Welcome descendants of Ranald MacIsaac MacDonald b.1754 in Invernesshire, Fort Augustus, Scotland and Janet Cameron b. 1783 in Lochiel, Scotland. Ranald and Janet married in Scotland in 1797. Of their eight children, seven migrated to Glengarry, Ontario, the eldest chose Australia.

Ranald and Janet settled on Lot 25, 4th conc. Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario.

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Ranald MacIsaac MacDonald 1754-1859 and Janet Cameron 1783-1863.

Married 1797 in Scotland, Ranald and Janet had 8 children, then emigrated to Canada in 1831 (or so...).

StRaphaelsMacDonalds One source refers to them both being buried at St. Raphaels West, however the cemetary has suffered damage over the years and we haven't been able to confirm this.

Word of advice. If you are up to exploring the cemetary be sure to have a list of dates with you. Birth, Death and Marriage where you can. It is not enough to just remember the names!

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Who's who

So far...

  • Ranald J.: Christena and Terry (Ferre and Muir respectively)
  • Annie Baldy: Rothmel, MacAlpine, Lil and Sharon et al. (includes Powell, Scalzo, Dufort, Stafford, Purser and Noga)
  • John Vincent: Damien's side (Kay)

Arrival in Canada ~ 1831

Most of Janet and Ranalds adult children emigrated to Canada: John Jock, Jane, Hugh, Alexander, Ellen, Ranald J. and Margaret as well.

Donald (the eldest) went to Australia.

 Ranald MacIsaac McDonald 
         b: 1754 in Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland 
         married: 1797 in Scotland
         d: 13th January, 1859 in Lot 25, 4th conc., 
            Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario
         buried: St. Raphael's West Cemetary
  +Janet Cameron 
         b: 1783 in Lochiel, Scotland 
         d: 1863 in Glengarry, Ontario
         buried: St. Raphael's West Cemetary
         Father: Donald Cameron
         Mother: Nellie Ross
       Donald MacIsaac MacDonald 
           b: Abt. 1798 in Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland 
           d: in Australia
          -tried to convince his parents to move to Australia....
       John Jock MacIsaac MacDonald
           b: 1802  in Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland 
           d: 1879 in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
           m: 15 Oct 1822 in St. Raphael's Ontario or 1825 in Scotland
        +Margaret McDonnell
            b: 1803 in Inverness-shire, Scotland 
            d: 1868 in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada 
       Ellen Nellie MacDonald
           b: 1803 in Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland 
           d: 13 Jan 1852, Lot 23, 3rd Conc. Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario          
       Hughie MacDonald 
           b: 1805 
           d: 1882
           buried: Williamstown R.C. Cemetary
       Margaret MacDonald 
           b: 1807 
           d: 2nd conc. Charlottenburg, Glengarry 
           married: Alexander Grant
       Alexander MacIsaac MacDonald 
           b: 1817 
           d: 1873
           married: Ellen McMartin
       Jane MacDonald 
           b: 1821 
           d: 1897, lot 25, 4th conc. Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario
       Ranald J. MacDonald 
           b: 1825 
           d: 1909 
           married: 1854. Catherine Rory MacDonald

John Jock MacIsaac MacDonald 1802-1879 Margaret McDonnell 1803-1868


The 2nd eldest son, John Jock married Margaret MacDonell either in Scotland about 1825, or 15 Oct 1822 in St. Raphael's Ontario.

We do know that their first two children were born in Scotland.

John Jock and Margaret arrived in Canada in 1831 with their son John J. MacIsaac MacDonald Jr. age 6 and daughter Ann Nancy MacDonald, age 3. 

John Jock(James) MacIssac MacDonald (1802-1879)
+ Margaret McDonnell (1803-1868)
  John J. MacIsaac McDonald Jr.
      b: Abt. 1825 in Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland 
      d: 1885
  +Elizabeth (Isabella) O'Brien 
      b: 12 Nov 1842 in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada 
      m: 19 Feb 1860 in St. Finnan's, Alexandria, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada 
      d: 1917 in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada     
  Ann Nancy MacDonald 
      b: Abt. 1828 in Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  Donald MacIssac MacDonald 
      b: in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
  James Edmund MacIssac MacDonald 
      b: in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
  Katherine MacDonald 
      b: in Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada

As the family legend goes, they were employed in Scotland by good farmers but left because of the threat of tuberculosis. They paid their own passage and said with pride "No one had to bring us over". The name is MacDonald (clan Ranald) spelled with a capital D.

A note on the aside. The threat of tuberculosis can still be witnessed on old time farms here in the new country. "Oh that shed out back. It's originally a TB House. Yup, built along time ago. When a family member had TB, they had to stay out there."

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