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Janet (Jessie) MacDonald 1770–1847 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1770

Birth Location: Knockowe, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Death Date: 22 Aug 1847

Death Location: Keill, Eigg, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Father: James Macdonald

Mother: Margaret MacLeod

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In 1770, Janet (Jessie) MacDonald entered the world in Knockowe, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland, born to James Macdonald And Margaret Peggy Macleod. Janet (Jessie) MacDonald passed away in 1847 in Keill, Eigg, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1770, Janet (Jessie) MacDonald entered the world in Knockowe, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland, born to James Macdonald And Margaret Peggy Macleod.
  • Janet (Jessie) MacDonald passed away in 1847 in Keill, Eigg, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Macdonald
1722–1778
Birth Location: Knockcowe, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland
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Margaret MacLeod
1731–
Birth Location: of Kingsburgh, , Ross, Scotland
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Children(s)

Janet MacDonald's Ancestors

Self
Janet MacDonald
1770–1847
Birth Place: Knockowe, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Parents
James Macdonald
1722–1778
Knockcowe, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland
Margaret ((Peggy)) MacLeod
1731–
of Kingsburgh, , Ross, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Alexander MacDonald 6th of Castle Camus, 1st Laird of) Kingsburgh
1689–1772
Kingsburgh , North-West Portree, Sleat, Skye, Scotland
Florence (Macdonald of Castleton, widow of Ranald Macdonald of) Castleton
1707–1759
of Castleton, Sleat District, Inverness-Shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Donald, MacDonald
1662–1720
Margaret Nicholson
1648–1722
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander MacDonald
1643–1680

Janet MacDonald's Timeline

2 Records

1770
1770
Birth of Janet (Jessie) MacDonald in Knockowe, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Knockowe, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland
1847
22 Aug 1847
Age 77
Death of Janet (Jessie) MacDonald in Keill, Eigg, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Keill, Eigg, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1770
    Event Place: Knockowe, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Aug 1847
    Event Place: Keill, Eigg, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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