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Ontario
George Greenlees August 5, 1895 in Buffalo, New York was a typically hot summer day. George Greenless, my 1st cousin 4 times removed, was estranged at this time from his wife, Ella ‘Nellie’ Misener. Hoping to find her at home with her parents, he entered their home and a shouting match ensued. George then pulled a pistol and shot and killed his mother-in-law. Next he shot and wounded his sister-in-law’s fiance Walter Flewell. Flewell later died of his injuries. Continue reading at Murder Most Foul – George Greenlees
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Pearl Taylor Born and raised in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, to a middle-class and respectable family, Pearl Taylor was one of several children. She was sent to finishing school at an early age and, in 1888, at age seventeen, was seduced by a gambler, Frederick Hart.
The Black Donnellys They lived near Lucan Ontario and were killed 1880 by neighbours who formed a vigilante posse. My step-father’s Hogan ancestors were involved in this and were part of the court case of the murderers.
Rebellion of 1837 Reward Poster for William Lyon McKenzie, David Gibson, Samuel Lount, Silas Fletcher & Jesse Lloyd
William Massey in Jail 1863. This is my step-father’s 3rd Great-Grandfather who went to Jail for stealing from Wells Fargo (present day American Express!)
Quebec
Rattlesnake Dick Dick Barter was born in Quebec City. His parents died about 1850, so he, his brother, his sister and her husband, and a cousin moved to the U.S.
Gillette Bonne (Baune) Executed with her husband for the murder of their son-in-law. She is my wife’s 11th Great-Grandmother.
When Marin CHAUVIN died at a young age, only one child, Jacques mother, had been born to his grandmother. Gilette BONNE, the widow, at the age of about 17 years, married secondly Jacques BERTAULT.
Gilette Bonne and Jacques Bertault had 6 children. One daughter, Elisabeth, was engaged by a marriage contract at the age of 10 years in 1669 to Charles Denart, a youth of 20 years. The contract was annulled the same year. At the age of 12 and a half Elizabeth Bertault wed Julien de La Touche, a 30 year old veteran of the Carignan Regiment. His farm apparently did not thrive, since Jacques Bertault often invited his daughter for meals and sent her food. La Touche drank heavily and did not get along with his wife. In frustration. Jacques Bertault and Gilette Bonne attempted to poison then killed La Touche. Their crime discovered, they were sentenced to be executed 9 June 1672. Their daughter Elisabeth was sentenced to observe the execution and to pay a fine. In 1673 she married Noel Laurence a 28 year veteran of the Carignan regiment, and later married a third time Jean Baptiste Pilon.
Saskatchewan
The Big Muddy Badlands Outlaws would use the area to hide from the law.