Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Donald Macdonald
Abt 1789 - 1879 (~ 90 years)1. Donald Macdonald was born about 1789 in Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia; died on 10 Dec 1879 in Middlesex, Ontario; was buried in St. George's United Church Cemetery, London, Middlesex, Ontario. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1787, Nova Scotia
Family/Spouse: Margaret. Margaret was born in 1790 in Urquhart, Inverness, Scotland; died on 7 Nov 1869 in London, Middlesex, Ontario; was buried in St. George's United Church Cemetery, London, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. John Alexander Macdonald
was born about 1818 in Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia; died on 22 Feb 1899 in London, Middlesex, Ontario; was buried in Nairn Cemetery, Nairn, Middlesex, Ontario.
Generation: 2
2. John Alexander Macdonald (1.Donald1) was born about 1818 in Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia; died on 22 Feb 1899 in London, Middlesex, Ontario; was buried in Nairn Cemetery, Nairn, Middlesex, Ontario. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1819
- Alternate death: 22 Feb 1899, Middlesex, Middlesex, Ontario
Notes:
"London, Feb. 22. -- John A. McDonald, a pioneer of Middlesex county, and a cousin of Hon. Jas. McDonald, chief justice of Nova Scotia, and father of Rev. J. A. McDonald, a well known Presbyterian minister and editor of the Westminster Journal, died to-day aged 81." [Winnipeg Tribune, 23 Feb 1899, p. 5]
John married Jane Grant on 28 Dec 1848 in London, Middlesex, Ontario. Jane was born on 4 May 1825 in Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia; died on 12 Jul 1878 in Middlesex, Ontario; was buried in Nairn Cemetery, Nairn, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Rev. Donald Barclay Macdonald was born on 3 Sep 1853 in London, Middlesex, Ontario; died on 16 Jul 1909 in Lincoln, Ontario; was buried in Victoria Lawn Cemetery, Saint-Catherines, Niagara, Ontario.
- 4. Rev. James A. Macdonald was born on 22 Jan 1862 in East Williams Township, Ontario; died on 14 May 1923 in Toronto, Ontario.
Generation: 3
3. Rev. Donald Barclay Macdonald (2.John2, 1.Donald1) was born on 3 Sep 1853 in London, Middlesex, Ontario; died on 16 Jul 1909 in Lincoln, Ontario; was buried in Victoria Lawn Cemetery, Saint-Catherines, Niagara, Ontario. Rev. married Marienne Jardine on 24 Feb 1874 in Middlesex, Ontario. Marienne (daughter of Joseph Jardine and Janet Grierson) was born in Jan 1858; died in Jan 1951; was buried in Victoria Lawn Cemetery, Saint-Catherines, Niagara, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Joseph Jardine Macdonald was born on 22 Sep 1888 in Bendale, now part of Scarborough, Ontario; died in Jan 1963.
- 5. Joseph Jardine Macdonald
4. Rev. James A. Macdonald (2.John2, 1.Donald1) was born on 22 Jan 1862 in East Williams Township, Ontario; died on 14 May 1923 in Toronto, Ontario. Notes:
From Wikipedia:
He was born in East Williams Township, Upper Canada, the son of John Alexander Macdonald and Jane Grant, and was educated there, in Hamilton, in Toronto and at the University of Toronto. Macdonald continued his studies at Knox College, where he became editor of the Knox College Monthly. After graduating in 1887, he continued to be editor and also served as college librarian. In 1890, Macdonald married Grace Lumsden Christian. He was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1891 and assigned to Knox Presbyterian Church in St. Thomas. In 1896, Macdonald was named principal of Presbyterian Ladies' College in Toronto. He also became editor of a new Presbyterian monthly, the Westminster. In 1902, Macdonald also became editor of a new weekly Presbyterian. In 1903, he became editor of the Globe, continuing in that role until 1915. Macdonald also served as a director of the Canadian Associated Press and for the University of Toronto, as a trustee for the Toronto General Hospital. A pacifist, he was a director of the World Peace Foundation and participated in rallies against American involvement in World War I. Later concluding that German aggression needed to be stopped, Macdonald emphasized that the intent of war should be to restore peace. He died in Toronto at the age of 61.
Macdonald published two collections of essays, Democracy and the Nations in 1915 and The North American Idea in 1917, proposing closer ties between Canada and the United States. In the latter year he suffered from both physical and mental breakdowns. These events caused his retirement.
From the Dictionary of Canadian Biography (citation details below):
MACDONALD, JAMES ALEXANDER, editor, Presbyterian minister, school principal, orator, social reformer, and author; b. 22 Jan. 1862 in East Williams Township, Upper Canada, son of John Alexander Macdonald, a farmer, and Jane Grant; m. 11 June 1890 Grace Lumsden Christian in Oil City, Ont., and they had two sons and a daughter; d. 14 May 1923 in Toronto.
James A. Macdonald traced his ancestry to Glen Urquhart in the Highlands of Scotland. His great-great-grandfather had survived the battle of Culloden in 1746, immigrated to North Carolina, and fought with his sons on the side of the British in the American revolution. The family subsequently moved to Pictou County, N.S., and then to East Williams. Gaelic was the first language for many in the community where Macdonald grew up.
Generation: 4
5. Joseph Jardine Macdonald (3.Rev.3, 2.John2, 1.Donald1) was born on 22 Sep 1888 in Bendale, now part of Scarborough, Ontario; died in Jan 1963. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 22 Sep 1888, York, Ontario
- Alternate birth: Abt 1889
Joseph married Veda Louise Payne on 12 May 1916 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Veda (daughter of Dr. Douglas Amos Payne and Mary Parthenia Thompson) was born on 8 Feb 1890 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; died on 6 Dec 1975 in Eagle River, Vilas, Wisconsin; was buried in Eagle River Cemetery, Eagle River, Vilas, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. William Douglas Macdonald was born on 11 Jun 1917 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; died on 28 Mar 1989 in Bedford, Westchester, New York; was buried in Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, Suffolk, New York.