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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 |
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| 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 |
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Macdonald, Mary on February 8, 1869 [born with an affliction called
hydrocephalus, or water on the brain] |
| Notes: |
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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".
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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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