John MacDonald

John MacDonald[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male Abt 1819 - 1872  (~ 53 years)

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  • Name John MacDonald 
    Born Abt 1819  Glenora, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1871  River Inhabitants, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    1871 Census of Canada
    1871 Census of Canada
    _FSFTID MG1V-7VZ 
    _UID 785B378CEF854D26B6D7CD6B67DDA8C6F4F5 
    Died 1872  River Inhabitants, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I2364  McPherson History
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2020 

    Father Alexander MacDonald,   b. South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1861, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary MacDonald,   b. Abt 1791, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret MacIsaac,   b. 6 Jan 1831, Lower Port Hastings, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1911, Glenora, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 4 Feb 1853  Antigonish, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    John MacDonald Margare MacIsaac Marriage
    John MacDonald Margare MacIsaac Marriage
    Children 
     1. Catherine MacDonald,   b. Feb 1856, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Mariann MacDonald,   b. 29 Jan 1857, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1952, River Denys, Inverness, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     3. Malcolm MacDonald,   b. Abt 1860, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1892, Seattle, King, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years)
     4. Alexander MacDonald,   b. Abt 1862, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1894  (Age ~ 32 years)
     5. Mary MacDonald,   b. 24 May 1866, Lower River Inhabitants, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1938, Judique, Iverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     6. John MacDonald,   b. 29 Sep 1868, Lower River Inhabitants, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1951, Glenora, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     7. Mary Jane MacDonald,   b. Abt 1871, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1894  (Age ~ 23 years)
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F615  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1861 Census of Canada
    1861 Census of Canada
    1871 Census of Canada
    1871 Census of Canada

  • Notes 
    • THE MACDONALDS OF GLENORA, RIVER INHABITANTS.
      Alexander MacDonald, son of Donald MacDonald, was born a South Uist, Scotland and emmigrated to Cape Breton in the year 1790. He took up a farm of 600 acres on the western side of the River Inhabitants, at the place now called Glenora. He died in 1861. His first wife was Catherine McDougall of Rear Long Point. They had issue one son and one daughter, namely: Angus and Margaret, Angus married Isabel McVarish and had three sons, Angus, Donald and Alexander, and six daughters, Mary, Annie, Katie, Margaret, Catherine and Sarah. Margaret married Donald MacDonald (Og) of Creignish, and had five sons and three daughters.
      Alexander's first wife died and his second wife was Mary MacDonald. They had issue: one son, John and three daughters, Catherine, Mary and Anne. John married Margaret Mclsaac and had issue: three sons and four daughters, viz: Malcolm, who died in Seattle, Washington, in 1892; Alexander, who died in 1894 and John on the old homestead. The daughters are Catherine, wife of John Cameron, Annie, wife of Alex M. MacDonald, Mary, wife of Angus MacDonald and Mary Jane, who died in 1894. Catherine, Alex's daughter married Alexander MacDonald of Creignish, and had one son. Mary married Alexander Mclntyre, and had a family of four sons and four daughters. Ann died in the year 1911.
      - History of Inverness County Nova Scotia, J. L. MacDougall, 1922

  • Sources 
    1. [S348] 1861 Census of Canada, Year: 1861; Census Place: Inverness, Nova Scotia; Roll: M-876.
      1861 Census of Canada
      1861 Census of Canada


    2. [S317] Nova Scotia, Canada, Deaths, 1864-1877, 1890-1960.

    3. [S349] 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: River Inhabitants, Inverness, Nova Scotia; Roll: C-10564; Page: 15; Family No: 41.
      1871 Census of Canada
      1871 Census of Canada


    4. [S316] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree.

    5. [S482] Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9S-SG8R.

    6. [S483] Nova Scotia, Antigonish Catholic Diocese, 1823-1905 (Vital Records), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVSW-XLK.