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William Mcdonald

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Patrick

Patrick Report 27 Aug 2019 21:37

Looking for ancesters of William Mcdonald born Skene Aberdeenshire 1828 and married Elizabeth born Woodhorn Northumberland 1838

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 27 Aug 2019 21:46

Have you done any research yourself?

Where and when did the marriage take place?

Please?

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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 27 Aug 2019 21:49

Presumably, this is the family in 1871

Dinnington, Castle Ward, Northumberland, England

William McDonald Head - Male 43 1828 - Scotland
Elizabeth McDonald Wife - Female 33 1838 - Northumberland, England
Ralph McDonald Son - Male 13 1858 - Northumberland, England
William McDonald Son - Male 11 1860 - Northumberland, England
Elizabeth McDonald Daughter - Female 8 1863 - Northumberland, England
Mary McDonald Daughter - Female 6 1865 - Northumberland, England
Robert McDonald Son - Male 3 1868 - Northumberland, England
Isabella McDonald Daughter - Female 0 1871 - Northumberland, England

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 27 Aug 2019 21:52

MCDONALD, RALPH (MMN) ROBINSON
GRO Reference: 1857 D Quarter in MORPETH Volume 10A Page 247

MCDONALD, ISABELLA (MMN) ROBINSON
GRO Reference: 1870 S Quarter in CASTLE WARD Volume 10B Page 234


ErikaH

ErikaH Report 27 Aug 2019 21:58

First name(s) William
Last name Mc Donald
Name note -
Marriage year 1856
Marriage date 20 Dec 1856
Marriage place Felton
Father's first name(s) James
Father's last name Mc Donald
Spouse's first name(s) Elizabeth
Spouse's last name Robison
Spouse's age 19
Spouse's birth year 1837
Spouse's birth date 1837
Spouse's father's first name(s) Ralph
Spouse's father's last name Robison
County Northumberland

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 27 Aug 2019 21:59

Try looking for William's baptism on Scotland's People

safc

safc Report 27 Aug 2019 22:12

1841 Census
9 Records found


Piece: SCT1841/238 Place: Skene -Aberdeenshire Enumeration District: 6
Civil Parish: Skene Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 6 Page: 7
Address: Hattonhill Of Carnie

Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
MCDONALD John M 50 Farmer Outside Census County (1841)
MCDONALD Barbara F 40 Aberdeenshire
MCDONALD John M 20 Aberdeenshire
MCDONALD Isobel F 15 Aberdeenshire
MCDONALD William M 12 Aberdeenshire
MCDONALD Alexander M 10 Aberdeenshire
MCDONALD Peter M 5 Aberdeenshire
MCDONALD Elizabeth F 2 Aberdeenshire
HARPER Isobel F 60 Independent Aberdeenshire

safc

safc Report 27 Aug 2019 22:37

First name(s) William
Last name Macdonald
Gender Male
Birth year 1829
Birth place -
Baptism year 1829
Baptism date 11 May 1829
Baptism place SKENE,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s) John
Father's last name Macdonald
Mother's first name(s) Barbara
Mother's last name Gauld
Place Skene
County Aberdeenshire
Country Scotland
Record set Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Collections from Scotland, Great Britain

Patrick

Patrick Report 27 Aug 2019 22:48

Thank you for your prompt replies

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 Aug 2019 09:14

When he married, he named his father as JAMES, according to the info I found, unless it’s mistranscribed

Get a copy of the marriage cert for confirmation

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 Aug 2019 09:49

1861

Name: Elizabeth McDonald
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: 1838
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William McDonald
Gender: Female
Where born: Ellington, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: High Highlaws and Low Highlaws
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Registration district: Morpeth
Sub-registration district: Morpeth
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 44
Piece: 3870
Folio: 89
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
William McDonald 32
Elizabeth McDonald 23
William McDonald 3
Ralph McDonald 1
Elizabeth McDonald 1/12

