Father: Donald “Daniel ” MCDONALD, (son of Peter Croll MCDONALD), b. 9 May 1838, Forfarshire now Angus County Scotland, d. 3 Feb 1901, Stotts City Lawrence County Missouri, bur. Round Grove Cemetery
*******Note that in Scottish society the name Donald and Daniel are interchangeable much like the names of Richard and nickname Dick in America.While born Daniel he seems to have gone by both Daniel and Donald. On all three of his children's death certificates in the US, they list him as Donald When he marries he is Daniel. . Also due to time and circumstances of how this genealogy was gathered this genealogy program shows Daniel as having two sets of natural parents, which could not be corrected easily on this genealogy program. The truth about his lineage came to light after his parents were added and therefore to correct it I would have had to redo entire lineage. Read further notes to see his actual parentage and stepparents.*********** .Also this is a good starting place to report that it is extremely common for ages and even actual birthdays to be different on all kinds of documents and census's.Also spellings are often different. Therefore a variation of a few years and a different spelling is usual and should not be seen as a sign that the genealogy is faulty. ***************Daniel was born on May 9, 1838 in Tealing Angus Scotland. to Margaret Crocket and Peter McDonald .His actual birth record reads, “Parish of Tealing, 1838, May 9:Peter McDonald in Hayston of Glammis and Margret Crockatt here, had a Son born in Fornication, named Daniel McDonald”.source Ross Cameron Tay Valley Historical society actual .birth record checked.
There is no recorded marriage between Margaret Crocket and Peter McDonald.As it is explained in more detail in his father Peter's notes, Daniel's father, Peter was not free to marry Margaret Crocket as he was probably married to one Margaret Spence in Dundee in June of 1837. Margaret Spence must have been made aware of the sordid situation when Peter admitted paternity and she may have had the marriage annulled or dissolved. Peter McDonald then married Margaret Stewart on Nov 24, 1839 about 18 months after Daniel's birth. Why Daniel was put into his father's household would have nothing to do with Margaret Crocket's unfitness as a mother. In those days many times the party who had the best support system as a family and best financial situation would have taken the child by agreement of the parties. This was not considered court business in those days, however,. also in the year 1834 the Scottish government and the Presbyterian Church , alarmed by the rise in illegitimate births and the fact that father's got off the hook as far as monetary support, passed a new law. Prior to this law , there was in fact no way to enforce any child support and the child would have had to be supported by the government and by charities of the church. After this law was passed , four years before Daniel's birth,, fathers who admitted paternity could be taxed up to 10 per cent of their income per child. It may have often encouraged many fathers who did admit paternity to absorb the child into their household . This is not a judgement on why Daniel was taken in by his father merely a statement of law and social conditions of the time. Peter at least did admit paternity as he is stated as the father on the register. And in order to do that the father had to admit it or it had to be proven. And of course with no dna testing it was easy to shirk responsibility short of a witness to conception. Peter did at least admit his paternity and assume responsiblity. There is no evidence that Daniel ever lived with his natural mother Margaret Crocket. As late as 1864 Daniel claimed on his marriage certificate with Margaret Ritchie (and perhaps honestly as far as he knew) that his mother was Margaret Stewart. . As young as he was Daniel probably only knew Margaret Stewart as his mother in his childhood.. Indeed, Daniel later also named a child Anne Stuart/Stewart McDonald. honoring his stepmother by using his stepmothers maiden name for his daughter. Family lore always had it that we may be related to the Stuart/Stewart of them all, Mary Queen of Scots, through Margaret Stewart. . While this possibility exists for his half brothers, Daniel himself was a Crocket/McDonald by blood,not a Stewart McDonald This is a proven fact. .And anyone