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John J. MacIsaac McDonald Jr. and Isabelle O'Brien

The MacIsaac family bible has John Isaac and Isabelle O'Brien marrying at St. Finnan's, Alexandria in 1859, no mention of month or day. Another possibly more accurate but unconfirmed source has John Isaac and Isabelle O'Brien married in 1860 Feb. 18, St. Finnan's. It's easy to see that John J. was at least twice Isabelle's age when they were married.

I think that is a far back as we go for born in Canada on this side of the family; Elizabeth (Isabella) O'Brien, b: 12 Nov 1842 in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.

John Isaac and Isabelle O'Brien's children were:

Helen (Aunt Ellen) Jane 
    b. 01 Feb 1861,
    m. Duncan Daniel O'Conner
    d. January 01, 1946, 
Ranald J. John MacDonald
    b. May 28, 1862, Lot 29/2nd Conc. of Kenyon, Glengarry Co. Ont. 
                                                        (East 1/2); 
    m. Margaret R. McRauri Maggie R MacDonald
    d. 1939, Apple Hill, Glengarry Co. Ont.,     
Mary Janet Jennie MacDonald (Jessie Jordan's mother;)
    b: 18 Mar 1864 in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada 
    m: John D. Scotsman MacDonell
    d. 1941,     
Alexander Big Alex; 
    b: 16 Dec 1865 in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
    m. Hattie Harriet, MacDonald; 
    d. 1952 Apple Hill On, 
Anne Isabelle 
    b. June 23, 1867, Apple Hill, Glengarry Co. Ont.;
    m. 1897, St.Finnan's, Alexandria, Glengarry, Ontario 
    d. 1932, Winnipeg, Man, 
  + Archibald J. MacDonald
      b. 15 Nov 1845 in Apple Hill, Glengarry, Ontario, 
      d. 30 Apr 1915 in Apple Hill, Ontario   
      buried: St. Anthony's Parish, Apple Hill with daughter Cassie
John Angus 
    b. 10 Jul 1869
    m. Martha King 1938,    
James Isaac , Jim MacDonald
     b: 18 Feb 1871 in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
     d. about 1963,  Greenfield, Glengarry, Ont,     
John Vincent 
    b. 03 Nov 1873
    m. Rosanne Roderick McRauri MacDonald
    d. about 1950 in Ashland, Wisconsin,    
Margaret Ellen Maggie Johnson; 
    b: 14 May 1875 in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada  
    m. Jerome Johnson, 20 Jun, 1901
    d. Abt. 1968, Elk River, Minnesota,     
Donald Alexander Dan MacDonald
    b. 27 Aug 1877
    d. 1940, Apple Hill, Ont,
Kate Catherine, Janet MacDonald
     b: 01 Apr 1880 in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
     d: 02 Feb 1918 in Portland, Oregon, USA
Elizabeth MacDonald 
    b: 01 Apr 1880 in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
    d: May 1909 in Brockville, Ontario, Canada 
Donald Donnie, 
    b. 1881
    d. Milwaukee, Wisconsin at American Veterans Hospital, 1969     
Donald-Archibald
    b. 21 Jun 1882 
    d. 30 Jun 1883 at home at 13 months of age.
    
    

Anne Isabelle (shown in picture) married Archibald J. MacDonald fondly known as Baldie (a widower with two children). Grandma Annie was known as Grandma Baldy :)

Annie is my great-grandmother, though she passed on earlier than my mother and her brothers got to meet their Grandma :-(

Anne Isabelle MacDonald marries Archibald J. MacDonald

Annie Baldy was a MacDonald from birth, and didn't even have to consider changing her name when she married. ;-)

More about Archibald J. MacDonald's family

Archibald J. MacDonald's family was from Apple Hill as well. His father was Archibald A. MacDonald (1811-1862), and his mother was Margaret Kennedy (1812-1861).

As Archibald A MacDonald was born 1811, Lot 30,3 Kenyon, Apple Hill, Glengarry, Ontario, he has the distinction of being the first of our family born in Canada. (Though I don't have record of where his or Margaret Kennedy's parents were born!)