Maddie

Maddie Report 28 Aug 2019 15:24

if this is the family in 1881 image unclearly says birth plane Skien

William Mc Donald Head Married Male 52 1829 Labourer Scotland
Eliza Mc Donald Wife Married Female 43 1838 - Whittingham, Northumberland, England
Ralph Mc Donald Son Single Male 23 1858 Labourer Northumberland, England
William Mc Donald Son Single Male 21 1860 Labourer Bothal, Northumberland, England
Mary Mc Donald Daughter Single Female 16 1865 - Ponteland, Northumberland, England
Robert Mc Donald Son Single Male 13 1868 - Ponteland, Northumberland, England
Isabella Mc Donald Daughter Single Female 10 1871 - Ponteland, Northumberland, England
Charles Mc Donald Son Single Male 3 1878 - Ponteland, Northumberland, England
Ralph Mc Donald's Census Details
Details taken from the original census record.

a maybe

MCDONALD WILLIAM

JAS. MCDONALD/JEAN LAMB FR1089 1167 (FR1167)

M
10/08/1828

235/

50 259

Rathen


MCDONALD

JAMES

JEAN LAMB/FR961 (FR961)

10/11/1827

235/

40 221

Rathen

1851
Name: William Mcdonald
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Relationship: Son
Father: James Mcdonald
Mother: Jane Mcdonald
Gender: Male
Where born: Rathen, Aberdeenshire
Parish Number: 235
Civil Parish: Rathen
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
View related Ecclesiastical Parish
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: Hill Side Of Morman
Occupation: Pauper
ED: 3
Page: 9
Household schedule number: 39
Line: 16
Roll: CSSCT1851_51
Household Members:
Name Age
James Mcdonald 54
Jane Mcdonald 48
William Mcdonald 22
Jane Mcdonald 6
Alexander Mcdonald 6

can see no birth in skene with father james

mgnv

mgnv Report 31 Aug 2019 04:19

Correcting Erika's ref

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
MCDONALD, RALPH ROBINSON
GRO Reference: 1857 D Quarter in MORPETH Volume 10B Page 247

mgnv

mgnv Report 1 Sep 2019 08:11

1841 Census
Piece: SCT1841/235 Place: Rathen -Aberdeenshire Enumeration District: 2
Civil Parish: Rathen Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 2 Page: 8
Address: Greenhills
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
LAMB Jean F 25 Crofter Aberdeenshire
MCDONALD William M 10 Aberdeenshire
MCDONALD Rebeca F 8 Aberdeenshire
MCDONALD Andrew M 1m Aberdeenshire


FS gives Jean's (rounded-down) age as 35
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY8Z-N9P

Using FreeCEN's previous/next buttons, we see there are 6 h/h's with Greenhils as their addy, and preceeding these 6, the addy is Denhead.

https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/NJ9858 has 2 pics taken on the road from Denhead to Greenhill.
A lookup of NJ9858 at http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ followed by a change from zoom level 2 to level 4 gets the inset OS maps shown with the Geograph pics.
Incidentally, in 1841, the village of Strichen was called Mormond Village


There are maps showing every Scottish parish at:
https://www.electricscotland.com/history/gazetteer/
In particular Aberdeenshire:
https://www.electricscotland.com/history/gazetteer/images/gaz1map1_s.jpg

Maddie

Maddie Report 1 Sep 2019 12:10

to go with mgv 1841 census
MCDONALD
REBECCA

JAMES MCDONALD/JEAN LAMB FR875 1103 1186 (FR875)

F

04/08/1833

235/
40 58
Rathen

Name: Rebecca Mcdonald
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 4 Aug 1833
Baptism Place: Rathen,Aberdeen,Scotland
Father: James Mcdonald
Mother: Jean Lamb
FHL Film Number: 993357

MCDONALD
ANDREW

JAMES MCDONALD/JEAN LAMB FR892 1129 1216 (FR892)

M
17/05/1841

235/
40 89

Rathen

Maddie

Maddie Report 1 Sep 2019 12:20

1861
Name: Jean Mcdonald
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1806
Relationship: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Garmond, Aberdeen
Registration Number: 196
Registration district: Fraserburgh
Civil Parish: Fraserburgh
Town: Fraserburgh
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: 14 Hanover St
ED: 3
Household schedule number: 182
Line: 4
Roll: CSSCT1861_28
Household Members:
Name Age
Jean Mcdonald 55
Rebecca Mcdonald 27
John Mcdonald 25
Andrew Mcdonald 19
John Mcdonald 4

Patrick

Patrick Report 1 Sep 2019 20:25

Again Many thanks for all the info

Patrick

Patrick Report 1 Sep 2019 20:26

Again Many thanks for all the info