McDONALD, Thomas b. 1844 St Johns, New Brunswick

[walker_mckay]

The earliest members of the Scotch Ridge United Church came from Eddrachillis or Assynt in 1803. Included in this group of 25 families was the family of John Matheson (b 1763 Eddrachillis) and his wife, Elizabeth born either in Assynt or Eddrachillis. Their daughter, Janet married the Angus McDonald listed in the 1851 census of St. James Parish.

Looking through all of the census records for NB, the Thomas listed in the family of Angus and Janet is the only one that fits the time frame you've asked about. The only baptismal date, I've  found for their children was for a Donald McDonald b. 6 Mar 1840 and chr 20 May 1840. They well could have joined another church but were, in fact, buried at Scotch Ridge.

Do you have any other information on your Thomas?

Best wishes,

Inez Reed

Have a dig through this document and see if you can find any matches...



http://www.nbgs.ca/firstfamilies/FAMILY-McA-McY-2006.pdf

[walker_mckay]

Thomas (the one listed in the 1851 Census, St. James) according to the Kirk McColl Records appears to have been born/chr 1 Feb 1846. This is a neighboring parish.

Sources:

   1. Title: Kirk McColl Church Records, Roll #27
      Note: Kirk McColl Church Records.
      Repository:
      Media: Microfilm

Inez

[walker_mckay]

Was your Thomas married in the UK or New Brunswick? What was the name of his bride, please.

Inez

[walker_mckay]

Here's a resource that I've used from time to time:

http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/81Intro.html

If your Thomas McDonald was around in 1881, you may want to spend some time searching there.

Inez

[Dunholm]

Hi there,
Thomas married in the UK and settled here and raised a family.
Just hoped to find out more about him.
Thank you for the link,
Anna

[walker_mckay]

Hi - I can't see him as being born in Newfoundland, for what it is worth. While there are surviving records from NFL, they aren't available on line.

My father's family were in St. James and St. Patrick Parish during that time period. Most of the people interred at Scotch Ridge Cemetery (early Scots) were from Sutherlandshire. You can have a look at those burials by searching for Scotch Ridge Cemetery NB.

Master Mariners stood for exams at St. John, NB but I've never found where those records are housed, if they survive. I did a search of the old newspaper articles that were catalogued by Daniel Johnson but failed to locate anything very helpful.

I've been pulling out the Sutherlandshire obits for another project and your query piqued my interest.

Happy Hunting!

Inez

[Dunholm]

Sorry missed out part of my answer, he married Catherine Wilson 6/05/1874 Holy Trinity Sunderland.
Anna