Hello everyone!
It's been such a long time since I began researching this gentleman and he's been one very elusive ancestor. I know that he and his wife had several children in Swansea. Some of the addresses he lived at were Melbourne Place, Somerset Row/Place, Lower Oxford and Little Wind Street. They lived in Swansea from circa 1836 to 1843. I found them on the 1841 Wales Census and have several birth/death certificates. My question is....today, I found a reference to Hugh Macdonald as Captain Macdonald or Captain M'Donald. He was Hugh Macdonald, IV of Boisdale, a member of Clanranald and I have no idea why he was in Swansea (coming from Plymouth and before that Edinburgh). He was never in the military that I know of. His father, Alexander Macdonald, III of Boisdale was a Colonel and was also referred to as Captain. He fought for the British in the American Revolution. But Hugh had no connection that I'm aware of. I've searched Welsh Newspapers online, the Cambrian Index, and all manner of online detective searches...nothing. Are there any sources that I'm not aware of that may shed light on this family? They had to sell their effects 3 times in the span of 7 years so I'm thinking they were pretty shady even though he came from a noble background. Would there be criminal records or quarter session records I could view online?
Sandra