on Daniel's line has no relation to the Stewarts period unless accidentally further back in history. . However as it will be proven later, he came to know the truth about his real mother and most certainly he met her and had some kind of relationship. Another of Daniel and Margaret Ritchie's daughters was named Julia Adamson McDonald probably as a tribute to his real mother's family. Julia Adamson was his half sister's name by his real mother Margaret Crocket. Also the name Julia is Margaret Crocket's mother's name. Her name was Julia Piggott often called by a nickname or a misspelling Gilly or Jilly. Therefore Julia Piggott Crockett was Daniel's biological grandmother. The mystery of Daniel's paternity took a while to unravel and was kept somewhat secret for many generations or perhaps other generations were never told Daniel's true lineage.. . It is certainly confirmed by many things, one is the fact that another family on LDS could not place Daniel as a child of Margaret Stewart and Peter McDonald like his many brothers and sister in any birth records. . Also the identification of his father in the Hayston , Glammis area on his birth register must be put in context. This is not another Peter McDonald as there are eight families total in the Hayston village of Glamis in 1834 four years prior to Daniel's birth.(See 1834 Census for Glamis on his grandfather Donalds notes) . There is one McDonald household listed in Hayston , ;that of Peter's father Donald. The conclusion is obvious. Daniel moved to and remained in what was probably his grandfather Donald's house in Hayston Glamis sometime after his third birthday. with his father Peter,stepmother Margaret Stewart, grandpa Donald and his many half brothers and half sister. Prior to that he was with his stepmother and father and little half brother Alexander. in Newtyle parish in Angus (Forfarshire) Scotland (see 1841 census) In 1851 he is listed in Hayston Glamis and his widowed grandfather Donald lives in the house as well with his father Peter and stepmother , Margaret and the rest of their now large family. While some of the rest of his family is in the same house in 1861,, Daniel calling himself by Donald , is living at the Cantsmill Farm in Kincaldrum or Kingoldrum as it is also known. He is listed as an agricultural labourer in the household of Alexander Fleming 56. and Alexander's second wife who is Margaret (McLean) . Interestingly enough Alexander Fleming's first wife is a Jean Stewart, so perhaps he is working for a relation of his stepmother Margaret Stewart. Also in the house are other servants and labourers, David Lunan, Robert Young, Wm Richardson, Jane MacIntosh and Mary McCastle.
Later and before his marriage to Margaret Ritchie he lists his residence as West Mains, Kincaldrum Inverarity Parish. West Mains farm is now a bed and breakfast and called West Mains of Turin. All of these locations are in Forfarshire now Angus County. (On marriage record info copied C Seymour Robinson ordered LDS Library) He and Margaret Ritchie are married on June 24,1864 in the Free Church of Scotland with witnesses Agnes Byars, James Burns and Peter McDonald who is listed as Daniel's father. Daniel's mother's name is listed as Margaret Stewart. Margaret Ritchie's parents are listed as Thomas Ritchie and Catherine Carnegie. Daniel lists his occupation as Ploughman and he is 25 years old.On later census's he is listed as a farm bleacher and carter and family lore has it that he also worked in woolen mills.Daniel's last occupation would have been that of farmer in Lawrence County Missouri. His father Peter is listed on marriage certificate , as a general labourer. Thomas Ritchie is listed as a Linen Weaver.. Loom weaving was something of a Carnegie/Ritchie family business. Social information suggests that most linen weavers were considered middle class or even upper middle class until the advent of industrialization when many families then came upon hard times. Margaret Ritchie probably was marrying down rather than up as Daniel's family was mostly farm driven and there is no evidence at all to suggest that the McDonald's owned or operated a large farm In fact His father , Peter is listed on some documents, (his son Andrew's marriage certificate) as a crofter which is someone who rents space on another farmer's land , so this shows you his financial status. Margaret Ritchie lists her age