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Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald 1784 – 1875 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1784

Birth Location: Arisaig, Antigonish County, NS, Canada

Death Date: 2 Jul 1875

Death Location: Broad Cove, Inverness co, Cape Breton Is, NS, Canada

Father: Lewis MacDonald

Mother: Mary Grant

Spouse(s): Alexander MacDonald

Children(s): Catherine MacDonald, James MacDonald, Alexander MacDonald, Angus MacDonald, Sarah MacDonald, Mary MacDonald, Donald Macdonald, Lewis MacDonald, Margaret MacDonald, Ann MacDonald, Donald MacDonald

The story of Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald began in 1784 in Arisaig, Antigonish County, NS, Canada. In 1871, Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald resided in Broad Cove, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald married Alexander "Big Sandy" MacDonald, and had children including Catherine MacDonald, James MacDonald, Alexander ("Sandy") MacDonald, Angus Mor MacDonald, Sarah MacDonald, Mary MacDonald, Donald H Macdonald, Lewis A. MacDonald, Margaret MacDonald, Ann MacDonald, Donald MacDonald. Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald passed away in 1875 in Broad Cove, Inverness co, Cape Breton Is, NS, Canada.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald began in 1784 in Arisaig, Antigonish County, NS, Canada.
  • In 1871, Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald resided in Broad Cove, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald married Alexander "Big Sandy" MacDonald, and had children including Catherine MacDonald, James MacDonald, Alexander ("Sandy") MacDonald, Angus Mor MacDonald, Sarah MacDonald, Mary MacDonald, Donald H Macdonald, Lewis A. MacDonald, Margaret MacDonald, Ann MacDonald, Donald MacDonald.
  • Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald passed away in 1875 in Broad Cove, Inverness co, Cape Breton Is, NS, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lewis MacDonald
1760 – 1828
Birth Location: Arisaig Inverness Shire or Sunisletter,S Morar Scotland
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Mary Grant
1770 –
Birth Location: Duthil With Rothiemurchus,Inverness,Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Alexander MacDonald
1780 – 1858
Birth Location: Kinlochmoidart, Scotland
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Children(s)

Catherine MacDonald
1809 –
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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James MacDonald
1811 – 1848
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Alexander MacDonald
1813 – 1848
Birth Location: Broad Cove, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Angus MacDonald
1815 – 1869
Birth Location: Broad Cove Marsh, Canada
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Sarah MacDonald
– 1897
Birth Location: Broad Cove Marsh, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
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Mary MacDonald
1816 –
Birth Location: Dunvegan, Inverness, Nova Scotia
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Donald Macdonald
1825 – 1848
Birth Location: Nova Scotia
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Lewis MacDonald
1825 – 1844
Birth Location: –
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Margaret MacDonald
1831 – 1901
Birth Location: Broad Cove Marsh, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Ann MacDonald
Birth Location: –
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Donald MacDonald
– 1848
Birth Location: –
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Margaret MacDonald's Ancestors

Self
Margaret MacDonald
1784 – 1875
Birth Place: Arisaig, Antigonish County, NS, Canada
Parents
Lewis "Loddy" aka Lodyvick MacDonald
1760 – 1828
Arisaig Inverness Shire or Sunisletter,S Morar Scotland
Mary Grant
1770 –
Duthil With Rothiemurchus,Inverness,Scotland
Grandparents
Allan (Roy Macdonald 7th of) Moar
1720 – 1764
Arisaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Marjory Cameron
1692 – 1778
Lochiel, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Donald Grant
Scotland
Catherine MacDonald
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret MacDonald's Descendants

