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William John MACDONALD

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William John MACDONALD (son of Ruben Fauster MACDONALD and Viola Genevieve HERCHENRODER).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ruben Fauster MACDONALD was born on 3 Feb 1908 in Mulgrave, Antigonish, Nova Scotia (son of James Alexander MACDONALD and Wilhalmina GRAHAM); died on 13 Jan 1981 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York.

    Ruben married Viola Genevieve HERCHENRODER on 5 Jun 1929 in Hotel Teresa, 125th. St., & Lenox Avenue, New York, New York. Viola was born on 18 Jul 1908 in New York; died on 25 Oct 1963 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Viola Genevieve HERCHENRODER was born on 18 Jul 1908 in New York; died on 25 Oct 1963 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York.
    Children:
    1. James Alexander MACDONALD
    2. Fauster Daniel MACDONALD was born on 4 Oct 1933 in New York, New York; died in 1984 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York.
    3. 1. William John MACDONALD
    4. Mary Ann MACDONALD


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Alexander MACDONALD was born in 1881 in Merigomish, Pictou, Nova Scotia; died on 23 May 1923 in Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

    James married Wilhalmina GRAHAM on 15 Jun 1903 in Heatherton, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Wilhalmina (daughter of Capt. William Fraser GRAHAM and Marcelina MAHONEY) was born on 16 Mar 1873 in Nova Scotia; died on 9 Mar 1961 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Saint Ninian’s Cemetery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Wilhalmina GRAHAM was born on 16 Mar 1873 in Nova Scotia (daughter of Capt. William Fraser GRAHAM and Marcelina MAHONEY); died on 9 Mar 1961 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Saint Ninian’s Cemetery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

    Notes:

    According to MacLean, History of Antigonish, vol 2, p 182: living in New York.
    “Before I was born and as a small child (maybe 4, which would have been 1950) my grandmother had a flat at 110 St. and Amsterdam Avenue in NYC. She stayed there in the Winter and returned to Heatherton in the Summer. I do not know the exact dates, but I do know she was doing this before 1945. At the time, my father, Fauster and his brother Wallace both lived in NYC. Another brother, Graham lived in Albany, NY or just north of Albany in Brant Lake, NY. But, then she stopped coming to NY and we would go to Heatherton every summer to see her. She died at the Sanitarium in Kentville in March of 1961.” [Mary Ann McDonald McConnell, Dec. 2000]

    Children:
    1. John Graham MACDONALD was born on 20 Jun 1904 in New York; died in Sep 1968 in Glens Falls, Saratoga, New York; was buried in South Glens Falls, Saratoga, New York.
    2. William James MACDONALD was born in 1905 in Nova Scotia; died in 1924 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.
    3. 2. Ruben Fauster MACDONALD was born on 3 Feb 1908 in Mulgrave, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 13 Jan 1981 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York.
    4. Charles MACDONALD was born on 20 Jun 1909 in Nova Scotia; died on 24 May 1945 in Tokyo, Japan.
    5. Marcella MACDONALD was born in 1910 in Nova Scotia; died in 1949 in Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    6. Wallace Bernard MACDONALD was born on 26 Jun 1913 in Mulgrave, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 29 May 1996 in Bronx, New York, New York.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Capt. William Fraser GRAHAM was born on 10 Nov 1829 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia (son of David GRAHAM and Mary Elizabeth BIGELOW); died on 18 Feb 1895 in Bayfield, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

    Notes:

    D.G. Widden, “History of The Town Of Antigonish”; the casket, Aug 10,1934 States:
    Followed the sea for a time, but settled down on a farm in Bayfield.
    Buried in Heatherton old Cemetery.

    He resided at Bayfield, Nova Scotia. Ship captain and farmer. Children all baptized in the Anglican church at Bayfield. In 1871 they were listed in the census as “Presbyterian” the dominant protestant religion in Antigonish
    where William came from. In the 1881 census William was listed as “Baptist,” and wife Marcelina was listed as “Catholic,” and yet all the children were listed as “Church of England.”

    Douglas Graham wrote:
    RELIGION: converted to Roman Catholic; Baptist [Census 1891]
    HOME: Bayfield, Antigonish, Nova Scotia [1886 voters’ list] Heatherton [Census 1891]
    BURIED: possibly Heatherton as wife is buried there.

    William married Marcelina MAHONEY on 27 Nov 1856. Marcelina was born on 25 Jul 1838; died on 17 Sep 1895 in Heatherton, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Marcelina MAHONEY was born on 25 Jul 1838; died on 17 Sep 1895 in Heatherton, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    Children:
    1. Mary GRAHAM was born on 8 Jan 1858 in Nova Scotia; died on 23 Jan 1943 in Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    2. Reuben GRAHAM was born on 8 Aug 1859 in Nova Scotia; died on 3 Apr 1922.
    3. Charles W. GRAHAM was born on 6 Mar 1861 in Bayfield, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 8 Jan 1950 in Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    4. Elizabeth GRAHAM was born on 11 Aug 1864 in Bayfield, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died in Oct 1919.
    5. Thomas William GRAHAM was born on 28 Feb 1870 in Bayfield, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 16 Jun 1939 in Harbour Center, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    6. John George GRAHAM was born on 18 Mar 1871 in Bayfield, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 17 Feb 1943 in Lower South River, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    7. 5. Wilhalmina GRAHAM was born on 16 Mar 1873 in Nova Scotia; died on 9 Mar 1961 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Saint Ninian’s Cemetery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.