as 19. An interesting note on the religion of the Ritchie family suggests that they were not true Presbyterians like most Scottish. They were married in the Free Church of Scotland. This church broke from the Calvinist Presbyterians due to the fact that they did not believe in original sin and felt that you could with God's guidance still determine your own destiny. Many linen weavers like Margaret Ritchie's father and mother, were , independent in spirit and nature and joined this movement.Following convention they would have married in the bride's church and with her family of Linen weavers this follows suit. Daniel and Margaret spend their married life at 64 East High Street also thought to be called Old Post Office Lane both bordering an area called Pyotts Close (another possible connection to Margaret Ritchie's maternal grandmother, Isabella (Elizabeth) Pyott.)This is the home of Margaret Ritchie's parents. , In all census's after their marriage they live with Margaret Ritchie's parents… Like many folks in that time Daniel and Margaret had to cope with early deaths in their lives and particulary in that household, . Thomas Ritchie, Margaret's father dies first. in 1865 at age 61 in Forfar. In 1867 the second son of Daniel and Margaret dies. This son, Andrew Lowson Mcdonald dies prior to his first birthday in Sept. In 1873 Margaret's mother Catherine Carnegie Ritchie passes away, in Forfar, at 73. In 1876 two more children, of the couple. Simon Dunbar McDonald and Peter McDonald die in Forfar at the ages of 5 and 7 respectively. In 1881 Margaret Ritchie herself passes away in Forfar at the age of 35 on March.7th. Before 1881 is out, William Greig McDonald yet another child age 8, dies.Perhaps overwhelmed by his circumstances and lonely, before 1881 is through, Daniel remarries a woman named Margaret Adam Marnie, who, family lore says was a schoolteacher. Margaret Adam Marnie is thought to be the second cousin of Margaret Ritchie . Her grand- father James Marnie is the brother of Mary Marnie who is Thomas Ritchie's mother. Thus, Margaret Marnie and Margaret Ritchie's grandparents are brother and sister. , making them second cousins. Margaret Marnie's occupation is listed as weaver and she is a spinster ie she has never been married. Daniel is listed as a carter as his occupation and he is listed as a widower. The certificate(actual copy photo on Margaret Marnie's photos disk ) states that they were married after adhering to the banns of the Presbyterian church, thus his new bride makes him switch churches. They are married at 25 Hill Street which is listed as the bride's current address Daniel is living still at East High Street. . His witness is a man named James Anderson Simpson who is the attending minister. Her witnesses are Francis Norrie, she has a sister named Francis, however she dies in 1857 so this is not her. Her other witness is a Christina Marnie ,her sister. . Also, very tellingly, it must be noted that on the marriage certificate of Oct 12, 1881 Daniel is now owning up to or aware of the fact that Margaret Crocket nee Adamson, (her married name) is his mother and not Margaret Stewart. On his first marriage to Margaret Ritchie, remember he was claming that Margaret Stewart is his mother. Probably by 1881 he had found out the truth.It remains a matter of conjecture and mystery as to who withheld this information and perpetrated the family myth that Daniel's line was related to the Stewarts and Mary Queen of Scots. While it may be that Daniel did not tell his children the circumstances of his birth, I found this very doubtful. The fact that he names a child Julia Adamson McDonald after his real mothers family seems to indicate he probably would have told that child who she was named for. Certainly,his first wife Margaret Ritchie was told the truth.at the time of her daughter's birth..She would not have named her child after strangers or have been unaware of the significance of those names to her husband. More likely his children covered up this less than respectable fact.as it must be said that illegitimacy, particulary when the two parties did not marry was considered quite shameful especially in the puritan United States. What would have been a source of gossip in Scotland would have been unacceptable in the United States in this time period. .The naming of this child Julia Adamson is seen to be greatest evidence