Catherine Grant (Fraser) Macdonald (1821-1865)

Catherine Grant Macdonald formerly Fraser

Born 13 Sep 1821 in Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Daughter of Alexander Duncan Fraser and Ann (Macdonell) Fraser

Sister of John Fraser [half], Alexander Fraser [half], Ann B. (Fraser) Mcintyre, John George Fraser, Isabella (Fraser) Pringle, Archibald George Fraser, Mary Margaret (Fraser) Pringle and Alexander Fraser

Wife of Donald Alexander Sandfield Macdonald — married 9 Oct 1845 in Alexandria, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Mother of Annie Macdonald, Margaret Josephine (Macdonald) Hingston, Catherine Ida (Macdonald) McCarthy, Alexander Fraser Macdonald, Daniel Eugene Macdonald, Mary Louise (Macdonald) MacDougall, Edwin Atwater Macdonald, Mary Macdonald, Donald Alexander Macdonald and Alexander George Fraser Macdonald

Died 9 Oct 1865 at age 44 in Garry Fen, Alexandria, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada

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1 Biography
2 Records
3 Sandfield Macdonald Tomb
4 Census
5 Sources

Biography

Alexander Fraser (1786-1853), by his 1st wife Catherine Grant (c1789-1818), had 2 children: John (1809-13); Alexander (1816-17); and by his 2nd wife Ann MacDonell (c1797-1861), had 6 children: Ann (b.1820); Catherine Grant (b.1821); Isabella (b.1825); Archibald (b.1827); Mary (b.1829); Alexander (b.1831).

Source: Clan Fraser: ALEXANDER FRASER of Fraserfield (1786-1853) from www.clanfraser.ca

Catherine was D.A.’s second wife. (His first was Margaret McDonell of St. Andrew’s.) Altogether the couple had five boys and four girls, four of the boys and Catherine died of diphtheria. Annie born at Garry Fen in 1848 is the only surviving daughter not shown below. As the eldest daughter she never married and looked after her father and siblings. She died from diptheria in Montreal in 1927.

Source: Sandfield-Macdonald pdf from www.library.cornwall.on.ca

Records

Record of birth/baptism:

Name Catharine Fraser
Gender Female
Christening Date 01 Oct 1821
Christening Place SAINT RAPHAEL,ST RAPHAELS,GLENGARRY,ONTARIO
Birth Date 13 Sep 1821
Father's Name Alexander Fraser
Mother's Name Ann Mcdonell

Sandfield Macdonald Tomb

Front

In memory of D. A. Macdonald (Sandfield) Late Lieut. Gov. of Ontario. Born at St. Raphaels, Glengarry 17th Feb 1817 died at Montreal 10th June 1896. Also his wife Catherine Grant Fraser Born at Fraserfield, Glengarry, 13th Sept. 1821 Died 9th Oct. 1865 Requiescat in Pace

Right:

In memory of Alexander Fraser Macdonald Born 18th May 1854 Died 27th Aug 1863 Edwin Atwater Macdonald Born 2nd May, 1859 Died 21st January 1864 Daniel Eugene Macdonald Born 25th May 1856 Died 10th November 1864 Donald Alexander Macdonald Born 10th October 1861 Died 20th April 1865 Catherine Ida McCarthy Born 16th March 1851 Died 1st Sept 1926 Annie Macdonald Born 18th Feb 1848 Died 30th April 1927

Left:

Colonel A. G. F. Macdonald Born 23 Aug 1863 Died June 24, 1948 His beloved wife Eugenie Hubert Macdonald Born January 14th, 1865 Died Sept 26, 1934 Lt. G. Fraser Macdonald 1891-1916 (France) Catherine Macdonald 1901-1935 John Sandfield Macdonald 1910-1941 Sgt. Ian Bruce Macdonald 1903-1944 (England)

Rear

Mary Louise MacDougall Born October 24,1857 Died February 12,1951

Census

Sources

Sandfield-Macdonald pdf from www.library.cornwall.on.ca

"Ontario, Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLTQ-3LW : accessed 8 October 2015), Ann Mcdonell in entry for Catharine Fraser, 13 Sep 1821; citing ; FHL microfilm 928,967.

Clan Fraser: ALEXANDER FRASER of Fraserfield (1786-1853) from www.clanfraser.ca

Sandfield Macdonald Tomb from www.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine: