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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Inverness => Topic started by: amac1210 on Tuesday 21 January 20 15:29 GMT (UK)
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I'm looking for information on a man named Donald MacIsaac. He was son of Stephen MacIsaac (c.1828-1894) and Mary MacInnes (1838-1880), born on Eriskay in 1872. He doesn't appear on any obvious death records and is the one child of their family I haven't been able to trace. I speculate he might have emigrated. If so, it'd be great to see what became of him etc. Or indeed, if he died young, it'd be good to see a death record somewhere. Thanks.
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What year can you last account for him, could you please give details
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I think on the censuses of 1881-1901, but I've not looked extensively. I have his birth record, and have searched quite thoroughly the death records for South Uist. Nothing seems to fit. Even nationwide, I haven't been able to locate a death. It's not a common name!
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Are you able to name any siblings :-\
There is this entry in 1891 South Uist, Boisdale, Invernessshire - is this them
Stephen McIsaac Widower 60 occ Ferry Man bn Invernessshire
John McIsaac 25 bn Invernessshire
Archibald McIsaac 20 bn South Uist, Invernessshire
Donald McIsaac 18 occ Fish Curer born South Uist, Invernessshire
Flora McIsaac 16 bn South Uist
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That's the family there, so clearly Donald is alive and in Eriskay by 1891. Thanks for that, as I haven't saved my census details. I usually work from BMD records first. This leaves us with the question as to what happened to him by 1901, or 1911. Like I said, he disappears from the trail fairly quickly. I have identified what happened to Archie, Flora and John. There were a load of other children who don't appear on this census also, had started their own families by then. All their lives are documented anyhow. I'm just keen to resolve Donald's story. As he's 18 years old here, he wasn't too young to jump ship or emigrate officially.
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There is a death for a Donald MacIsaac 1918 New South Wales Australia
Father Stephen
Mother Mary
Do you know what religion he was ? as there is this record Sydney Cemetery Headstones Transcriptions ( Catholic Mortuary 2 & 3 )
Cemetery Rookwood Sydney NSW
Erected by his wife and son
Donald McIsaac age 46
Birth year about 1872
Death date 15 September 1918
Rosie
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There are a few immigration records for a D Macisaac/McIsaac born Uist as crew member going to Australia so hard to say if it's your relation
There is a Donald McIsaac address 41,Gowrie Street Newton New South Wales ( seaman )
Electoral Rolls 1903/1904
Rosie
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Hello there,
Thank-you so much for that information. I think it is certainly him, that death in Australia. His age matches exactly and his parents too. There simply aren't many Stephen MacIsaacs around! In fact, this Stephen MacIsaac (c.1828-1894) gave rise to a whole "Clann" of his own on Eriskay and South Uist. Every Stephen MacIsaac in Scotland, almost, descends from him directly. I've traced every one of them. So this Donald is a match. Everyone in Eriskay at that period was Catholic, only a population of around 500 people at most.
My interest now moves to his wife and children. Finding cousins would be very interesting! They might have photographs, who knows?
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Any idea on how to find his wife's name and details? And then children?
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I would say this could be a possible marriage
1902 Sydney New South Wales
Donald McIsaac
Margaret McNeil
Registration number 5901
Possible birth of a son
Stephen John McIsaac
10/10/1903
Newton New South Wales
Father Donald Mcisaac
Mother Margaret McNeil
Possible death for Stephen John Mcisaac
20 March 1956
Randwick New South Wales
You will find this on www.findagrave.com
You can also search trove newspapers on line
Rosie
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Hi there,
Thanks again for this new information. Next step is finding the wife (if any) for Stephen John MacIsaac. How do I go about accessing death record, i.e. the certificate of death? That should have this information on it. This branch of the family seem to have died young, most of the others lived well into their nineties.
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Possible marriage
Stephen Mcisaac
Marie Catherine Watson
1941 Randwick New South Wales
Possible death for her October 1964
www.findagrave.com
If you Google death certificates in New South Wales there are a few links there
You could maybe post on the Australian board maybe looking for an obituary for Donald which might mention his parents or where he was born that will help in confirming if he is your relation
Rosie
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How do I go about accessing death record, i.e. the certificate of death?
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?1
You can look for newspaper articles, obituaries etc at Trove https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/?
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Death notice for Donald, 1st column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15802795
Death notice for Margaret, 2nd column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18078513
Funeral notice for father of a Margaret, 2nd column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15674411
At Rookwood:
Mc Isaac Donald 22 Jan 1920 44 SEC*M2*3**153
Mc Isaac Margaret 19 Jul 1948 76 SEC*M2*3**153
Death and funeral notices for Marie, 1st page: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC&dat=19641020&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
At Eastern Suburbs Cemetery:
GA - General FM A, Position 946
Stephen John (joe) McIsaac 22/03/1956
Marie McIsaac 20/10/1964
Looks like Stephen was an only child and he and Marie didn’t have children.
Jamjar
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Thanks for the references, but a mistake with the 1920 date I think, he died in 1918. How do we know Stephen John and Marie had no children? If they did have, likely still alive today. So I'm not even sure where to begin there. If not, I guess the line is wrapped up.
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Just looked through those references; I wonder about finding death certificates? That'd verify everything I think. Looking closely at Margaret's death shows a comma between Stephen and John. It reads as though she was mother to Stephen and John McIsaac. Is this an error on the paper's part maybe?
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1920 may just be an error on the cemetery site. It’s him, as he is buried with wife and they are the only ones at Rookwood Catholic.
Stephen and Maria didn’t have children if you go by Maria’s death notice.
Jamjar
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Yeah Stephen seems like only child indeed, given funeral notices there, despite the comma between "Stephen, John". Seems also that Margaret was a native Australian, or at least that her father had emigrated before her. Thanks again for help, looks like the case is wrapped up.
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You can get cert transcriptions and they are emailed to you:
http://nswtranscriptions.com.au/
8908/1918 Donald MCISAAC
23844/1948 Margaret
7462/1956 Stephen John
40641/1964 Marie
The death certs will list children to them.
Jamjar
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Margaret’s folk’s at Rookwood:
Mc Neil John 20 Jul 1916 79 SEC*M2*D**1987
Mc Neil Flora 22 Sep 1906 66 SEC*M2*D**1987
10213/1906 MCNEIL Flora parents Roderick and Margaret
Jamjar