that he met his real mother, Margaret Crockett Adamson, her daughter Julia and perhaps his real grandmother Julia(Gilly) Piggott . Three years after the second marriage, to Margaret Adam Marnie, Daniel, and this second wife Margaret and remaining children in the family, Alexander, Julia and Ann arrive in New York Port on Sept 10,1884 aboard the Devonia. Ships manifest lists his route as Glasgow Scotland by way of Moville Ireland, place of origin Forfarshire. He is listed as 43 years old with wife Margaret (33) Alex R(itchie)) (19), Julia A. (Adamson) (8) and Ann S(tewart/Stuart) (6) They came to the Castlegarden station which was where many immigrants were processed in New York before the building of Ellis Island. (See below after census info at bottom of page index info for this family at Castlegarden.) There are many theories as to what prompted this family to immigrate. There is probably truth in each theory. .Julia Adamson McDonald Cowell's granddaughter of Florida, Mary Jane Barnes said her grandmother Julia said there was nothing left for this family after the death of her mother Margaret Ritchie .Indeed, three of Daniel's half brothers were already in the US. His parents and inlaws were dead, his remaining family, George and his sister Ann, appears to have moved to Lanarkshire Scotland (or Glasgow as it is now known.) Two other brothers Robert and Stewart were dead. So the evidence bears this out that there was not much left for him in Angus County. . Also it is said that eldest child Alexander was particulary keen to come to the United States. Almost certainly Daniel probably sold the East High Street property that he inherited from his inlaws and that helped pay for the passage of the family to the United States. While it must be said that I have not seen a document or a will that shows East High Street was in Daniel's name,common sense makes it logical. Margaret Ritchie's siblings, John and George were dead by 1881. Probably her parents left the house to their only living child Margaret. Upon her death the house would have gone to her husband Daniel. While they certainly could have left the property to cousins or siblings it is extremely unlikely that they would have done so and left their only living grandchildren homeless. Other Family lore has said that Daniel left Scotland after one of Margaret Ritchie's brothers, George Hird Ritchie, wills her some land in the US when the Civil War ends. This land passes to Daniel with Margaret Ritchie McDonald's death. It is said that the land in Fort Scott, KS had to be forfeited when Quantrill's Raiders burn the courthouse with land records( More info listed under George Ritchie's notes ) Supposedly Daniel did not find this out until he came to the US.and this was a source of great frustration and disappointment to him according to Lavon Schwarzenholz. There is a Daniel McDonald who applies for citizenship in 1887 in Gray County Kansas. However, not having seen the details, it is hard to ascertain whether this is our Daniel. Gray County Kansas is quite far from Lawrence County Missouri and not at all close to Bourbon County Kansas where Daniel supposedly tried to claim George Hird Ritchie's Fort Scott land. .There were certainly courts nearer to those two areas than Gray County. Kansas.. And in fact if the 1900 Census is correct both he and Alexander state they are not naturalized by the census date in 1900 at all. Nevertheless, his son Richard, with his second wife ,Margaret Marnie is born in Kansas on Sept 1, 1886 according to 1900 Lawrence County Missouri census. Daniel moves to Lawrence County Mo by at least 1897, probably before. He is listed in Stotts City, Lawrence County as a widower on 1900 census. , 2nd wife Margaret having died in Lawrence County in 1897, With him on 1900 census are sons Alexander(35) and his young son Richard (13). His girls Julia and Ann having married by then. (see marriage license info hard copies not on disk) The life of Daniel McDonald could not have been easy, having faced the stigma of illegitimacy, almost certain poverty, constant deaths in Scotland of those he loved and disappointment and hardship in the new country. .It is on Feb 3,1901when Daniel's journey ends and he dies from injuries sustained in a horse farm cart accident. (see attached photo of actual obit in photos section)His obituary from Lawrence Chieftain, reprint of Lockwood