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From: Bob Dickson <>
Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] Angus Neil Macdonald-Emma Eddels
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 18:32:04 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <25b3a6120501021426196ef329@mail.gmail.com>


The Canadian 1901 census is currently being indexed by volunteers, but you can access what has been done (abt 87%). It is available at http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html .
There is also an Angus McDonald living in Glengarry with his mother, about the right age. You have to check both spellings of McDonald as Mc and Mac both are used by the same famillies. My Great grandfather is buried in Orillia Ont., on his headstone is McDonald, my great uncle is buried beside him and spells his last name MacDonald and so did my grandmother. They claimed Mc was Irish and not Scottish. Of Course they were wrong both Mc and Mac were used in Scotland and mean the same thing. And domestic was a servant, and often British subjects coming to Canada took such jobs with family or nieghbours to get by. Most British subjects came directly to Canada to settle (Halifax, N.S. or Vancouver, B.C.), but some went through US ports, depending on what passage was available. Not much help, Good Luck.

Bob Dickson

Kristine Whitbey <> wrote:
Thanks so much for doing a search!
It is possible this is her...a domestic.......would this have been a
servant, or maid or something for another family?
She was born in 1878, if she did come over in 82, she would have been
very young on the boat...4 or 5 maybe.

How would someone from England have come in to Canada...do you think,
that maybe she came in from Ellis Island and worked her way up to
Canada? or was there ports in Canada where they flooded to??

Kristine


On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 00:11:05 -0500 (EST), Bob Dickson
wrote:
> Checking the 1901 census in Canada finds Emma Eddles working as a domestic in Carman, MB. It says she came to Canada In 1892 (I think, it could be 1882). The only other Eddles, a William, lives in Selkirk, Manitoba and is only 33. So could be a brother whom she came to live with and in 1901 is on her own. But she definately was single in 1901. Haven't found Angus yet.
>
> Bob Dickson
>
> Kristine Whitbey wrote:
> I am searching for my Macdonald roots and have found it quite
> overwhelming, as the name I am searching has been quite a chore!!
>
> I am pretty new to the genealogy part of it, but I know I am loosing a
> battle when I enter a name in the search and come up with 300 of the
> same exact names in about the same area......**whew** too many!!
>
> Here is who I am looking for:
>
> ~Angus Neil Macdonald
> born 1877 Glengarry County, Ontario Canada
> Died 1952 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan Canada
>
> Angus Married:
> Emma Eddels
> born August 16, 1878- Liverpool England
> death date unknown. Location also unknown but think she could be in
> Swift Current also, with Angus.
>
> Emma and Angus were married in Canada and had 6 children that I am aware
> of:
> ~Catherine Helen Macdonald born Aug 17, 1909 (My grandmother) born in
> Carman, Manitoba Canada.
> Died November 27, 2003. Thanksgiving Day.
> ~Josephine Macdonald
> ~Angus Neil Macdonald Jr. (too many to know for sure who is the real Angus!)
> ~Norman Macdonald
> ~Larry Macdonald was a news reporter for the CBC in Canada and often Met
> with Royalty for interviews around 1941. He married Mildred, another
> corespondent with the CBC and had a child Alex, a female. Not sure if
> her full name is Alexandria? Unsure if that was his only child. She
> now lives in Ontario and is alive.
> ~Donald Macdonald
>
> I believe there might have been one other baby, I remember Grandma talking
> about having a sick sister in the house, who quickly passed away in the
> home from whooping cough (I think) she might have only been 1 or 2 years old.
>
> This is the only information I have. If anyone knows any of these names,
> please get back to me! I would love to fill in any blanks!
>
> I know these are very common names, and this makes it so hard for me to search!
> I do know, that Emma and Angus never left Canada, so they would not be
> listed in American Census records.
>
> I have not yet found one record of this family living anywhere in
> Glengarry or Manitoba, at least not online. We have tons of pictures
> here at the home of their life, but no wedding certificate, or birth
> records.
>
> I have much information on Catherine's Family, her husband and their
> children. ALL LIVING, and Grandchildren too!!
>
> I have absolutely no idea if Angus's parents came from Scotland, or
> any other place, or if they too were Canadian.
> I can not seem to be able to find any Canadian Records online.
>
> If say, his parents did come from Scotland...would they have taken a
> boat to Ellis Island, and found their way to Canada from there, or was
> there somewhere else they would have come in from?
>
> I have checked soo many records from Ellis Island for Emma, as she was
> from Liverpool, but since I don't have exact burrow, I am again, lost!
> There were not many Eddels!
>
> Any help would be much appreciated! I am really struggling with this
> Macdonald name!
>
> A Marriage Record of Angus and Emma would be nice! They would have
> been married sometime between 1900 and 1909. Possibly in Swift
> Current, Saskatchewan or maybe Manitoba. That is where Catherine
> Married, at the Minister's wonderful home!
>
> If I could find something like that online, it would hold all kinds of
> information, I am sure!!
>
> Someone, show me the light! lol
>
> Thank you!
> Kristine
> Southern California
>
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