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James MacDonald 1811 – 1848 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1811

Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 1848

Death Location: Cape mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Alexander MacDonald

Mother: Margaret MacDonald

Spouse(s): Margaret Gillis

Children(s):

James MacDonald was born in 1811 in Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of Alexander "Big Sandy" MacDonald and Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald. James MacDonald married Margaret Gillis. James MacDonald passed away in 1848 in Cape mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • James MacDonald was born in 1811 in Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of Alexander "Big Sandy" MacDonald and Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald.
  • James MacDonald married Margaret Gillis.
  • James MacDonald passed away in 1848 in Cape mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James MacDonald's Ancestors

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James MacDonald
1811 – 1848
Birth Place: Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
Alexander "Big Sandy" MacDonald
1780 – 1858
Kinlochmoidart, Scotland
Margaret ((Peggy)) MacDonald
1784 – 1875
Arisaig, Antigonish County, NS, Canada
Grandparents
Angus
Lewis ("Loddy" aka Lodyvick) MacDonald
1760 – 1828
Arisaig Inverness Shire or Sunisletter,S Morar Scotland
Mary Grant
1770 –
Duthil With Rothiemurchus,Inverness,Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander og
Allan Moar
1720 – 1764
Marjory Cameron
1692 – 1778
Donald Grant
Catherine MacDonald
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James MacDonald's Timeline

2 Records

1811
1811
Birth of James MacDonald in Nova Scotia, Canada
Nova Scotia, Canada
1848
1848
Age 37
Death of James MacDonald in Cape mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cape mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1811
    Event Place: Nova Scotia, Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1848
    Event Place: Cape mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada

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