Times Dade County Feb 14 1901 paper. read<“ Mr McDonald who resided with young son on a small farm near Round Grove was driving his team and wagon last Friday near the farm of Mr Tillman Crouse His little son got out of the wagon to walk and the team then became frightened it is said by some other horses and ran away with terrific speed throwing Mr McDonald out of the wagon and against the rocks or other objects with such force that he was terribly crushed and mangled on his breast and head. The boy narrowly escaped being run over. Mr McDonald was found by Mr Crouse or some of his family and taken to the Crouse home and Dr Massey here was called by telephone who went there but the most that could be done was to alleviate his suffering. He died on Sunday and was buried at Round Grove on Monday. We understand that Mr McDonald owned the small farm where he resided and that some of his family reside at Stotts City. ”> ).( NOTE OF LYNDA WEST HAHN the Tillman Crouse in this obit is actually William Tillman Crouch.) While article does not name the Mr McDonald as Daniel, it is most certainly him. In 1900 there was but one Mr McDonald in all of Lawrence County, census the accident is what family members(Lavon Schwarzenholz) said he died from, the dates match up and of course He is buried in Round Grove cemetery in Lawrence County, Missouri.as the article says and only one McDonald man is buried there. Tombstone inscription reads “Not Dead but Sleepet, Our Father and Mother born in Forfarshire, Scotland, D McDonald Born May 19,1840 died February 3,1901.On the other side of stone Margaret wife of D McDonald , born March 10,1846 Died December 3, 1897. According to Lawrence County Historical Society directions to Round Grove are as follows: 5-6 miles north of Phelps on Highway UU, a Baptist Church is located here. I have personally visited the cemetery and it is a majestic stone and a beautifully kept but tiny cemetery. It should be noted that his birth year on his tombstone is incorrect which is extremely common. It may have been an honest omission or error or perhaps the children who sought to cover his illegitimacy wanted a respectable date after the marriage of Peter McDonald and his stepmother Margaret Stewart. . Daniel was at one time President of the Ornithology Society(birds) in Forfarshire and belonged to the St Andrews Society.in Kansas City SEE BELOW DANIEL IN 1841, 1851, 1871 AND 1881 Scottish census's and in Lawrence County Missouri 1900 Copy of 1861 census on this actual disc with this genealogy file 1841Census Piece: SCT1841/314 Place: Newtyle-Angus Enumeration District: 2 Civil Parish: Newtyle Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: - Folio: 0 Page: 13 Address: New Village Belmont St
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks MCDONALD Peter M 30 Labourer Angus MCDONALD Margaret F 22 Outside Census County (1841) MCDONALD Donald M 3 Angus MCDONALD Alexander M 6m Angus
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SourceFreeCen Notes: While Daniel's age varies on the later census's and his tombstone,(1840 on stone) his actual year of birth is 1838 and the above census is right on target . . Here he is with his stepmother and father , Peter McDonald and Margaret Stewart and brother Alexander. .Margaret Stewart states she was born outside the census county which seems quite accurate as later she advises on 1851 and 1861 census she was born in Alyth Perth which is partly in Forfarshire and partly outside that county. From Ross Cameron Tay Valley Historical Society:. Hayston Upper, Parish of Glammis : 1851
Peter McDonald / Head / Marr / 39 / Labourer, Farm / b. Forfarshire, Glammis. Margaret McDonald / Wife / Marr / 30 / b. Forfarshire, Alyth. Donald McDonald / Son / Unm / 12 / Scholar / b. Forfarshire, Glammis Alexander McDonald / Son / Unm / 10 / Scholar / b. Forfarshire, Glammis. Peter McDonald / Son / 8 / Scholar / b. Forfarshire, Glammis. James McDonald / Son / 7 / Scholar / b. Forfarshire, Glammis David McDonald / Son / 5 / b. Forfarshire, Glammis. Andrew McDonald / Son / 3 / b. Forfarshire, Glammis. John McDonald / Son / 10m / b. Forfarshire, Glammis. Donald McDonald / Grandfather / Widr. / 69 / Retired Labourer / b. Forfarshire, Glammis. : 1861 Census attached in photo section. Donald is working for a man Alexander Fleming at Cantsmill Farm and his birth is erroneously listed as in Dundee.
