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Trying to find details for James McDonald and Sarah Burns

DonegalMoville Lower (Donegal)

James was a master boat builder from Moville who married Sarah, I think - I found a record in the NLI archive (married on 12th May 1871) but cant be sure as it seems a bit early...

I believe they emigrated to Greenock, Scotland and may have had 3 sons Daniel, another and Ronald (born 1893, based on his marriage certificate from 1919 - not sure if in Ireland or in Scotland) - he was my grandfather and also worked on the Clyde as an iron driller

We visited Moville many times in the 70s/80s in the summer and there were relatives still there, making boats "the old way".

mkinlay

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Marcus,

I found these records on RootsIreland (subscription)

Name:Sarah Margaret McdonaldDate of Birth:

  Date of Baptism:28-Nov-1891

Address:MovilleParish/District:MOVILLE

Gender:FemaleCountyCo. Donegal

Denomination:Roman Catholic

Father:McdonaldMother:Burns

Occupation:

Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Bernard Mcdonald
Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Mcdaid

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Name:Ronald McdonaldDate of Birth:

  Date of Baptism:20-Sep-1893

Address:MovilleParish/District:MOVILLE

Gender:MaleCountyCo. Donegal

Denomination:Roman Catholic

Father:James McdonaldMother:Sarah Burns

Occupation:

Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Charles Mcginness
Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Ellen Mcginness

 

Regards- Mary

mtvrdk@gmail.com

Marcus,

From Ancestry.com. If eldest son, Bernard, is 27 perhaps your marriage record is correct?

1901 Census

 

NameJames Mc DonaldGenderMaleMarital StatusMarriedAge50Birth Dateabt 1851Birth PlaceCo DonegalResidence Date31 Mar 1901House Number13Residence PlaceRiver Row, Moville, Donegal, IrelandRelation to HeadHead of Family (Head)OccupationBoat BuilderReligionR CatholicLiteracyRead and write

Household Members (Name)AgeRelationship

James Mc Donald50Head of Family (Head)

Sarah Mc Donald48Wife

Bernard Mc Donald27Son

James Mc Donald25Son

Charles Mc Donald13Son

William Mc Donald11Son

Maggie Mc Donald9Daughter

Reynold Mc Donald7Son     I think this is Ronald

URLhttp://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Moville/River_…

 

James death record from Irishgenealogy (free) He died in 1920, age 71, in Moville, boatbuilder, witnessed by daughter Margaret

4412558.pdf (irishgenealogy.ie)

Regards- Mary

 

mtvrdk@gmail.com

Many thanks, Mary

This is really helpful and will take some time to go through!

I hadnt used these sources to research yet and they certainly do add a lot of info - some of it maybe contradicts other records (microfilms of pages from church records from the area) but could also be because James McDonald (or other Irish derivatives) would not be an uncommon name!

Unfortunately, Ronald's (or Reynold?!) three duaghters, including my mother, Elizabeth, have all passed so no way to check directly...

 

mkinlay

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