Michael McDonnell, b: 1916

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


			^{James McDonald}^{b.1849 Balleighan, Ireland d.1920 Moville, Donegal, Ireland}

		^{Daniel McDonnell}^{b.1881 Moville, Donegal, Ireland d.1940 Detroit, Wayne, MI}	^{Sarah (Sally) Burns}^{b.1849 Ballymcarthur, Ireland d.1949 Moville, Donegal, Ireland}

^{Sabina Mary McDonnell}^{b.1940 Detroit, MI d.1945 Detroit, MI}	^{Michael McDonnell}^{b.1916 Butte, MT. d.2006 Southfield, MI}		^{Patrick McLaughlin}^b.1854 d.

^{Michael Daniel McDonnell}^{b.1943 Detroit, Wayne, MI d.2007 Las Vegas, NV}		^{Mary E. McLaughlin}^{b.1885 Greenock, Scotland d.1947 Detroit, Wayne, MI}	^{Elizabeth Burns}^{b.1857 Scotland d.1936}

^{James Patrick McDonnell}^{b.1945 Detroit, MI d.1980 Rose City, MI}

^{Thomas Marion McDonnell}^{b. Private d.}		^{Leon Sledzinski}^{b.1879 Warsaw, Poland d.1957 Hamtramck, Wayne, MI}

	^{Sabina Mary Sledzinski}^{b.1914 Albion, MI d.1973 Westland, Wayne, MI}

		^{Mary Fijolek}^{b.1882 Poland d.1963 Hamtramck, Wayne, MI}