mcdonald family

[mad for trad]

hi new to this have been trying to trace family tree frustrated got as far as my great grandmother catherine maclelland wood m/s mcdonald catherine was born 1880 died in glasgow 1908 her father was malcolm mcdonald mother was marion mcdonald m/s mcdonald i know they came from uists and were cousins have viewed catherines wedding certificate and death certificate but cat find a record of her birth desperate to find out more about malcolm and marion can find no records  all help appreciated

[Gadget]

Hi

Welcome to rootschat 

I hope that we can help you find her.

First, what was the date and place of the wedding and what did it say about her parents. - father's occupation, whether they were deceased, etc?

Have you found her on the 1881-1901 censuses. If not, that might be the first step.  These should give a place of birth.



Regards


Gadget

[aghadowey]

Welcome to Rootschat.
This might be the family in 1891:

107 Eaglesham St., Plantation dist., Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland:
Malcolm McDonald, 42, born N.Uist Invernessshire, mason
wife Marion McDonald, 33, N.Uist
son Hugh McDonald, 11, N.Uist, scholar
son Archibald McDonald, 8, N.Uist, scholar
dau. Catherine McDonald, 13, N.Uist, scholar
dau. Mary McDonald, 4, Oban Argylshire
dau. Christina McDonald, 1, Glasgow Lanarkshire

If this is the correct family it looks like Catherine was born c1878.

Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

[Gadget]

I see that the IGI (www.familysearch.org) has a patron submitted entry for the marriage of a Malcolm Macdonald and Marion Macdonald, 21 December 1876, North Uist. it also says that Malcolm was born 12 Dec 1836, North Uist.

As it's a patron submission, I'll check for some evidence on the Scotlands People website www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.


Gadget


Looks a strong possible aghadowey 

[Gadget]

The Scotland's People site have 15 Catherine M*cdonalds registered North Uist 1877-1882 

But the 1876 marriage is there. i'll get the details in a moment 


Gadget

[Gadget]

21 Dec 1876, Malechet (? poor image), North Uist

Malcolm Macdonald, mason, bachelor, aged 32. Residence - Tighary, N. Uist.
Parents - Archibald Macdonald, cowherd, deceased and Catherine, m.s Maclellan

AND

Marion Macdonald, house maid, spinster, aged 21, Malechet(?) , N. Uist.
Parents - Hugh Macdonald, crofter and Mary Macdonald, m.s. Macdonald

Witnesses - Finlay  H Macrae and Alex Morrison

Gadget

This looks like the family that you found on the 1891 aghadowey 

[mad for trad]

thanks a million everybody i grew up with stories of my greatgrandparents but no real facts my great gran catherine wood m/s mcdonald diedyoung she was widowed also and had only one surviving child my gran who was orphaned at nine years old but she remembered her grannie mcdonald and had fond memories its great to see their names they have become real to me now not just stories cant thank you all enough

[ammac11]

I just noticed this Thread so perhaps a bit late to add my tuppence worth to the topic. I believe I have a rather distant connection to the MacDonald family. If I have the right families re Malcolm MacDonald b.1836, parents: Archibald MacDonald, Catherine MacLellan. Catherine was a sister of Ewen MacLellan (my gg.grandfather), also John, Hector, and Christina. Their parents were: Donald MacLellan & Margaret Ferguson. The 1841 Census for North Uist records Donald McLellan (80) living with his daughters Christina, Catherine, son in law Archie MacDonald etc. I have a sizeable family tree and happy to share info. Archie MacDonald was born in Skye.