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Michael J MacDonald (1855 - abt. 1939)

Michael J "Micheil Iain Post" MacDonald
Born in Mount Young, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , [half] and
Husband of — married 19 Feb 1895 in Mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , and
Died about at about age 83 in Nova Scotia, Canadamap [uncertain]
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Biography

Michael was born on 27 Jun 1855 in Mount Young, Inverness, Nova Scotia. He was the son of John "Iain Post" MacDonald and Margaret Beaton. His name is styled "Micheil Iain Post" because he was the son of John "Iain Post" MacDonald, who carried the mail on foot with his three brothers in the early days of Inverness.

Michael married Margaret Ann Beaton on 19 Feb 1895 in Mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia. They had five children together and adopted one child.

  1. Maggie May (b. 9 Dec 1895)
  2. John Dan Hugh (b. 2 Dec 1897)
  3. Alexander Roderick (b. 22 Feb 1901)
  4. Flora (b. Sep 1904)
  5. John Angus (b. Jan 1907)
  6. Alexander (b. abt. 1918) (Adopted)

Michael passed away in 1939 in Nova Scotia.

Sources

  • Birth Record[1]
  • 1871 Canada Census[2]
  • 1881 Canada Census[3]
  • 1891 Canada Census[4]
  • Marriage Record[5]
  • 1901 Canada Census[6]
  • 1911 Canada Census[7]
  • 1921 Canada Census[8]
  • 1930 US Census[9]
  • Death Record[10]
  1. ↑ "Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRF-KKBM : 23 October 2015), Michel Mcdonald, 27 Jun 1855; citing Birth, Mount Young, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate number 1228, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
  2. ↑ Digitzed page of 1871 Census of Canada. Library and Archives Canada film number C-10565, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,229,153. Page 36, lines 13-20. Page 37, line 1. http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform/data2/dm13/d13/006003/c-10565/jpg/4396599_00345.jpg
  3. ↑ Digitized Page of 1881 Census of Canada. Library and Archives Canada film number C-13165, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,801. Page 22, lines 3-8. http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e325/e008115048.jpg
  4. ↑ Digitized Page of 1891 Census of Canada. Library and Archives Canada film number T-6316. Page 16, lines 5-9. http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148118-00524
  5. ↑ "Nova Scotia, Antigonish Catholic Diocese, 1823-1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVSX-NWL : 8 December 2014), Michael Macdonald and Margaret Ann Beaton, 19 Feb 1895; citing Marriage, St. Mary's, Mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada, Catholic Church parishes, Antigonish Diocese, Nova Scotia.
  6. ↑ Digitized Page of 1901 Census of Canada. Library and Archives Canada film number T-6453. Page 14, lines 37-40. http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z001/jpg/z000042463.jpg
  7. ↑ Digitized Page of 1911 Census of Canada. Library and Archives Canada. Inverness, Nova Scotia. District 47, sub-district 13. Page 8, Family #63. http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/jpg/e001972469.jpg
  8. ↑ Digitized Page of 1921 Census of Canada. Library and Archives, Canada. Hillsboro, Inverness, Nova Scotia. Page 12, Family 107. http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002910489
  9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X79B-HZ9 : accessed 27 June 2017), Michael J Mac Donald in household of Alexander Mac Donald, Detroit (Districts 0251-0500), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 484, sheet 21B, line 72, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1052; FHL microfilm 2,340,787.
  10. ↑ "Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMG9-HPX : 8 December 2014), Michael J. Mcdonald, 1939, Death; citing p. 490, volume 180, Mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.




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