Kenneth R. McDonald and wife Catherine McDonnell lived in Glengarry c1855s_1880
This is my yearly query re my ancestors, Kenneth R. Mc/MacDonald and wife Catherine McDonnell and their son John Kenneth McDonald who was born c1843/47. They were born in Inverness Co. Scotland, possibly in or near the Moidart area. The family emigrated to Canada c1851 per family lore, with Donald Alexander McDonald, brother of Kenneth R. McDonald.
John Kenneth McDonald’s 1920 death registration data supplied by his daughter Catherine, says he had lived in Ontario for 65 years, and that leaves 5 years unaccounted for, and perhaps the family may have lived in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick.The McDonald family lived in Glengarry Co., Ontario, Canada and John Kenneth McDonald lived there c1855-1872 when he married and moved to Caledon, Peel Co. Ontario. John Kenneth McDonald and his young family lived in Lochiel, Glengarry Co. Ontario c1880-1884 and then moved back to Caledon where they lived until about 1897 when they moved to Brantford, Brant Co. Ontario. He was an employee of the Grand Trunk Railroad.
Catherine McDonnell, wife of Kenneth R. McDonald, died in Glengarry Co. Ontario before 1875. It has been suggested but not proven that Catherine McDonnell may have been the daughter of a John McDonnell and a Mary McDonald. Her son, John Kenneth R. McDonaldnamed his first daughter Catherine for his mother, and she was called ‘Minnie’ most of life.
Kenneth R. McDonald died in Glengarry Co. Ontario, uncertain as to time line, conjecture late 1870s-1880s, and the family thought he had died in Lochiel but other McDonald researchers say no. It has been suggested that his father was probably a John McDonald.
Donald Alexander McDonald was born Bet. 1800 - 1840 Inverness Co., Scotland, and died Bef. Jun 1895 in Glengarry Co., ON, Canada.This is all we have for him:
ORANGEVILLE SUN, Dufferin, ON -27 June 1895-
Miss Minnie McDonald, dining room girl at Grand Central has just received word that her grand uncle, Donald Alexander McDonald of Glengarry County, Ont. has died leaving her a considerable sum of money.Miss McDonald's friends are glad to hear of her good fortune.
The family was Catholic and Kenneth R. McDonald and his wife Catherine, and his brother Donald Alexander McDonald would have been buried in a Catholic Cemetery.Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you.