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Margaret McDonald 1805 – 1877 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1805

Birth Location: Abernethy and Kincardine, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 OCTOBER 1877

Death Location: Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

Father: James McDonald

Mother: Isabella McCaskill

Spouse(s): Donald McPherson

Children(s): John McPherson

In 1805, Margaret McDonald entered the world in Abernethy and Kincardine, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to James Jas McDonald and Isabella belle McCaskill. Margaret McDonald married Donald McPherson, and had children including John McPherson. Margaret McDonald passed away in 1877 in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.

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Biography

  • In 1805, Margaret McDonald entered the world in Abernethy and Kincardine, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to James Jas McDonald and Isabella belle McCaskill.
  • Margaret McDonald married Donald McPherson, and had children including John McPherson.
  • Margaret McDonald passed away in 1877 in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret McDonald's Ancestors

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Margaret McDonald
1805 – 1877
Birth Place: Abernethy and Kincardine, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James Jas McDonald
1770 –
Perthshire, Scotland
Isabella (belle) McCaskill
1780 – 1874
Grandparents
John Macdonald
1725 – 1803
Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Margaret Grant
1730 – 1818
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John McDonald
1692 –
John Grant
1706 – 1750
Margret Rose
1705 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Donald More
1685 – 1727
Anna Fraser
1690 – 1734

Margaret McDonald's Descendants

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Margaret McDonald (1805 – 14 OCTOBER 1877) m. Donald McPherson (October 1780 – 28 July 1869)
  1. 1. John McPherson (1825 – 19 Apr 1892) m. Jane Burton (1823 – )
    1. 1. Emily (Jane) McPherson (30 Jan 1849 – 13 sep 1890) m. Lewis Tarrant (19 Jul 1839 – 13 Apr 1920)
      1. 1. Emmeline (Adelaide) Tarrant (10 Jun 1877 – 20 Jul 1959) m. John (Thomas "Bob") Packer (6 Jul 1863 – 27 Jul 1938)
        1. 1. Rita (May) Packer (10 Nov 1912 – 15 Nov 1954) m. Oswald (James) Orman (22 August 1912 – 28 December 1970)

Margaret McDonald's Timeline

2 Records

1805
1805
Birth of Margaret McDonald in Abernethy and Kincardine, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Abernethy and Kincardine, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1877
14 OCTOBER 1877
Age 72
Death of Margaret McDonald in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1805
    Event Place: Abernethy and Kincardine, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 OCTOBER 1877
    Event Place: Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

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