Samuel Fennell
 
 
Samuel Edward Fennell - 1890
Samuel Edward Fennell was the sixth child of John and Sarah Fennell. He was born on April 6th, 1866 in Huntingdon, Quebec. He was a blacksmith by trade and in 1888 he moved west to Morden, Manitoba. In 1890 he married Beatrice Delong and they lived on 320 acres of land in a log cabin homestead called "Shannon Farm" located near Roland, Manitoba.

Shannon Farm - Picture taken about 1935 before it was demolished
Shannon Farm - Picture taken about 1935 shortly before it was demolished





After their second son was born, they left the farm and moved into Roland where Samuel Edward went into the blacksmith trade, and then the flour and feed business. 

Fennell Home in Roland about 1901
Fennell home in Roland, about 1901
Samuel Edward, Beatrice holding Ida, Ray and Ernest

Samuel and Beatrice had four children:

  • Ernest Fennell Born March 20th, 1892 
  • Leslie Raymond Fennell 
  • Ida May Fennell 
  • William Franklin Fennell 
In 1906 Beatrice contracted typhoid fever and passed away the following year, not yet reaching age 38. Samuel Edward re-married, and went on to become a trophy-winning curler in the Patriotic Bonspiel of 1914. 

Samuel passed away on April 2nd, 1952, four days before his 86th birthday.

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