she may be related, but sorting out the McDonalds in Cow Bay is pretty difficult. we have a Kate, birthdate unknown, nothing known at all about her other than her name. Allan's children's birthdates are in the 1840's and 50's, but we only have a few of the dates. do you have Catherine's marriage record? there's a site online were you can check the record for free... https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ [1] they'll ask you to agree to a terms and condition, it's no big deal, just clears them and you of legal hassles. just scroll down and click on agree. I'm unaware of any Ronald's in the family, and that name could be branch specific the way Archibald is, I don't know for certain. we definitely have Archibald in our tree. best, Cornelia Message: 2 Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:14:07 -0500 From: Donna Walford Subject: Re: [Cape Breton Co NS] CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON Digest, Vol 5, Issue 91 To: Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Dwayne: I am descended from Catherine MacDONALD from Cow Bay. I believe her parents were Ronald MACDONALD and Ann MATHESON but I can't find anything on them. Catherine married JOHN FERGUSON who came to Cape Breton from Scotland in 1841. They married in Cow Bay in 1864/5. I wonder if there is any connection? Donna in Ontario (originally from Glace Bay) Dwayne, would you prefer to do look-ups for people who really don't belong in your site? I am not related to you that I'm aware, am not certain that the area my ancestors lived in were recorded, and it's probably best that I stay out of your site-trust me, inviting strangers in can be disasterous, as was for me with Geni. I lost hundreds of people, got a virus and had someone hi-jack my file when I invited strangers who were not reallly related in. not that I would ever be that cruel, but some people are. I descend from Allan McDonald, who died that year, his wife Sarah McPhail, and they had children Mary, Margaret, Archibald, Allan, John, Annie (b. 1858) and Kate and a boy who's name for some reason eludes memory, but he died before the 1871 so it doesn't really matter in this instance. they were coal miners in and around Sidney and lived in and around Cow Bay, and they were Presbytarians. ------------------------------ To contact the CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON list administrator, send an email to CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON-admin@rootsweb.com [5]. To post a message to the CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON mailing list, send an email to CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON@rootsweb.com [6]. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON-request@rootsweb.com [7] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON Digest, Vol 5, Issue 92 ************************************************ Links: ------ [1] https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ [2] mailto:donna080@sympatico.ca [3] mailto:can-ns-capebreton@rootsweb.com [4] mailto:BLU0-SMTP99219350D151C9BBBCD32CE33E0@phx.gbl [5] mailto:CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON-admin@rootsweb.com [6] mailto:CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON@rootsweb.com [7] mailto:CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON-request@rootsweb.com