Sweden McDonald

1817 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Sweden McDonald
  Born	1817	, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Glenelg Twp., Grey Co., Ontario   [1]
  	contractor
  Residence	1861	Glenelg Twp., Grey Co., Ontario   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-90781
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	St. Andrews Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I90781	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Allison Bell,   b. 1813, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. McDonald,   b. Abt 1840, of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jul 1846, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 6 years)   2. Margaret McDonald,   b. 1842, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. William McDonald,   b. 12 Mar 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jun 1914, Livingston, Merced, California, United States  (Age 62 years)   4. Dr. Thomas Hayes MacDonald,   b. 24 May 1852, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 26 Jun 1911, Petersburg, Monroe, Michigan, United States  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F38539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From the mail bag Apr.25/ 82 Mrs. James D. Tredup, PO Box "G". Kaunakakai, Molkai, Hawaii 96748 USA has responded to our last issue of BRANCH NOTES in respect to the address given by Mrs. G.T. Barnes and her McDonalds, wishing to know whether the James mentioned in the article could have been some sort of relative to an ancestor of hers, Sweden McDonald. As among other information she provides the following:- Sweden McDonald was born in Scotland, and settled in the Galt are ca 1836, m either in Scotland or in Galt to Alice BELL of Kelso, a sister of Janet Bell the mother of honourable James Young-the cemetery in which they were interred was abandoned ca 1850 and so no clear record has been found,. There were seven children: Robert S,; my grandfather b 1843; a dau b ca 1840 who drowned July 1846; William b 12 Mar 1852, emigrated to USA 1867, worked as a blacksmith in Buffalo and Michigan, migrated to Merced California and d there 7 June 1914; Margaret who migrated to Buffalo and d there; Thomas b 1853 was living in Buffalo in 1870 and later lived either in Michigan or Ohio; (he had two dau's one of which later became Mrs. Irving V. (Maude) Yale, who was living in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan at the time of her death. My grandfather, Robert S. McDonald, emigrated from Galt to Buffalo ca 1867 where he m Ella Corlett ca 1868, worked as a blacksmith, Pharmacist, and at the time of his death was listed as a medical student ca 1885. Ella Corlett's family were listed as Methodists. I have not been able to find any record of my grandfather Robert's death or place of burial. I have never submitted a query to "BRANCH NOTES" - I should add that Robert McDonald's children Charles 1870-1918; Grace 1873-1970; and Stephen (my father) b 19 Oct 1884; d 14 Mar 1969 did not know much about their father, and apparently nothing about their grandparents. In one report Sweden McDonald is reported by his son William McDonald as having been a railway contractor in the employ of the government. Hon. James Young refers to him as a "road-builder{. The family appears to have had a predilection toward railroads, engineering and related occupations. There seems to have been some sort of hereditary liver complaint which took many of the family to, premature death in their 40's and 50's. I would welcome correspondence from persons knowledgeable about McDonald Family. Branch Notes, newsletter of the Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society Vol. 10 No. 3 ___________ Among these early Galtonians were: ... Sweden McDonald, road-maker... Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose , pg 115

  
  

• Sources

  [S2433] Census - Canada - 1861, Glenelg Twp., Grey Co., Ontario Div 1 pg 12. Sweden McDonald 43, b. Scotland Contractor Allison 47 Margaret 18 b. U. Canada William 11 Thomas 9

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1817 - , Scotland Occupation - contractor - 1861 - Glenelg Twp., Grey Co., Ontario Residence - 1861 - Glenelg Twp., Grey Co., Ontario Buried - - St. Andrews Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth