Comments on: Jack and Sarah (Burns) McDonald Settle in Minnesota http://macdonellfamily.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/jack-and-sarah-burns-mcdonald-settle-in-minnesota/ The Life of Keith B. MacDonald Wed, 08 May 2013 20:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bonmac http://macdonellfamily.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/jack-and-sarah-burns-mcdonald-settle-in-minnesota/#comment-1976 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:40:42 +0000 http://macdonellfamily.wordpress.com/?p=2602#comment-1976 Carol: It is nice to hear from you. I know my great Uncle Jack is formally John Archibald McDonald and that name appears in several places in the Renfrew and Pontiac Area. Jack’s father is definitely an Archibald and not a John. I tried to show on this blog in various posts the documents I have collected about him. They lived up in the Chichester area before they headed to Minnesota. At this point I have just gotten started with deeds in Pontiac. So far there aren’t any that refer to a house in Arnprior or land in that area. I know that you have sent me a lot of information and I have not really had time to process it all. I have tried but I got bogged down and if you had some kind of descendancy chart prepared or a chart that showed the relationships of these people, I might get a better feel but at the moment you know this more than I do and I get confused. Sorry.

I was hit with a health crisis and it has made me want to focus on getting my research organized. There are many McDonells, MacDonalds and McDonalds in that area as you know and it is very confusing in trying to sort them out. It is also important to note who is Roman Catholic and who is Presbyterian, that is more significant than you might think. I wish I could give you encouragement in this but I can only state that you need to keep my McDonall’s in mind. So far none of your names fit my family. If I do figure anything out I will of course contact you. Bonnie

]]> By: carol gottberg http://macdonellfamily.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/jack-and-sarah-burns-mcdonald-settle-in-minnesota/#comment-1974 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:51:34 +0000 http://macdonellfamily.wordpress.com/?p=2602#comment-1974 I am wondering if your Archibald and Mary McDonald are my John and Mary McDonald. Who inherited house from Samuel McDonald and Margaret Scott McDonald. Lot 4 on Daniel St. in Arnprior They purchased it from Daniel Mcglauglin around 1854. It was then left to Duncan and James ( Samuel and Margarets son’s).

Samuel had a brother named Duncan who married Christina Stewart. I sent you a message about a Burns marrying into Duncan’s line to one of his sons.

I know they are connected to the McDonells. I am trying to figure out how. Duncan McDonald who married Julia Keyes ( Samuel and Margaret’s son) godparents were Penelope McDonell and John Ronald McDonald. These McDonalds married into Mcgillivrays for a few generations. They have relatives in St. P0lycarpe. Margarets daughter Ann married Ronald McDonald from ST. Polycarpe. He was the son of Mary and Ronald McDonald of Brockville area. Ann and Ronald were married at the stone Catholic Church in Brockville,

Margaret’s first husband was Alexander MacDonald. He died about 1848 in Scotland. His father was a John MacDonald I don’t know who he married. He died by 1850.. She remarried Samuel McDonald. They came from Invernesshire. I found a cencus in Sandaig. Samuel was a blacksmith. She had families with both Mc/MacDonalds. 6 children with Alexander (Ann, Isabella, Angus, John1st, JOhn 2nd, Francis, Alexander)John married a Christina Mckinnon the otherJohns married Isabella McGillivray , Francis married Johanna Dunn, Alexander married Mary Hickey, Ann married Ronald McDonald of St. Polycarpe. I don’t know if Isabella married or not. Margaret had 3 children with Samuel ( Duncan married JUlia Keyes, James, John.

Samuels parents were from Alexandria area. His dad was a Donald and his mother was a Mary.

I am wondering if Samuel and Ronald Sr. were brothers? If donald was a mistake? Ronald and Mary came from down east.

CArol

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