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    1. [SCT-INV] Re: Macdonald
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mcdonald, McDonald, Bye, Watt, Johns(t)on Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/398.412 Message Board Post: Can you please tell me if your descendants include James K. and Wentworth (brothers) McDonald, as follows: James K. b. 1830, m. (1st) Mary (A or J) Johns(t)on, had Annie 1861, Alexander McG 1863 (my GGf), and Rachel 1867. Then (2nd) m. Rebecca (?) and had Williamina M."Winnie"1877?, Thomas H. 1879, Wentworth 1880, Jennie 1882, and Grace 1885. Wentworth C. b. 1831 d. 1904 at N. Sydney, buried McLellan's Mountain Pictou Co. (his Dau. Mary May b. 1875, d. 1878) Mrs. Bye (?) and/or a twin sister (I am an identical, so this is intriguing!) Mrs. Robert Watt b. 1842 d. 1908 in Sydney. She was born in Pictou Co. This comment was sent along w/ her obit: "Several of her brothers, notably, James K. & Wentworth were well known for their business capacity & integrity. James K. was well known and loved in New Glasgow for many yrs. Mrs. Watt was the youngest of a family of 10. all of whom are dead, excepting for two- Mrs. Bye of Digby, a twin sister, and the eldest, unmarried and living in Pictou Co. Mr. and Mrs. Watt came to Dominion, C. B. 6 years ago where they conducted a grocery and millinery business. They were connected with Chalmers Pres. Church. Mr. Watt predeceased his wife by only 2 or 3 months. After his death she moved to Sydney to live with her son, Robert. She was buried at Chalmers Church Cemetery. Bridgeport. (Obit) P.W. Sast 25 Jan . 1908 vol LXI No.4. p 29"

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