1871 Census Forfar Scot. Registeration district of Forfar 1871 Census Scotland Name Relationship Status Age Occupation Birthplace Catherine Ritchie Head of household widowed 66 winder Rescobie Forfarshire Daniel McDonald son in law married 32 bleacher Forfar, Forfarshire Margaret Ritchie McDonald daugher married 26 bleacher Forfar, Forfarshire Alexander McDonald grandson single 5 scholar Forfar, Forfarshire Peter McDonald grandson single 2 none Forfar, Forfarshire Simon McDonald grandson single 1 month none Forfar, Forfarshire County Forfarshire Burgh/Parish Forfar District #13 April 1871 Street Address East High Street (Pyotts Close Scotland1881 Census Scotland April 7 1881 Name Relationship Status Age Occupation BirthplaceDaniel McDonald head of houshold m 41 factory worker forfarshire ,dundee Willaim McDonald son single 8 scholar forfar, Forfarshire Julia McDonald daughter single 6 scholar forfar, Forfarshire Ann McDonald daughter single 3 na forfar, Forfarshire April 7, 1881 Scotland address Post Office Lane City Forfar just along the south side of Burgh Forfar East High Street County Forfarshire District 13 1900 Census 1900 Lawrence County Missouri Census Name Relationship Status Age Born Occup. Daniel McDonald head of house widower 60 May 1839 farmer scotland scotland scotland Mortgaged FarmAlexander McDonald son single 35 April 1865 farmer scotland scotland scotland Richard McDonald son single age 13 Sept 1886 student Kansas scotland scotland All naturalized citizens Missouri, Green Township Stotts City Missouri June 2 1900 Lawrence County District 19 CASTLEGARDEN INDEX INFO READS AS FOLLOWS Donald Mc Donald Occupation Laborer Age 43 Sex M Literacy U Arrived 10 Sep 1884 Origin Scotland Port Glasgow Last Residence Foyar Destination United States Plan Unknown Ship Devonia Passage Unknown Julia A. Mc Donald Occupation Child, Youngster Age 8 Sex F Literacy U Arrived 10 Sep 1884 Origin Scotland Port Glasgow Last Residence Foyar Destination United States Plan Unknown Ship Devonia Passage Unknown COMPARATIVE DATA This feature is currently under construction
Ann S. Mc Donald Occupation Child, Youngster Age 6 Sex F Literacy U Arrived 10 Sep 1884 Origin Scotland Port Glasgow Last Residence Foyar Destination United States Occupation Laborer Age 19 Sex M Literacy U Arrived 10 Sep 1884 Origin Scotland Port Glasgow Last Residence Foyar Mrs. Mc Donald Occupation Unknown Age 33 Sex F Literacy U Arrived 10 Sep 1884 Origin Scotland Port Glasgow Last Residence Foyar Destination United States Plan Unknown Ship Devonia Passage Unknown COMPARATIVE DATA This feature is currently under construction Destination United States Alex R. Mc Donald Occupation Laborer Age 19 Sex M Literacy U Arrived 10 Sep 1884 Origin Scotland Port Glasgow Last Residence Foyar Destination United States
Mother: Margaret Adam MARNIE, (daughter of James MARNIE or Marno), b. 8 Mar 1849, Forfarshire now Angus County Scotland, d. 3 Dec 1897, Stotts City Lawrence County Missouri, bur. Round Grove cemetery
Came to US on ship Devonia Sept 10, 1884 with husband Daniel and stepchildren Alexander, Julia and Ann. Her age is listed as 33. Has son Richard with Daniel in 1886 in Kansas.She was said to be a schoolteacher. Birth info and death info taken from tombstone inscription reads March 10 1846 However she was actually born in March 8 1849 according to the extracted birth record. Perhaps marrying an older man she wanted to seem older or; as many did, she merely did not know her birth year. She was from a huge family of 14!! ..Maiden name and parents ascertained from actual marriage certificate(See below actual index entry for marriage).At the time of her marriage she was a Presbyterian and she and the widower Daniel were married at 25 Hill Street, her home. Her witnesses were Francis Marnie and Christina Marnie. Christine is her sister. . Her sister Francis died in 1857 as a young child .Her parents are both deceased by 1881 on her marriage certificiate. Her father, as best I can make out was a linen weaver. Margaret Adam Marnie is the daughter of James Marnie and Helen Stark. She is actually Margaret Ritchie's second cousin. Her grandfather is James Marnie of Guthrie, and James Marnie's sister is Mary Marnie of Guthrie , who married Margaret Ritchie's grandfather John Ritchie. Her family hails mainly from the Guthrie and Monikie parishes.of Forfarshire. Her father died in an insane asylum penniless. Perhaps because he had fourteen children to support. She is said to be a schoolteacher in the states although at the time of her marriage she is listed as a weaver .It is not known what exactly she died from, although I have heard from a deceased aunt that she died of a female cancer. Her son Richard's middle initial is S. Could his middle name be Stark in honor of her mother's maiden name.? A possibility. It is doubtful that Daniel used the Stewart surname on more than one occasion to honor his stepmother. Inscription on tombstone and directions to cemetery found on Daniel McDonald's notes. TRANSCRIPT OF ENTRY IN REGISTER OF MARRIAGES
