John Norman McDonald (1852 - 1929)

Born 1852 in Lot 63, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (McLeod) McDonald — married 1885 in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Died 1 Mar 1929 at about age 77 in Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

John was living with his parents Archibald and Elizabeth in Lot 63 in 1881. ^[1] He was single, age 28, and a farmer. The family was Church of Scotland. His father was born in Scotland and his mother on Prince Edward Island.

John married Katie McLeod in Georgetown in 1885. ^[2]

They were in Lot 63 in 1891 with three children: "Lora" [should be Flora], Bessie and Archie, and they were also listed in Cape Breton. ^{[3] [4]}

The family was in Cape Breton in 1901. ^[5] Children were Flora, Bessie, Archie, John H, Annie, Neil and Norman.

He died in Cape Breton on March 1 1929, at age 77. The death record said he was married, and his parents were Archibald and Elizabeth (Bowles) from Prince Edward Island. ^[6]

JOHN NORMAN MACDONALD_ SYDNEY, March 1.-After 28 years in Sydney, John Norman MacDonald 77, a native of Prince Edward Island employed in the Bescce Electrical Department, died today. Besides his widow‘there survive four sons: Archie, Buffalo; Neil, Baltimore; Norman, Kensington, P. E. 1.; John, Sydney; and two daughters, Mrs. William Brown, Toronto; Mrs. J. S. McAulay, Park Street ^[7]

Research Notes

The John H. McDonald who married Maggie Robinson in Massachusetts was John Hector McDonald the son of John and Grace McDonald, according to the information he gave on his marriage record. On this record he said born Nova Scotia. They had two daughters in the United States, Grace M. on 4 July 1883 in Massachusetts and Collina Marie on 4 August 1886. ^[8]

John and Maggie were back living in Nova Scotia by 1891. ^[9] Their two oldest daughters were born in the United States, Grace M. and Colina.

In 1901, the two oldest daughters were Margaret, born 4 July 1883 and Mary, born 4 August 1886, in Nova Scotia. They had two children born in Nova Scotia, John and Sarah. ^[10]

They were in Inverness in 1921. ^[11]

I don't think John Hector is Archibald's son John.

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1881; Census Place: Lot 63, Kings, Prince Edward Island; Roll: C_13165; Page: 30; Family No: 126 Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
2. ↑ "Canada, Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBJ-KPXV : 20 February 2021), John McDonald and Kattey McLeod, 25 Nov 1885; citing , Prince Edward Island, Canada, Public Archives, Charlottetown; FHL microfilm 1,630,095.
3. ↑ Year: 1891; Census Place: Lot 63, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Roll: T-6382; Family No: 249
4. ↑ Year: 1891; Census Place: Pictou Island, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada; Roll: T-6319; Family No: 30
5. ↑ Source Citation Year: 1901; Census Place: Sydney Mines (Town/Ville), Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Page: 1; Family No: 5 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
6. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK99-X73Q : 8 March 2021), Archie McDonald in entry for John Norman MacDonald, 01 Mar 1929; citing Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 1020, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
7. ↑ Guardian Thursday March 7, 1929 pg 9
8. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V58M-16Y : 29 December 2022), John H. McDonald, 1882.
9. ↑ Year: 1891; Census Place: Whycocomagh South, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada; Roll: T-6317; Family No: 84 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1891 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
10. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKV-2YB : 23 February 2021), John Mcdonald, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 11, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
11. ↑ Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 40; Census Place: 40, Cape Breton South and Richmond, Nova Scotia; Page Number: 15 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013. Original data: Library and Archives Canada.