1.
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Margaret ((Peggy)) MacDonald (abt 1784 – 2 Jul 1875) m. Alexander ("Big Sandy") MacDonald (1780 – 06 26 1858)
  1. 1. Catherine MacDonald (1809 – ) m. Farquhaar MacLellan
  2. 2. James MacDonald (1811 – 1848) m. Margaret Gillis
  3. 3. Alexander (("Sandy")) MacDonald (Abt. 1813 – 1848)
  4. 4. Angus (Mor) MacDonald (1815 – 1869) m. Ann MacDonald (1824 – )
    1. 1. Jessie MacDonald (1834 – 1888)
    2. 2. Katie McDonald (abt 1852 – )
    3. 3. Donald MacDonald (June 1852 – 18 March 1913)
    4. 4. Allan MacDonald (1863 – )
    5. 5. Christina MacDonald
    6. 6. Annie MacDonald
    7. 7. Catherine MacDonald m. Alexander MacKinnon
      1. 1. Catherine MacKinnon m. Hector MacEachern
    8. 8. Alexander MacDonald
      1. 1. Grahame MacDonald
      2. 2. Roy MacDonald
      3. 3. Roy MacDonald
    9. 9. Margaret MacDonald m. Archibald MacIsaac
    10. 10. Mary MacDonald
    11. 11. Ann MacDonald
  5. 5. Sarah MacDonald (c1815 – 10 Dec 1897) m. Angus MacArthur (1810 – 22 Oct 1878)
    1. 1. Allan MacArthur (June 1834 – 4 February 1932) m. Jane (Jessie) McIssac (May 1842 – 1939)
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) McArthur (April 1869 – 18 Oct 1959)
      2. 2. Angus McArthur (October 26, 1870 – 15 Jan 1951)
      3. 3. Ronald McArthur (About 1874 – March, 1889)
      4. 4. Angus McArthur (23 Dec 1874 – 15 Jan 1951)
      5. 5. Catherine McArthur (April 28, 1877 – June 14, 1893)
      6. 6. Aeneas McArthur (Dec 1877 – 1912)
      7. 7. Andrew McArthur (March 25, 1879 – )
      8. 8. Donald Mcarthur (1881 – )
      9. 9. Daniel McArthur (November 3, 1881 – March 20, 1918)
      10. 10. Margaret McArthur (April 27, 1884 – 1912) m. Ernest (W) Marland (1879 – )
        1. 1. Ernest (Allan) Marland (8 Oct 1905 – 7 April 1952)
        2. 2. Milton (James) Marland (abt 1909 – )
        3. 3. Margaret Marland (abt 1910 – )
        4. 4. Albert (J) Marland (March 2, 1912 – March 13, 1912)
      11. 11. Sarah Mcarthur (17 Dec 1886 – January 5, 1944)
      12. 12. Ronald McArthur (03 Jun 1889 – 11 Jun 1889)
      13. 13. Ronald ((Roy Joseph)) McArthur (24 Jan 1891 – 1922)
    2. 2. Lewis (("Loddie")) MacArthur (ABT 1840 – 03 Apr 1910) m. Genevieve (Jenny) MacIsaac (APR 1848 – 16 Jul 1931)
      1. 1. Margaret MacArthur (1 JUN 1870 – 1949) m. Alexander (("Sandy")) Gillis
      2. 2. Alexander MacArthur (29 Jan 1872 – 26 Jan 1921) m. Margaret (("Maggie")) Doyle
      3. 3. John MacArthur (08 May 1874 – BEF 1975) m. Louise Cormier
        1. 1. Annie MacArthur m. Arthur AuCoin m. Theadore Kaines
        2. 2. Joseph MacArthur m. Grace ?
        3. 3. Daniel MacArthur m. Elsie ?
        4. 4. Marie MacArthur m. John Pugh
        5. 5. Alexander MacArthur
        6. 6. Mammie MacArthur m. Ronald Griffin m. David Appleby
        7. 7. Catherine MacArthur m. Ronald Griffin
      4. 4. Angus MacArthur (23 Apr 1876 – Sep 1953) m. Jane McIsaac (1888 – ) m. Selina AuCoin (24 Feb 1893 – 22 Jun 1940)
        1. 1. Annastacia MacArthur (1918 – 21 Feb 1981) m. James O'Neil
        2. 2. Archibald MacArthur m. nm
        3. 3. Raymond MacArthur
        4. 4. Sarah MacArthur
        5. 5. Rosie MacArthur
        6. 6. Janie MacArthur m. Paul Gale
        7. 7. Mary MacArthur m. Thomas McIsaac
        8. 8. Cyril MacArthur m. Martha McNeil
        9. 9. Margaret MacArthur m. John (Joseph) St.Croix
        10. 10. Donald MacArthur m. Diane MacDonald
      5. 5. Angus MacArthur (23 Jul 1876 – 1981) m. Selena (Mc) Arthur (1893 – )
        1. 1. Archie (Mc) Arthur (1910 – )
        2. 2. Anna (Mc) Arthur (1917 – )
        3. 3. Mary (Mc) Arthur (1919 – )
        4. 4. Cyril (Mc) Arthur (1921 – )
        5. 5. Jane (Mc) Arthur (1923 – )