Year County District Name District No. Entry No. 1881 St Clement Dundee 282/3 158
When, Where and How Married 1881 on the Twelfth day of October at 25 Hill Street, Dundee After Publication according to the forms of the Church of Scotland Rank or Profession of Groom, Whether Single or Widowed, and Relationship (if any) Daniel McDonald Jute Carter Widower Age 41 Usual Residence East High Street, Forfar Name, Surname, and Rank or Profession of Father Peter McDonald Crofter Deceased Name and Maiden Name of Mother Margaret Crockatt subsequently Adamson Deceased Rank or Profession of Bride, Whether Single or Widowed, and Relationship (if any) Margret Adam Marnie Jute Weaver Spinster Age 32 Usual Residence 25 Hill Street Name, Surname, and Rank or Profession of Father James Marnie Foundry Labourer Deceased Name and Maiden Name of Mother Helen Marnie MS Stark Deceased If a regular marriage, Signatures of officiating Minister and Witnesses. If irregular, Date of Conviction, Decree of Declarator, or Sheriffs Warrant James Anderson Simpson, Officiating Minister Andrew(?) Norrie, witness Christina Marnie, witness When and Where Registered 1881, October 17th at Dundee Dav. Scott, Registrar
Remarks: Margaret prior to her marriage with her sisters. Transcribed by D R Cameron - TVFHS member 3692 - ForfarCam@aol.com1881 Scotland Census http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1119&enc=1 about Margt Marnie Name: Margt Marnie Age: 32 Estimated birth year: abt 1849 Relationship: Head Gender: Female Where born: Monikie, Forfarsh Registration Number: 282/4 Registration district: St Andrew Civil parish: Dundee County: Angus Address: 35 No. Ellen St Occupation: House Keeper ED: 35 Page: 53 </cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1881Scotland&F0=cssct1881_88-0490&F7=53> (click to see others on page) Household schedule number: 296 Line: 22 Roll: cssct1881_88 Household Members: Name Age Christina Marnie http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881Scotland&indiv=try&h=3557434 29 Margt Marnie http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881Scotland&indiv=try&h=3557433 32 Mary Ann Marnie http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881Scotland&indiv=try&h=3557435 20 Susan Marnie http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881Scotland&indiv=try&h=3557436 18 Susan Marnie http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881Scotland&indiv=try&h=3557437 15 From Lynda West Hahn Lawrence County researcher. obits. in The Lockwood Sentinel, Dade Co.,
Round Grove column, Dec. 10, 1897: 'Mrs. McDonnel (sic), who has been suffering for some time with dropsy of the heart died last Friday and was burried (sic) Saturday.' Note dropsy of the heart is congestive heart failure
Dec. 17, 1897 Mrs. Maggie McDonald died the 3rd day of December, 1897, at the age of 57 years and 9 months. She was born in Forfarshire, Dundee county, Scotland. Mrs. McDonald and her husband, John (sic) L. McDonald, and one child, a boy, immigrated to this county in the year 1884. At the age of 18 she joined the Presbyterian church in which she lived until her death. She was a kind, good wife and mother and loved by all who knew her. She leaves a husband, one child and two step-daughters to mourn her loss.'
'This county' could depend on who wrote the obit. and what county he/she was refering to. Lockwood is in Dade Co., just north of Lawrence Co. and Round Grove My notes on this obit. Some of the info in the obit is decidely factually incorrect. Margaret or Maggie was actually 53 at the time of her death according to her tombstone or even younger according to her birth register. She was probably 49 at most. Also while her birth info as to area is correct and the year she immigrated, she did not immigrate with her son. Her actual son Richard was born in Kansas and this is confirmed on his draft card and all his census's. She came over as we know with her husband and step son and two step daughters. Also her husbands name was not John L, it was Daniel. The sic in the obit may refer to a known misprint. While it may be tempting to reject this as not being her , Round Grove was a blip of a community and there could not have been two Maggie McDonalds who died on the exact same date and year there. Her obit date matches Margaret McDonalds tombstone exactly and is in the exact place. Probably her info was either given as best as it could be by a kindly neighbor or transmitted by telephone , and telephones of that era had poor sound quality.
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Married 12 Oct 1881, dundee
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