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; died on 22 Jun 1867 in Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

ANGUS MACDONNELL AND FAMILY
Angus Macdonnell of "Cullachy" in Glengarry, Scotland, came to Antigonish before the dawn of the 19th century. He was married to Ann Bigelow, a native of Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. She first belonged to the Protestant Church but became a convert to the Catholic faith, and lived to the age of 106 years. The issue of her marriage to Mr. Macdonnell was as follows: James, Angus, Charles, William, John and Ann. All the sons excepting James and Angus were, during the greater portion of their lives, Master Mariners, sailing their own vessels, as was their father before them.
The son James came to Port Hood in early life and remained there all the rest of his days. He was widely known, and everywhere respected in the County of Inverness. He was born in Antigonish on May 30th, 1821, and died at Port Hood, September 21st, 1880. He was appointed Prothonotary of the Supreme Court for the County of Inverness on November 30th, 1853; a Justice of the Peace on 13th August 1854; Inspector of Schools-the first for this County under the Public School law, in 1864; Commissioner for taking Affidavit’s in the Supreme Court in 1856; Captain of the 2nd Regiment of Militia, Inverness, in 1863; and Registrar of Deeds for this County in January 1871. In all these positions he did credit to himself, and justice to the public. He was an official of acknowledged accuracy and neatness, with a manner and memory that were quite uncommon.
Mr. James Macdonnell was married to Charlotte Fuller of Arichat. Her father was John Fuller, Esquire, who was successively High Sheriff and County Treasurer for the County of Richmond. She was born in Arichat on October 11th, 1824, and died at Port Hood on May 5th, 1894. The family of Mr. and Mrs. James Macdonnell were the following: William, who became a Master Mariner, sailed the seven seas for many years, and is now exploiting our absorbing Western heritage; John A., who succeeded his father as our respected Registrar of Deeds and Prothonotary; Thomas in Seattle, Washington; Mary Louise, who lives in Antigonish, and was married to the late Dougald MacDonald, formerly a prosperous merchant of Port Hood, and latterly one of the best respected commercial travellers of Nova Scotia; Annie Laurie, who is married to Samuel McAdam, a printer and publisher of long experience now in the United States; Ada, who died young and unmarried; and Maggie, who was married to the late Hon. Daniel MacNeil Judge of the County Court for District No. 6.
Angus Macdonnell, brother to James lived some years in Inverness County where he learned the trade of Saddler and Harness maker.. 3e removed from this, and ultimately settled down into a life, of mercantile business at Pugwash in the County of Cumberland.
John, son of Angus Senior, also spent some time in this, and was appointed Deputy Sheriff for the District of Juste-au-Corps n 1820. He afterwards moved away never to return.
Ann, daughter of Angus Senior, was married to Captain Artemus Cameron, a Nova Scotian, who was drowned on the Grand Banks. [n her early widowhood she came to Port Hood and started an hotel known at that time as the "Cameron House". She kept and conduce-;ed that house creditably all the rest of her life. After her death her mother took charge and held it till she was past the century mile stone. 4s a memorial of happy things that were, this aged and vacant house, till stands, silent, sad and gray.

Angus married Ann Chipman BIGELOW. Ann (daughter of Reuben BIGELOW and Lavinia SKINNER) was born on 30 Sep 1803 in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia; died in 1888 in Port Hood, Inverness, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Reuben and Lavinia lived a few years in Cornwallis, then moved to Antigonish.

Reuben married Lavinia SKINNER on 9 Nov 1802. Lavinia (daughter of Charles SKINNER and Sarah OSBORN) was born on 27 Jan 1784 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 9 May 1874 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]