James McDonald

1828 - 1887  (58 years)

• Name	James McDonald  [1]
  Birth	14 Dec 1828	Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK   [1, 2]
  	Son to John Donell, weaver in Eddlestone and Ann Cowan his wife, was born this day and baptised on 8th day of February following by the Rev. Patrick Robertson; Witnesses - David Hislop and John Stoddart.
  Gender	Male
  Baptised	8 Feb 1829	Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK
  Occupation	1851  [3]
  	Tailor
  Emigration	30 Apr 1866	Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK   [1]
  	to New Zealand.
  Death	15 Nov 1887	Marton, New Zealand   [1]
  Burial	Marton, New Zealand
  	Address: Mt View Cemetery
  		McDonald-Lambert Marton
  Notes	James set up a tailoring business in Marton on arrival in New Zealand and was very successful. His son John James McDonald went into the firm and took over the business when his father died. John James went on to be Mayor of Marton 1893-1896. [1]
  Person ID	I5232	Our Tree | McDonald, James (I-5232)
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	John McDonald,   b. Est 1803, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK d. Bef 1881 (Age < 77 years)
  Mother	Ann Cowan,   b. Est 1805, Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK d. Bef 1881 (Age < 75 years)
  Marriage	27 Sep 1828	Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK   [4, 5]
  	Groom recorded as John Donald
  Family Census	7 Jun 1841	Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK
  Family Census	31 Mar 1851	Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK
  Address: High Street South Side
  Family Census	8 Apr 1861	Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK
  Address: High Street
  Family Census	3 Apr 1871	Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK
  Address: High Street
  Household split over two census pages: click to display Second Image
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella Lambert,   b. 14 Sep 1831, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland, UK d. 7 Jul 1906, Marton, New Zealand (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1854	Polmont, Falkirk, Scotland, UK   [1]
  Family Census	8 Apr 1861	Polmont, Falkirk, Scotland, UK
  Children	1. Janet Jessie Stoddart McDonald,   b. 17 Dec 1854, Polmont, Falkirk, Scotland, UK   2. Ann McDonald,   b. 20 Jan 1856, Polmont, Falkirk, Scotland, UK   3. Isabella McDonald,   b. 7 Nov 1857, Polmont, Falkirk, Scotland, UK + 4. John James McDonald,   b. 30 Dec 1858, Polmont, Falkirk, Scotland, UK d. 5 Dec 1920, Marton, New Zealand (Age 61 years) + 5. Johan Johnston McDonald,   b. 5 Feb 1861, Polmont, Falkirk, Scotland, UK d. 28 Jul 1937, Marton, New Zealand (Age 76 years)   6. Agnes Lambert McDonald,   b. 17 Jan 1863, Polmont, Falkirk, Scotland, UK + 7. James Alexander McDonald,   b. 9 Oct 1864, Polmont, Falkirk, Scotland, UK d. 27 May 1891, Marton, New Zealand (Age 26 years)   8. Thomas McDonald,   b. 15 Jul 1866, Marton, New Zealand d. 13 Jul 1885, Marton, New Zealand (Age 18 years)   9. Alison McDonald,   b. 28 Jan 1868, Marton, New Zealand d. 11 May 1939, Marton, New Zealand (Age 71 years) + 10. Robert Alexander McDonald,   b. 5 Aug 1870, Marton, New Zealand d. 22 Dec 1932, Marton, New Zealand (Age 62 years)   11. Catherine Flaws McDonald,   b. 7 Jun 1872, Marton, New Zealand d. 30 Sep 1932, Marton, New Zealand (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F2154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S277] Robert F. McDonald, McDonald - Rob, (2008). [S278] General Record Office for Scotland, OPR Births, (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk). [S141] General Record Office for Scotland, 1851 Scottish Census, High St, Peebles. [S144] General Record Office for Scotland, OPR Marriages, (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk). "John Donald and Ann Cowan both in this parish, gave in their names for Proclamation in order to Marriage and after being legally procalimed, they got an extract thereof" [S34] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, IGI, (http://www.familysearch.org/). [date recorded as 28 Sept 1828]