George (McDonald) MacDonald (1831 - 1910)

Born 12 Sep 1831 in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (MacRitchie) MacDonald — married 5 Jan 1858 in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Died 25 Jun 1910 at age 78 in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland

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Biography

George was born in Stornoway in 1831 ^[1]. The baptisms register gives the family address as Mill Street and the 1841 census shows the family living at the Latta Mill in Mill Street (https://www.isle-of-lewis.com/what-to-do/historical-attractions/lattas-mill-stornoway/).

George trained as a blacksmith, the 1851 Census showing him as an apprentice. In 1858 he married Margaret MacRitchie ^[2]. His marriage registration was signed with a X so presumably he could not write. George and Margaret had the following children:

- Annabella 1859 married George MacDonald (no relation)

- Keith 1860 married Flora Montgomery (also known as Mackenzie) and became post-master in Stornoway

- Margaret 1863 probably married Alexander Mackay

- Henrietta 1864 probably married John Fraser

- James 1867 probably married Julia Ann Hughes in Calcutta

- George 1869 probably married Nora

- Christina 1871 probably married John Jamieson

- Catherine 1872 probably married Ellis

- Alexander John 1874

- Agnes 1877 probably married Ian Watson

I have not yet been able to fully trace all of the children due to the common names.

George worked as a blacksmith throughout his life living in Keith Street Stornoway. George died in 1910 ^[3].

Seoras in Gaelic. Known as Seoras an Gobha "the blacksmith" (https://www.hebrideanconnections.com/people/65973). This family mostly used the spelling Macdonald.

Sources

1. ↑ OPR Births 088/00 0020 0077 Stornoway
2. ↑ Scotland Statutory Marriages 088/00 0002
3. ↑ Scotland Statutory Deaths 088/00 0099

• "Scotland Census, 1841," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYCL-JFC : 10 December 2017), George Mcdonald, Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; from "1841 England, Scotland & Wales census," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 8, PRO HO 107, New Register House, Edinburgh; FHL microfilm 1,042,629.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #197042856 Old Sandwick Stornoway Cemetery - Sandwick, Outer Hebrides, Scotland