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From: "Sara J. MacDonald, UArts Library" <>
Subject: MACDONALD, John [Francis?]
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 15:19:52 -0400 (EDT)

Searching for ancestors/descendants of John [F?] MACDONALD, 1810?-1903. Born
in Ireland or Scotland, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Supposedly a
distant cousin to James Ramsay MacDonald, one-time British prime minister.
Emigrated circa late 1830s.

First wife _may_ have been Nancy MCFARLAND. 2nd wife: Martha ORR, b. Ireland,
1828, d. Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1893. All children born in Philadelphia.

John and first wife had two children:

John MacDonald, Jr., b. 1840.

Mary Jane (1847-1926). Married James Miller. Two children: Rebecca D.
(married George GENSBAUER) and Anna (married Walter PRIZER).


John and Martha had 8 children:

Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Logan MacDonald, b. Sept. 1853. Married William L. ORR.
Children: Lizzie (sometimes Lillie?), Annie, and Mattie.

Annie MacDonald, b. 1855. Married Mark L. METROVICH. Daughter: Mabel. Moved
to San Francisco.

Martha ("Mattie") MacDonald, b. 1858. Married Frank DECURTONI. Children:
Florence, Frank, Olga, Mark, John. Moved to San Francisco.

Margaret ("Maggie") MacDonald, b. 1860. Married 1. MCKINLEY. Children:
Daniel, Mary. 2. John SHARPE. Moved to Los Angeles.

Susan Beatrice MacDonald, b. Sept. 9, 1865. Died 5 Dec. 1936, Sacramento,
California. Married Isaac Baldwin COOLEDGE. No children.

Samuel Francis MacDonald, b. Jan. 1868. Died 6 Aug., 1951, Downingtown,
Chester County, PA. Married Caroline V. MERCER (1868-1937). Children: John
Francis, Helen Beatrice.

Harriet ("Hattie") Blanche MacDonald, b. 1870/72. Married Samuel DOUGLASS in
1893; divorced 1900. 2 children: Anna B. (1897-1898) and Mary M. (b. 1895).
Divorced Douglass in 1900; married George F. BROWN.


Please reply directly to me at

Sara Jean MacDonald
Philadelphia, PA, USA

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