        6. 6. Margaret (Mc) Arthur (1925 – )
        7. 7. Donald (Mc) Arthur (1927 – )
        8. 8. Sarah (Mc) Arthur (1931 – )
        9. 9. Rose (Mc) Arthur (1934 – )
      6. 6. Murdock MacArthur (12 May 1878 – 1961) m. Flora McNeil
        1. 1. Bertha (MacArthur) (adp)
      7. 7. James MacArthur (20 Apr 1880 – 1985)
      8. 8. Sarah MacArthur (10 Jul 1882 – 1987) m. John McNeil
      9. 9. Allan MacArthur (23 MAY 1884 – Sept 1971) m. Cecelia McNeil (ABT 1884 – BEF 1921) m. Mary MacDonald (1896 – 10 January 1975)
        1. 1. Lewis MacArthur (Oct 1914 – 1963)
        2. 2. James MacArthur (Aug 1915 – UNKNOWN)
        3. 3. Francis ((Frank)) MacArthur (Aug 1918 – 1997)
        4. 4. Loretta MacArthur (Sept 1920 – January 1948)
        5. 5. Lewis MacArthur
        6. 6. James MacArthur m. Rose Hiscock
        7. 7. Francis MacArthur m. Margaret Delaney
        8. 8. Loretta MacArthur m. Bernard McNeil
        9. 9. Margaret MacArthur (1928 – )
        10. 10. Martin MacArthur
        11. 11. Margaret MacArthur m. Leo Cormier
        12. 12. Gordon MacArthur
        13. 13. Sears MacArthur m. Marie Campbell
        14. 14. Daniel MacArthur
        15. 15. George MacArthur
        16. 16. John MacArthur
      10. 10. Daniel MacArthur (17 Jun 1886 – 1991)
      11. 11. Daniel MacArthur (17 Jun 1886 – 1965)
      12. 12. Joseph MacArthur (Apr 1889 – 1966) m. Harriet McIsaac
        1. 1. Gerrard (MacArthur) (adp) m. Francis O'Gorman
        2. 2. Mary MacArthur m. ? Hardy
        3. 3. Annastacia MacArthur
        4. 4. Loretta MacArthur
      13. 13. Mary MacArthur (17 Apr 1890 – 1995)
      14. 14. Sarah (Anne) MacArthur (22 Apr 1892 – 1997)
      15. 15. Lockie MacArthur (26 Oct 1895 – 2000) m. Margaret (("Maggie")) Flynn
        1. 1. John MacArthur m. Nancy ?
        2. 2. Jennie MacArthur m. Alexander Gale
        3. 3. Ronald MacArthur m. Wendy ?
      16. 16. Lachlan (Francis) MacArthur (26 Oct 1896 – 1962)
    3. 3. Mary MacArthur (Abt. 1840 – 22 Jan 1910) m. Lactin (Chenell) Hynes (1846 – 26 Jun 1898)
      1. 1. Capt. (Richard) Hynes (1869 – 14 Feb 1943) m. Mary (Minnie) Finlay (1885 – 08 Aug 1916)
        1. 1. Mary (Alice) Hynes (31 Dec 1907 – 16 March 1908)
        2. 2. Rita Hynes (23 Oct 1909 – )
        3. 3. John Hynes (17 Aug 1912 – )
        4. 4. Veronica Hynes (20 Jul 1914 – ) m. Michael Wall
      2. 2. Sarah Hynes (17 Aug 1870 – 05 Apr 1958) m. Stephen Hall (30 Sep 1859 – 26 Apr 1929)
        1. 1. Thomas (William) Hall (11 Nov 1891 – 10 Sep 1947) m. Mary MAHER (27 May 1893 – 12 Nov 1971) m. Lorna (Lee) Hall (22 Feb 1923 – 14 Sep 2002)
        2. 2. Richard (Joseph) Hall (16 Aug 1895 – 7 Mar 1996)
        3. 3. Hilda (Mary) Hall (09 Apr 1897 – Unknown) m. Patrick Roach (Unknown – Unknown) m. Unknown Johnson
        4. 4. Laura (A) Hall (22 Sep 1902 – Jul 1985) m. Francis (J) Degnan (abt 1895 – ) m. Unknown m. Unknown
        5. 5. Angela (Esther (Nan)) Hall (6 January 1906 – 21 July 1970)
        6. 6. Bessie Hall (1910 – )
        7. 7. Betty Hall (11 JAN 1911 – 1994)
        8. 8. THERESA (D) HALL (22 Dec 1912 – 07 Sep 1989) m. FRANK (X) TIERNEY (16 Nov 1910 – 02 Oct 1998)
        9. 9. Theresa Hall (1913 – )
    4. 4. Katherine MacArthur (ABT 1842 – UNKNOWN) m. Archibald (D.) McIsaac
    5. 5. Elizabeth MacArthur (1849 – ) m. Angus McIsaac
    6. 6. John MacArthur
    7. 7. Margaret MacArthur m. Francis McIsaac
  6. 6. Mary MacDonald (1816 – ) m. Martin MacPherson
  7. 7. Donald (H) Macdonald (Abt. 1825 – 1848)
  8. 8. Lewis (A.) MacDonald (abt 1825 – 1844)
  9. 9. Margaret MacDonald (1831 – 1901) m. Archibald MacIsaac
    1. 1. Ronald MacIsaac
  10. 10. Ann MacDonald m. Donald MacDonald
  11. 11. Donald MacDonald ( – 1848) m. Annie MacDonald

