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As she was born on 7th June 1817, and wasn't baptised until 1822, you may forever be in the dark on that one

That's what I thought Erika.

I'm just combing through the pages in 1851 Turks Row, so many people crammed in to courts, must have been hellish. I 'think' John and Jennet were Scottish, but really that's only based on the name.

What I am sure of is that Henrietta gives her birth place consistently as New Buckenham Norfolk, 1817/18 but why parents would have been there is a mystery.

Name George Collins
Gender Male
Record Type Marriage
Marriage Date 26 Feb 1834
Marriage Place Saint Luke, Chelsea: Sydney Street, Kensington and Chelsea, England
Spouse Henrietta McDonald
Register Type Parish Register

No sadly not. I did think I had an image of the marriage of Henrietta McDonald to George Collins 1834 but may have lost it when computer crashed some years back. Possibly didn't show much.

1851.......suggestion ONLY

First name(s) John
Parish Chelsea
Last name McDonald
County London, Middlesex
Relationship Private soldier
Country England
Marital status Married**************************
Parliamentary borough or division Chas Saint Badcocke
Sex Male
Registration district Chelsea
Age 71
Sub district Chelsea South
Birth year 1780
Archive reference HO107
Birth town -
Piece number 1472
Birth county -
Folio 551
Birth place Ireland
Page 28
Birth place other as transcribed Ireland
Schedule 0
Occupation Private soldier royal hospital chelsea
Record set 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Institution name Royal Hospital For Invalid Soldiers
Category Census, land & surveys
Full address Chelsea, London & Middlesex, England

EDITED......Maybe not....born Ireland. Unless you know otherwise, of course ;-) ;-)

'Weaver' doesn't fit with either of the John McDonalds I've looked at, TBH

Name Elizabeth McDonald
Gender Female
Record Type Marriage
Marriage Date 9 Dec 1850
Marriage Place Saint Mary, Battersea: Battersea Church Road, Wandsworth, England
Father John McDonald. (Pensioner, Soldier)
Spouse William Bridge
Register Type Parish Register

Just before , the death is Jan 1841 6 White Hart Court and gives her as wife of John McDonald 'weaver', informant Elizabeth McDonald of same address.

I think that the John McDonald in the 1841 is the most likely as he is in Turks Row Morbys Yard, St Luke Chelsea, Kensington, London & Middlesex, England as a pensioner, which is the road parallel to Jews Row, both near the Chelsea Hospital.

MCDONALD, JENNET BURTT
GRO Reference: 1838 J Quarter in STEPNEY Volume 02 Page 379

MCDONALD, JENNET 0
GRO Reference: 1838 J Quarter in STEPNEY Volume 02 Page 400

Presumably, the cert pre-dates the 1841 census

What was the address? And who was the informant?

Thanks Erika that's the census I was just looking at. :-)

I know what happened to Henrietta as she is my gt gt etc grandmother, but still trying to work back to be certain whether John is on the 1841 and whether the death cert is the right one. Another 20 years of searching might do it. ;-)

???????

MCDONALD, GEORGE BURT
GRO Reference: 1839 D Quarter in STEPNEY Volume 02 Page 430

Thankyou so much Erika.

The death cert I have bought for a Janet McDonald may be the right or wrong one.

But it's defintely not the mother of John and Ann as they are on the 1841 census with parents, but she may be the mother of Elizabeth and Henrietta.

Back to the drawing board. Thanks again.

1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census
New Road, East Side Norfolk Street, Stepney, London & Middlesex, England

John McDonald Male 33 1808 Middlesex, England
Jennett McDonald Female 30 1811 Middlesex, England
John McDonald Male 11 1830 Middlesex, England
William McDonald Male 8 1833 Middlesex, England
Ann McDonald Female 6 1835 Middlesex, England
Maria McDonald Female 5 1836 Middlesex, England
George McDonald Male 1 1840 Middlesex, England
Thomas Knight Male 44 1797 Middlesex, England
Ann Knight Female 48 1793 Middlesex, England
James McDermott Male 22 1819 Middlesex, England
Anne McDermott Female 24 1817 Middlesex, England

John's occ; TAILOR

Even allowing for 'rounding' parents too young to have been having offspring in 1817

Name Ann McDonald
Gender Female
Record Type Baptism
Baptism Date 16 Aug 1835
Baptism Place St Botolph Without Bishopsgate, City of London, England
Father John McDonald..............................Tailor
Mother Janet McDonald

22 Cold H**ton Street, Hackney Road



Name John McDonald
Gender Male
Record Type Baptism
Baptism Date 2 May 1830
Baptism Place St Botolph Without Bishopsgate, City of London, England
Father John McDonald...........Tailor
Mother Jannett McDonald

87, Leonard Street

Name Elizabeth McDonald - Henrietta (born June 7 1817)
Gender Female
Record Type Baptism
Baptism Date 24 Mar 1822
Baptism Place St Luke, Chelsea, Kensington and Chelsea, England
Father John McDonald.............pensioner
Mother Jennett McDonald

Jews Row

Could someone please look at the following baptisms for me,

Ann and Maria McDonald 16 Aug 1835 London parents John McDonald and Janet

Elizabeth and Henrietta 24 Mar 1822 Chelsea parents John and Jennett

John McDonald 02 May 1830 London parents John and Jannett

I stupidly forgot to take down info when I had Ancestry, and now have bought a death cert for possible mother so need to check parents address on the baptisms and John's occupation as it may change everything I thought I knew!
. Thankyou very much.