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John Reid McDonald

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Biography

Attorney with James McDonald for Blackheath estate in Westmoreland, Jamaica, in 1832.

He married Margaret Taylor Smith in St Elizabeth on 10/06/1840.

When his thirteen-year-old son died of pulmonary consumption in 1888, John Reid McDonald was living at Coffee Hall in Trelawny, previously owned by his brother James Macdonald.

He died on 19/04/1896, aged 90, at Duan Vale, Trelawny (q.v.); his death certificate recorded "pains in his chest."

We are grateful to Anne Thornley-Brown for assistance in compiling this entry.


Sources

T71/189 pp. 57-58. Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1880-1999 via FamilySearch; Registrar General's Department, Spanish Town. Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 via FamilySearch; Entry for John Reid MacDonald and Margaret Taylor Smith, 10 Jun 1840.

Associated Estates (4)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
Blackheath Estate [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
Fontabelle Estate [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
Newfound River [ Jamaica | Hanover ]
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
Southfield [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]