Janet "Jessie" MacDonald

Female 1815 - Aft 1881  (> 67 years)


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  • Name Janet "Jessie" MacDonald 
    Born 1815  Kilbar, Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 29 Oct 1815  Kilbar, Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID C1B5CF1EAFD5FB41A34FF02CD397CAA005F7 
    Died Aft 1881  [Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada] Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I467  Victoria Boutilier's Genealogy Pages
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2012 

    Father Neil MacDonald,   b. Abt 1775, Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1822 and 1824, Kilbar, Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Mother Eimhir "Emily" MacMillan,   b. Abt 1780, Aberdeen, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1819, Mabou(?) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married Abt 1799  Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Roderick "Rory" MacKinnon,   b. Abt 1800, Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Abt 1838  Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary MacKinnon,   b. Abt 1840, Sight Point, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1923, Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
     2. Hugh MacKinnon,   b. Abt 1842, Sight Point, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1911  (Age ~ 70 years)
     3. Emily MacKinnon,   b. Abt 1845, Sight Point, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1919, Loch Ban, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
     4. Neil MacKinnon,   b. Abt 1847, Sight Point, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Catherine MacKinnon,   b. Abt 1853, Sight Point, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 23 May 2017 
    Family ID F141  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mabou Pioneers "Jessie MacDonald, daughter of Neil, married Rory MacKinnon, MacKinnon's Brook with issue: 1) Hugh, 2) Emily, 3) Catherine, 4) Mary, 5) Neil. Hugh MacKinnon, son of Rory, married Mary MacDonald, daughter of "Ailean Mor" of Sight Point; they had no issue. See page 516.
      Emily MacKinnon, daughter of Rory, married David Kennedy, son of Murdock of Loch Ban, and had issue: Michael, Rory, John Murdock, Neil, Jessie, Mary Jessie, Catherine, Mary Anne and Sara. (see also History of Inverness County (HOIC) by MacDougall, p. 339) . Catherine and Mary MacKinnon daughters of Rory were married in Minnesota. Neil MacKinnon, son of Rory was a blacksmith; he was married in Margaree.

      1871 Census of Canada Mabou Dist 1 p 9 household 25
      Rory McKinnon 64 Scotland Catholic farmer no read no write married
      Jessee McKinnon 50 Scotland Catholic no read no write
      Hugh McKinnon 28 born Nova Scotia farmer no read no write
      Neill McKinnon 23 blacksmith
      Catharine McKinnon 17 no read no write

      1881 Census of Canada
      Hugh MCKINNON Male Scottish 36 Nova Scotia Farmer Catholic
      Jessie MCKINNON W Male Scottish 63 Scotland Catholic
      Catharine MCKINNON Female Scottish 24 Nova Scotia Catholic
      Source Information:
      Census Place Mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia Family History Library Film 1375801 NA Film Number C-13165 District 4 Sub-district H Division 1Page Number 8 Household Number 27

      1891 Census of Canada
      36 PoG2 64 1 McKinnon Hugh M 42 Head N SSC Farmer E W1/6
      36 PoG2 65 1 McKinnon Neil M 73 M Head N SSC Farmer E W1/6
      36 PoG2 65 2 McKinnon Flora F 55 M Wife N SSC
      36 PoG2 65 3 McKinnon Hugh M 28 Son N NNC Laborer W R
      36 PoG2 65 4 McKinnon Hector M 25 Son N NNC Laborer W RW
      36 PoG2 65 5 McKinnon Angus M 23 Son N NNC Laborer W RW
      36 PoG2 65 6 McKinnon Alexander M 22 Son N NNC Farmer RW
      36 PoG2 65 7 McKinnon Mary C. F 19 Dau N NNC RW
      36 PoG2 65 8 McKinnon Rodrick M 17 Son N NNC Farmer RW
      36 PoG2 65 9 McKinnon Catherine C. F 14 Dau N NNC RW

      "On the Western Side of the Ben Virich the first settler was a Barra man by the name of Hugh MacKinnon. He had three sons, Angus, Roderick, and Neil. Angus afterwards removed to Margaree Harbour....Rory and Neil spent their lives at the Ben Virich, but all of their families moved away in quest of fortune elsewhere, with one single exception. Hugh, son of Rory, now does the honors, alone, at Ben Virich...and Hughie is right on to the job" (HOIC, p. 604)