Special Thanks to the Heritage and More Blog for sharing this article on John McGinnis Sr.   Between 1811, when John McGinnis was born, and 1836, the year of his immigration to Canada, Ireland suffered thru at least 8 years of famine, as well as epidemics of Typhus in 1817 and Cholera in 1832.  He was but 25 when he entered Canada in 1836. One might easily assume that within these events lies the reason for the man to emigrate to Canada.  He was no different than many others...