Catherine (MacIntyre) Macdonald (abt. 1766 - aft. 1828)

Born about 1766 in Kilmonivaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Wife of Alexander Macdonald — married about 1785 (to after 1828) in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1828 after about age 62 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Catherine MacIntyre was born in 1766 at Kilmonivaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland. She married Alexander Macdonald.^[1][2]

Referring to an article written about the Denoon MacDonalds in the 21 September 1944 issue of the newspaper Casket, John G. Gibson in his Old and new world highland bagpiping states,

“The Casket describes the family of Alexander MacDonald and Catherine MacIntyre as giving issue to six sons and five daughters, not including an Alexander (but including a John who settled at Chimney Corner, Margaree, and who later moved to a Denoon property he had purchased in Antigonish County). This family emigrated in 1790 [sic] to Prince Edward Island and thence to the Gulf Shore (Antigonish County), where they bought a property from a John MacNeil, Georgeville.”^[2]

Children of Alexander Macdonald and Catherine MacIntyre

Children included:^[1]

1. John “Denoon”, b. 1786 at Chimney Corner, located in the Margaree River region of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; d. abt 1870 at Antigonish Harbour; m. Ann MacDonald, b. 1791
, aunt of Judge Hugh MacDonald; children: Professor Roderick Macdonald (1826-1886), Angus “Blacksmith” Macdonald (1814-1901), John, Andrew and Donald; John settled at Chimney Corner, Margaree and later moved to a Denoon property he purchased in Antigonish County^[2]
2. Donald married to ?
 (Donald was born about 1790 at prob. Inverness, Nova Scotia; married Sarah MacAdam)
3. Catherine, b. 1790; d. aft 1881;^[3] m. abt 1810 at Broad Cove, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Alexander “Saor” MacNeil; he was born in 1782 at Kinlochmoidart, Inverness-shire, Scotland and died 1881 at St. Rose, Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia^[3]
4. Sarah married to Rory “Big” MacDonald

5. Allen married to Miss Anderson
, Harbour Bouche
6. Rory drowned young
, while attempting to cross the Antigonish River
7. Laughlin married to ?

8. Anna married to John MacDonald, son of Hugh; had a son known as Rory Mirimachi

Alexander Macdonald is recorded on the Census dated 9 October 1817 for Cape St. George, Sydney County, Nova Scotia as follows:^[4][5]

Alexander Macdonald

1 man above 50 years of age

1 man between 16 and 50 years of age

3 boys

2 women

0 girls

Total = 7

Of the above, 2 are Scotch and 5 Acadians. The first settlers of Antigonish were Acadians, who settled there in 1763. Children born in the early Scotch settlements at Antigonish appear to have been recorded as Acadians.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Rankin, Duncan Joseph, 1874-. A history of the county of Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Belleville, Ont., Mika Pub. 1972. p. 227-8
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Gibson, John G. (John Graham), 1941-. Old and new world highland bagpiping. Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press. 2002. Page 262
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Geni Alexander Alasdair Saor McNeil
4. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives : Census Returns, 1811, 1817 and 1818 Alexander Macdonald
5. ↑ Cape George Heritage School Museum Census of 1817 - Cape St. George, Sydney County, Nova Scotia