Immigration

Canada was, and remains, a nation of immigrants. The Donnellys and many of their neighbours emigrated from Ireland during the 1840’s, a time of great difficulty in Ireland. Like other immigrants, the Donnellys sought a better life in what was to become Canada. The process of immigration was often arduous and occasionally even deadly. Once in Canada, attitudes towards the newcomers could make life difficult for immigrants, for many did not welcome Irish immigrants like the Donnellys to Canada.

Books

• Canada Company, A Statement of the Satisfactory Results Which Have Attended Emigration to Upper Canada From the Establishment of The Canada Company, Until the Present Period, 1842

Diaries, Journals or Reminiscences

• John O. Hanley, Note on Land Policy
• Henry MacCormack, Emigration or No Emigration, July 31, 1874
• William Porte, William Porte Diary, May 21, 1883

Government Documents

• Unknown, Kingston Emigrant Agent's Letter Book
• Unknown, Chief Emigrant Agent's Letter Book, February 1, 1842
• Government of Great Britain, Parliamentary Debates, Great Britain, May 20, 1842
• Unknown, Kingston Emigrant Agent's Letter Book, June 29, 1849
• Unknown, Kingston Emigrant Agent's Letter Book, July 4, 1849
• Unknown, Kingston Emigrant Agent's Letter Book, July 31, 1850

Letters

• Robert Ritchie and Mary Ritchie, Letter to James Ritchie, Ireland, January 26, 1847

Miscellaneous

• Unknown, The Evils of Wholesale and Improvident Emigration from Ireland, 1863
• M.V.W., Voyage To Canada In 1849 Held Traps For Unwary Folk, As Shown By London Letter, Clippings On Middlesex County, June 1, 1940

Newspaper or Magazine Articles

• Unknown, Outrages in Tipperary, Ireland, Nenagh Gazette, April 30, 1842
• Unknown, Emigration from Ireland, The Nenagh Gazette, June 18, 1842
• Unknown, Ireland - Report on Emigration, London Free Press, May 16, 1856
• Unknown, Canadian News - Irish Emigrant Family, Irish Canadian, September 29, 1880
• Unknown, An Irish Immigrant: The Loose Way in Which Dominion Assisted Passages are Granted, The Globe, June 27, 1881
• Unknown, Emigration - Canada a More Desirable Country than the United States, London Free Press, September 23, 1881