Margaret MacDonald's Timeline

5 Records

1784
abt 1784
Birth of Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald in Arisaig, Antigonish County, NS, Canada
Arisaig, Antigonish County, NS, Canada
1790
Abt. 1790
Age 6
Birth of Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald in Arisaig, Antigonish County, NS, Canada
Arisaig, Antigonish County, NS, Canada
1871
1871
Age 87
Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald resided here in Broad Cove, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
Broad Cove, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
1875
2 Jul 1875
Age 91
Death of Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald in Broad Cove, Inverness co, Cape Breton Is, NS, Canada
Broad Cove, Inverness co, Cape Breton Is, NS, Canada
1891
1891
Age 107
Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald resided here in Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1790
    Event Place: Arisaig, Antigonish County, NS, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1784
    Event Place: Arisaig, Antigonish County, NS, Canada
    Record Source: 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Broad Cove, Inverness, Nova Scotia; Roll: C-10565; Page: 26; Family No: 65

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Broad Cove, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Broad Cove, Inverness, Nova Scotia; Roll: C-10565; Page: 26; Family No: 65

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Jul 1875
    Event Place: Broad Cove, Inverness co, Cape Breton Is, NS, Canada
    Record Source: Nova Scotia, Canada, Deaths, 1864-1877, 1890-1965, Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Death Registrations: 1864–1877; 1908–1966; Volume Number: 1810; Page Number: 114; Reference Number: 72
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