QUAY 3 "The death of Mr. Michael O'Donnell, which occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joseph D. Brady, Toronto, on Thursday, June 11, marked the passing of one who was known as Orillia's oldest citizens, as Mr. O'Donnell had almost reached his 96th birthday. Mr. O'Donnell was a native of Ireland, having been born in County Mayo in 1835. In 1842 he was brought to canada by his parents... The fami ly settled in Pickering township, taking up land in the uncleared bush. Four years later they moved to Mara and settled on a hundred acre farm within a mile of Brechin...