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Donald Gorm McDonald 1575 – 1643 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1575

Birth Location: Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Dec 1643

Death Location: Isle of Skye, Scotland

Father: Donald Macdonald

Mother: Marjory McKenzie

Spouse(s): Janet Mackenzie

Children(s): Sir McDonald

The story of Donald Gorm McDonald began in 1575 in Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Donald Gorm McDonald married Janet Mackenzie, and had children including Sir James Ian Mor McDonald. Donald Gorm McDonald passed away in 1643 in Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Donald Gorm McDonald began in 1575 in Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
  • Donald Gorm McDonald married Janet Mackenzie, and had children including Sir James Ian Mor McDonald.
  • Donald Gorm McDonald passed away in 1643 in Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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Donald McDonald's Ancestors

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Donald McDonald
1575 – 1643
Birth Place: Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
Donald Gorm Macdonald
1548 – 1617
Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Marjory McKenzie
1565 – 1578
Scotland
Grandparents
Donald (Gormson) Macdonald
1522 – 1575
Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Mary Maclean
1526 –
Duart, Mull, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Donald Macdonald
1500 – 1539
Mary Macleod
1502 – 1522
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Donald Macdonnall
1480 – 1534
Catherine Macdonald
1482 – 1500

Donald McDonald's Descendants

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Donald (Gorm) McDonald (1575 – 8 Dec 1643) m. Janet Mackenzie (1588 – 1618)
  1. 1. Sir (James Ian Mor) McDonald (1605 – 8 Dec 1678) m. Mary MacLeod (1616 – 1637)
    1. 1. Roderick McDonald (1644 – 1693) m. Janet Ritchie (1660 – )
      1. 1. Sir (John R) McDonald (1673 – 1733) m. Margaret McDonald (1680 – )
        1. 1. Roderick Mcdonald (1705 – 1788) m. Anne McQueen (1710 – 1806)

Donald McDonald's Timeline

2 Records

1575
1575
Birth of Donald Gorm McDonald in Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1643
8 Dec 1643
Age 68
Death of Donald Gorm McDonald in Isle of Skye, Scotland
Isle of Skye, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1575
    Event Place: Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1643
    Event Place: Isle of Skye, Scotland
    Record Source: West Lothian, Scotland, Extracted Parish Records

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