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PHILIP McDONALD (1833-1914)

Post by gnstill » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:59 am

New Family Page: PHILIP McDONALD (1833-1914)

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Re: PHILIP McDONALD (1833-1914)

Post by gnstill » Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:38 pm

Ross posted Feb 27:
Hi Gary
You might find this interesting
The following quotes and exerpts are from the book "Bresaylor Between the Battle and the North Saskatchewan Rivers" a history of the Bresaylor settlement.

Page 228
After her death in 1923 the obituary for Mary McDonald said, "Another interesting feature was that the funeral service was conducted by Archdeacon McKay, another old timer, a senior of the deceased by three years. During the service he remarked that 61 years ago he was a missionary at The Pas when Mr P. McDonald, husband of the deceased was a school teacher at the same settlement." This would be 1862.

Page 228
" the eleventh child of Philip and Mary McDonald, Rosie was born at Stanley Mission Jan. 17, 1881. In 1882 she was an infant when her parents came to what would become the Bresaylor Settlement."

Page 16
"In Sept. this report: "James Taylor arrived recently from Manitoba with his family and two brothers-in-law" The brothers-in-law mentioned may have been the McDonalds (Philip and Cuthbert). The Philip McDonald family, coming from Stanley Mission, had to have joined the settlement that first year as they were there in the spring when their son William Alexander was born."

Page 226
"A large group of settlers came that summer (1882) from the Red River Settlement. The McDonalds, who had been stationed at Stanley Mission, joined them."

Page 226
" Philip McDonald, who was a teacher and missionary was instrumental in getting compensation for the settlers who lost so much during that terrible time." (referring to the Riel Rebellion of 1885.)

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Re: PHILIP McDONALD (1833-1914)

Post by rossm » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:57 pm

Sorry about that Gary. I did a searcg for Philip McDonald and it came up empty.

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Re: PHILIP McDONALD (1833-1914)

Post by rossm » Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:09 am

Hi Gary
Presuming that the new info about Philip (other than the undocumented missionary background) is reasonably accurate, I updated the following entries in my Philip McDONALD file.

In 1862 Philip’s sister, Catherine McDONALD married Peter TAYLOR, son of Mary INKSTER and James TAYLOR (1791-1878). Philip appears to have been teaching school at The Pas about this time.

In 1871 Philip was moved from the York District over to the Cumberland District (in Saskatchewan) where he was Post Master at The Pas before he was moved to Stanley Mission, located near the mouth of the southernmost of the two Rapid Rivers in Sask. We know that son Charles was born in January of 1872 at The Pas and daughter Rose was born at Stanley Mission Jan. 17, 1881.

In 1876 Philip McDONALD born at St Andrews Parish claimed his Half-breed Scrip.

In 1881 after the birth of daughter Rose at Stanley Mission, Philip was retired to Red River, “as a Post could not be found for him in Saskatchewan where he wished to live so as to be near medical advice.”

In the spring of 1882 the TAYLOR, BREMNER and SAYER families, along with other Red River families moved out to Bresaylor. It is not clear whether Philip McDONALD and family traveled to Red River to join them there, or came directly to Bresaylor from Stanley Mission. They had to have joined the settlement that first year as they were there in the spring when their son William Alexander was born (Apr. 20, 1883).

During the Rebellion of 1885, Phillip McDONALD was about 52 years old (wife Mary Ann about 34), and they had eight living children at Bresaylor: Alfred (age 27), Norman (18), Cuthbert (16), Charles (13), Lizzie (12), Angus (10), Eliza (8) and Rose (age 4). Their last child was Colin who was born in October of 1885 at Bresaylor, five months after the Battle at Batoche and the surrender of Louis RIEL (1844-1885). Apparently Philip “was instrumental in getting compensation for the settlers who lost so much during that terrible time” (Jean nee Dobie Gee, Philip's granddaughter, quoted in Bresaylor - Between the Battle and the N. Sask. Rivers.)

On Oct 23, 1923 Mary Ann (nee COOK) McDONALD died in Battleford. Her obituary said in part "Another interesting feature was that the funeral service was conducted by Archdeacon McKay, another old timer, a senior of the deceased by three years. During the service he remarked that 61 years ago (1862) he was a missionary at The Pas when Mr P. McDonald, husband of the deceased was a school teacher at the same settlement." (Jean nee Dobie Gee, Philip's granddaughter, quoted in Bresaylor - Between the Battle and the N. Sask. Rivers.).

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