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MacdonaldGenealogy - Family Tree - Macdonald, John Alexander

Name at birth: Macdonald, John Alexander Name at death: Macdonald, John Alexander
Date of birth:

1815,01,10

Date of death: 1891,06,06
Location of birth: Glascow, Scotland Location of death: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Gender: male
Ethnicity: Scottish 100%
Religion: Christian, Protestant
 
Mother: Macdonald, Helen (Shaw)
Father: Macdonald, Hugh
Siblings: Macdonald, William
Macdonald, James
Macdonald, Louisa
Macdonald, Margaret
Spouses: Macdonald, Isabella Clark Married:

1843,09,01

until her death in 1858

Macdonald, Susan Agnes (Bernard) Married: 1867,02,16
Children: Macdonald, John Alexander
Macdonald, Hugh John
Macdonald, Mary on February 8, 1869 [born with an affliction called hydrocephalus, or water on the brain]
Notes:

- In Summer 1820, John, his parents, and three siblings left for Canada, immigrating to Kingston, Ontario. When he was nine, they moved again to Hay Bay.

- He was knighted in 1867 by Queen Victoria, taking on the title "Sir".

- John was the first prime minister of Canada and one of the Fathers of Confederation. From 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891, John A. was in power. He died from a series of strokes in Parliament.

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