St. Margarets Pioneer Cemetery Restoration

MacDonald Family Notes on burials in Pioneer Cemetery

from Jean MacDonald Selines (contact information can be found at bottom)

Below is a list of my MacDonald family members buried in St. Margaret’s Pioneer Cemetery. This line of MacDonald’s is often referred to as the Dan Joe, Mick’s. The complete handle is Dan Joe, Mick, Donald, Lauchlin.

Allan MacKinnon - A FAMILY HISTORY

 The following information was taken from a paper written on March 3, 1987 by Birt MacKinnon.

His father, Alexander, crossed the Atlantic Ocean with one of the organized voyages of John MacDonald of Glenaladale.  Sometime between 1798 and1801, Alexander settled on a 100 acre farm in Big Cape (Lot 42). Upon his death he left equal shares of this farm to his two sons Donald and Allan.  A search of the Baptismal records did not reveal either Donald’s or Allan’s birth but a census conducted in 1861 revealed that Donald was upwards to the age of 60 and that Allan was between 45 and 60 years of age.

• Donald married a McKinnon woman from Mt. Stewart and they had three children: John, Catherine and the third unknown. There are no records showing when Donald passed away or how his portionof the original farm was given to his son John. Over time John occupied these 50 acres and eventually his sister Catherine did the same.

• Allan married Mary McKinnon from MacAskill River on October 17, 1836 and they had eight children. Hugh (Oct 14, 1837), Allan (Feb 9, 1840), John (Feb 24, 1842), Mary (March 23, 1844), Daniel Alexander (July 27, 1856), Mathias (unknown) and Joseph (unknown).  Allan’s will was dated November 15, 1873 (one day before he died). He left to his son, Joseph: the farm, real estate and two horses. Allan’s wife and daughter Mary were to have a living off the farm as long as they lived. The remaining members received an equal amount of money (80 cents).

Alexander "Sandy the Fiddler" McDonald (1881)

He was a son of John "Blue" and Ann (nee McQueen McDonald. He was married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth Mary (nee McIntyre). They resided in Naufrage. A family tree for this family may be found on The Island Register.

Donald and Nancy McAulay

Donald and Nancy (nee McDonald) McAulay were husband and wife.

Mariah Ann and Mary Ann were daughters of daughter of Angus & Jane (nee McDonald) Gillis.

Laughlin Gillis (1860)

Laughlin and Mary Ann (nee Vass) were husband and wife.

Ann, (nee McGillivray) was the wife of John Gillis.

Mary Dunn

Mary Dunn was the wife of Peter Dunn. Her maiden name was McDonald

Donald McIntosh and his wife, Mary McIntyre emigrated to P.E.I. ca. 1772. They were the parents of Roderick McIntosh.

They were parents of John McIntosh (see the article on his memorial) and Angus McIntosh.
 

Family Tree Information

As you research your geneology on the internet, you will no doubt find a wealth of information, for free and for a fee.  What we want to do on this page, is to to provide a list of websites where information can be found, for free, on some of the individuals who are buried in the cemetery, or which are relevant to those interested in the cemetery. 

The following are links to family trees that may be found on other sites:

Angus and Mary McPhee (1859)

 

If you can provide any additional family tree related sites, please use our CONTACT US FORM, and we will add the site as a reference.