Husband: Archibald A MacDonald
   b: 1811, Lot 30,3 Kenyon, Apple Hill, Glengarry, Ontario
   d: 07 Oct 1862 , Lot 25 1 Kenyon, Glengarry, Ont
   Father: Alexander Dhu MacDonald
+ Wife: Margaret Kennedy 
   b: 15 Feb 1812, Lot 22,1 Kenyon, Apple Hill, Glengarry, Ontario
   d: 1861, Apple Hill, Glengarry, Ontario
   Father: Angus Kennedy
   Mother: Mary MacDonald
 
    Donald MacDonald
    b: 25 Sep 1836, Lot 25, 1 Kenyon
    + NancyAnn McDougald
   
    Mary MacDonald
    b: 15 Jun 1837                 
    + Anderson
   
    John MacDonald
    b: 09 Jun 1839                 

    Archie B. MacDonald
    b: 01 Jan 1841, 4 Kenyon,Glengarry, Ontario
    d: 21 Jun 1907, Glengarry, Ontario                    
    + Catherine MacDonell             
    + Margaret McKercher      
    + Mary Ann MacDougald, 12 Sep 1878, St. Finnan's,Glengarry
   
    Archibald J. MacDonald
    b: 15 Nov 1845, Apple Hill, Glengarry,Ontario
    d: 1915, Apple Hill, Ontario
    Burial: Apple Hill, Ontario 
    +  Sarah MacDonell, 25 Apr 1885, 
                        St. Finnan's Church, Glengarry, Ontario
    + Anna Isabelle(Annie) MacDonald, 1897, 
                    St.Finnan's, Alexandria, Glengarry, Ontario
   
    Angus MacDonald
    b: 04 Aug 1847                 
    d: 28 May 1918                          

ARCHIBALD J. MACDONALD was born 15 Nov 1845 in Apple Hill,
Glengarry,Ontario, and died 1915 in Apple Hill, Ontario. 
He married: 
   (1) SARAH MACDONELL 25 Apr 1885 in St. Finnan's Church, 
       Glengarry, Ontario, daughter of JOHN MACDONELL and RACHEL BISLEY. 
       She died 09 Jan 1894 in Apple Hill, Kenyon Twp. Glengarry, Ontario. 
He married: 
   (2) ANNA ISABELLE, ANNIE, MACDONALD 1897 in
       St.Finnan's, Alexandria, Glengarry, Ontario, 
       daughter of JOHN MACDONALD and ISABELLA O'BRIEN. 
       She was born 23 Jun 1867 in Apple Hill, Glengarry, Ontario, 
       and died 1932 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

"Grandpa MacDonald was a big man weighing about 200 lbs. Family lore refers to health problems in that he was an epileptic and also had liver problems. Baldie worked throughout the eastern states down as far as Mexico. It is also said that he walked 10 miles to go to church, and was very devout. Grandpa spoke Gaelic and was a good singer!"
-- Laura

Descendent's of Ann Isabelle (Annie) and Archibald J. MacDonald

1. Archie (Angus Archibald)
   b. 1888, d. Dec.5, 1947
   Wife: Harriette
2. Cassie (Catharine Rachael)
   b. 188? d. 193?
   Never married
3. Jack (John Archibald)
   b. July 24, 1898. Kenyon Twp. Glengarry Co. Can.
   d. Oct.11, 1978
   Wife: Florence Ann St. Louis
   Born March 17, 1898, Williamstown, Ontario
   Married: Alexandria, Ontario
   Children:
      Lillian Ann: Born: Applehill, Ont.
      Kathleen Sara: Born: Applehill, Ont.
      Mildred Geraldine: Born: Applehill,Ont.
      Noella Therese: Born: Montreal, Quebec.
      Laura Jeanine: Born: St. Boniface Man.
      Nancy Agnes : Born: Winnipeg, Man.
4. Sadie (Sarah Margaret)
   b. Aug.23, 1899 d. Sept.3, 1986
   Husband: Angus Kennedy- no children
   Husband: George Deary- no children
   see photo below
5. Angus (John Angus)
   b. Oct.3, 1900 d. Feb.17, 1980
   Never married
   see photo below
6. Jim (James Alexander)
   b. July 1, 1902 d. Mar. 30, 1979
   Wife: Elsie- no children
7. Marie (Mary Isabel):
   b. Oct. 1, 1903 Apple Hill, Ontario
   d. Jan. 26, 1994
   Married: Kenneth Cameron MacAlpine Born: Winnipeg. Loved: Calgary
   For info on the MacAlpine Clan, please visit Clan MacAlpine Society
   Children:
       Elizabeth Anne: Born: Winnipeg, Manitoba m. Robert E. Rothmel b. Guelph, Ontario
       Wayne Kenneth: Born: Winnipeg, Manitoba m. Claudia Greatti
       Glenn Cameron: Born: Kirkland Lake, Ontario m. Claire Gervais
8. Joe (Joseph Alexander)
   b. Oct.6, 1906 d. July 29, 1973
   Never married
9. Andy (Andrew)
   b. July 25, 1910 d. May 20, 1969
   Never married

