Robert 'Bob' MCDONELL

• Name	Robert 'Bob' MCDONELL  [1]
  Birth	, Lancaster, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	Robert 'Bob' McDonell homesteaded on what is now (1970) Edith Moore'sfarm,. He and John Lamb bought the first binder in the district. It tiedonly about half the sheaves, but was still much better than cutting wheatwith a mower and binding it by hand. Later, a fire destroyed Bob's cropsand also the binder. Bob went to the Klondike with his brother-in-law,Dave Ennis and didn't return to the prairie. This account is stated on page 13 in the book, Grit and Growth, the Storyof Grenfell. by Annie I. Yule. 1907 edition.
  Person ID	I48065	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	James MCDONELL,   b. 11 Mar 1823, , Lancaster, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada d. 22 Mar 1888, , Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Jane MCLOTT,   b. 22 Apr 1830, , Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada d. 30 Dec 1904, , Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	, Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F8951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1042] Grit and Growth, the Story of Grenfell, 1042.