Alexander MacRae (1846)

Born 1846 in Beaver Meadow, Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

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Biography

Donald, son of Duncan, son of Murdock, married Miss MacDonald, with issue: ALEX died, not married; daughter married to Donald MacLean.

[Note: I'm quite sure this should read: "Donald, son of Murdock,.......]

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Census Year: 1871 Province: Nova Scotia District Name: Antigonish Sub-District Name: Lochaber

• Mac Rae, Donald, M, 66, b. N.S., Catholic, Scotch, Farmer, M
• Mac Rae, Isabella, F, 60, b. Scotland, Catholic, Scotch, M, cannot read/write
• Mac Rae, Duncan, M, 32, Farmer
• Mac Rae, Alexander, M, 25, Farmer
• Mac Rae, Murdock, M, 27, Farmer
• Mac Rae, Annie, F, 24
• Mac Rae, Ellen, F, 23
• Mac Rae, Catherine, F, 19

[Note: For some reason the names on this page do not appear in the census search.]

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Census Year: 1881 Item Number: 903308 Province: Nova Scotia District Name: Antigonish Sub-District Name: St. Joseph's

• McRae, Donald, M, 66, b. N.S., R.Catholic, Scotch, Farmer, W
• McRae, Alexander, M, 35, Farmer
• McRae, Ellen, F, 28
• Smith, Isabella, F, 9

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[Note: I think he may have married a Flora MacLellan and had a son John who was a school teacher and died in 1946.]

Sources

1. ↑ A History of the County of Antigonish, Nova Scotia by the Reverand D.J. Rankin, Toronto: The MacMillan Company of Canada Ltd. 1929. page 349.
2. ↑ https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1871&op=pdf&id=4396739_00144
3. ↑ https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1881&op=pdf&id=e008124094
4. ↑ https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1881&op=pdf&id=e008124095