Archie (Angus Archibald)	Cassie (Catharine Rachael)
Read more...	Archibald J. MacDonald and his daughter Cassie are buried at St. Anthony's Parish in Apple Hill, Ontario. Sarah died when Cassie was born. Later grandpa married Ann Isabelle (Annie) in 1897, when she was 30 years old and he was 49!!!

Archibald MacDonald was first married to Sarah MacDonnell (1885, in St.Finnan's ) They had two children, Archibald (Archie) MacDonald, who married Harriet, and Catherine Rachael, Cassie, who died of Lou Gehrig's disease. She never married.

See photo's above

Children of Ann Isabelle (Annie) and Archibald J. MacDonald

John Archibald (Jack)

City Prospector Tells of Ordeal

John Archibald

--- A Vancouver prospector and his stricken partner were stranded without food or shelter in the wilds north of Norway House, Manitoba for seven days before rescue Friday. Howard Orcutt, 41, of 1928 West Eighth, said he and his partner had only matches to build a fire, and a drink of water every two hours. Orcutt, in a radiophone interview from Norway House, 300 miles north of Winnipeg, said his partner, 70 year old John MacDonald of Haney, was stricken with a mild heart attack on June 14, eight hours` walk from their base camp. "All I could do was just stay with him as long as I could," he said. Fortunatley, said Orcutt, a note explaining their general location had been left in a tin can in the base camp on Lawford Lake, about 60 miles northeast of Norway House. The note was found Wednesday by a pilot who for the third day in succession, was trying to make a scheduled rendezvous with the pair. Bad weather then prevented search planes from going out, but finally RCMP rescue craft, bucking rain and high winds, found the pair. "The RCMP, deserve some real credit. Weather conditions were very bad. They took a real risk," Orcutt said. He said he lost about 15 pounds from his normal 185 weight, but is in good condition. Orcutt said MacDonald is in satisfactory condition in hospital and may be released Monday to return to Vancouver. "It was a brand new experience," said Orcutt. He said he will return to their base camp for a week to 10 days and then return to Vancouver to his wife and seven children. Orcutt said he and MacDonald were prospecting for various minerals. Orcutt`s wife, Alma, said Friday night in Vancouver:"I`m so happy he is all right. I knew everything would work out all right. He`s no greenhorn to the business." -- 1968

Sadie (Sarah Margaret)	Angus (John Angus)
These photos of Aunt Sarah and Uncle Angus were taken circa 1917, or when Aunt Sarah (Sadie) was about 18 years old. After Aunt Sarah outlived two husbands she lived near or with Uncle Angus in Haney B.C. until his death in about 1980. (I visted them in 1979!)

Marie (Mary Isabel)
Marie (Mary Isabel)	By the early 1960's Marie and Kenneth had settled in Elliot Lake Ontario. Elizabeth and Wayne were both married and Glenn was going to school in Toronto. It was an ideal location for grandchildren to visit and as the years unfolded I'm sure we all have great memories of wonderful weeks-on-end exploring the north and staying with Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma didn't talk much about the old-days, we had to wait until Aunt Sadie was visiting to hear what life in Apple Hill had been like. I'm not sure of the dates when (Great-)Grandma Annie Baldie and her young family moved Marie and her younger siblings to Winnipeg, but it apparently had to do with (Great-)Grandpa Baldie's passing on and the fact there were still young children at home. Marie didn't marry until her early 30's. I never heard much about life in Winnipeg during the depression except that they were the only family on the block with a telephone. Marie and Kenneth married in Winnipeg and eventually re-located to Kirkland Lake Ontario, with their first two children. There were some pretty remote locations on the way, but nobody talks much about back-woods-roughing it in those days, as if it was a bad thing. Today, we would probably call it a great adventure! I wish now, that I had asked more questions!