Alexander MacDonald

Alexander MacDonald

Male - 1861

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  • Name Alexander MacDonald 
    Born South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1790  Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    emigrated from Scotland 
    _UID E1A3104A63DF4CE6A531D77B6A22BFC388C5 
    Died 1861  Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I2426  McPherson History
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2020 

    Father Donald MacDonald,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F685  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary MacDonald,   b. Abt 1791, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. John MacDonald,   b. Abt 1819, Glenora, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1872, River Inhabitants, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years)
     2. Catherine MacDonald,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Mary MacDonald,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Anne MacDonald,   b. Abt 1831, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1911  (Age ~ 80 years)
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Catherine McDougall,   d. Bef 1819, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Alexander MacDonald, son of Donald MacDonald, was born in South Uist, Scotland and emigrated to Cage Breton in the year 1790. He took up a farm of 600 acres on the western side of the River Inhabtants, 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 McIsaac 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 McIntyre, and had a family of four sons and four daughters. Ann died in the year 1911. -[1] History of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, by J.L. MacDougall, Jan 2, 1922, p.198, 246

  • Sources 
    1. [S347] History of Inverness County Nova Scotia, p.198, p246.

    2. [S347] History of Inverness County Nova Scotia, Page 246.