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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

Born in 1784 in Arisaig, Antigonish County, NS, Canada, Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald was the child of Lewis "Loddy" aka Lodyvick MacDonald and Mary Grant. In time, Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald married Alexander "Big Sandy" MacDonald, and they raised a family that included Catherine MacDonald, James MacDonald, Alexander ("Sandy") MacDonald, Angus Mor MacDonald, Sarah MacDonald, Mary MacDonald, Donald H Macdonald, Lewis A. MacDonald, Margaret MacDonald, Ann MacDonald and Donald MacDonald. Margaret (Peggy) MacDonald died in Broad Cove, Inverness co, Cape Breton Is, NS, Canada in 1875.

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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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Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 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 Year: 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 Year: 1891
    Event Place: Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 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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