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Archibald MacDonald

Male Abt 1777 - 1831  (54 years)


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  • Name Archibald MacDonald 
    Born Abt 1777  Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 7 Jul 1831  Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Tenant at Tarbert Farn, Gigha, Argyll, UK at time of death
    Buried Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Note: detath certificate states as date 7/7/1831 and age as 54 yars old
    Archibald MacDonald
    Archibald MacDonald
    Erected to the memory of Archibald McDonald late tenant in Tarbert who died 25th July 1831 aged 56 years, by his widow and their sons John, Donald, Archibald, Alexander and Allan McDonald.

    Slab inside church ruin . Most of the slabs here are unreadable except this one
    Notes 
    • The marriage certificate mentions that Archibald MacDonald was from Islay, Argyll, UK
    Person ID I394  Clark
    Last Modified 7 May 2012 

    Wife Catherine MacNeill,   b. Abt 1781,   d. 7 Mar 1851, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 15 Mar 1797  Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Living Tarbert Gigha in 1827 - source Gigha census 1827
      Archibald McDonald, tenant, 50, died in 1831
      Catharine Macneill, wife, 46
      John (27), Archibald (22), Alexr. (20), Allan (16), Margaret (13)

      Daughter Mary was already married and living also at Tarbert in 1827
      John Macneill, cottar
      Mary McDonald
      Margaret Mcneill
      Archibald Macneill

      No trace of son James who was born in 1812. Died probably as an infant


    Children 
    +1. Mary MacDonald,   b. 11 Feb 1798, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1839, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    John MacNeill  m. 22 Jul 1824
     2. John MacDonald,   b. 26 Mar 1800, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1845, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
    +3. Donald MacDonald,   b. 25 Jun 1802, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Anne Sinclair  m. 29 Jun 1826
    +4. Archibald MacDonald,   b. 30 Sep 1804, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Catherine McQuilkan  m. 19 May 1842
    +5. Alexander MacDonald,   b. 1 Oct 1807, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1859, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Margaret McIntyre  m. 18 May 1837
     6. Allan MacDonald,   b. 5 May 1810, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. James MacDonald,   b. 30 Aug 1812, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1812, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Margaret MacDonald,   b. 14 Sep 1813, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1903, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Archibald MacNeill  m. 18 Oct 1838
    Last Modified 7 May 2012 
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