John Henry MacDonald

1888 - 1974  (86 years)

• Name	John Henry MacDonald
  Born	14 Mar 1888	Mount Pleasant, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Mar 1911	Mount Pleasant, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [4]
  Occupation	Apr 1911	Mansfield, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [3]
  	farmer
  Census	5 Jun 1911	Mansfield, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [3]
  Misc	Jul 1974  [5]
  	13 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren
  Died	7 Jul 1974	Pugwash, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [6, 7, 8]
  Obituary	8 Jul 1974	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   [5]
  	Halifax Chronicle Herald
  	Obituary OXFORD - John Henry McDonald, 86, of Oxford died Sunday at Sunrise Villa Nursing Home, Pugwash.  Born at Mount Pleasant, he was a son of the late Jeremiah and Ellen (McQuinn) McDonald.  He was a retired mason.  He is survived by two daughters, Eva (Mrs. John Wood), Oxford; Freda (Mrs. Sydney Coles), Fredericton, N.B.; three sons, Jeremiah and Eugene, both of Oxford; Joseph, Whitehorse, Yukon; a sister, Mabel (Mrs. Stanley Dixon), Oxford; a brother, Frank, Oxford; 13 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.  Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his first wife, the former Kezie Mattinson of Lake Killarney; and his second wife, the former Lydia King of Oxford; and a daughter, Shirley Ann; three sisters, Lina Dickie, Lottie Mattinson, and Hilda Mattinson.  The body is at Black's Funeral Home, Oxford, where funeral will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday.  Rev. Edgar Patriquin will officiate.  Burial will be in Mount Pleasant cemetery. [posted to NSCumber mailing list by Gerry Mattinson on 17 Sep 2012]
  Occupation	mason  [5]
  Person ID	I30439	Arthur - Research
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2012

  
  

  Family ID

  F15829

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Keziah Geneva Mattinson,   b. 30 Jan 1893, Rosendale, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 21 Jul 1943, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Married	30 Mar 1910  [6]
  Children	1. Eva Jane McDonald,   b. 1 Mar 1911, Rosendale, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 31 May 2005, Cobourg, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)   2. Jeremiah E McDonald,   b. Abt 1912, Mount Pleasant, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 26 Nov 1992, Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age ~ 80 years)   3. Eugene P A McDonald,   b. Abt 1915, Mount Pleasant, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 22 Sep 1999, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age ~ 84 years)   4. Joseph Henry McDonald,   b. 4 Jan 1921, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 20 Jan 1995, Kelowna, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 74 years)   5. Alfreida Beryl McDonald,   b. CA 1918, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 26 Sep 1984, Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age ~ 66 years)   6. Shirley Louisa McDonald,   b. 27 Jan 1928, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 7 Feb 1928, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F14314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Obituary - Halifax Chronicle Herald - 8 Jul 1974 - Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S818] Info: Eric Keys, e-mail 4 Mar 2000 (Reliability: 2). [S794] Info: Gerry Mattinson, Mattinson File updates, received 5 May 2002. [S2758] Census: 1911, Canada (ancestry.com), Census Place: , Cumberland, Nova Scotia; Page: 6; Family No: 67. [S1856] Vital Stats: NS, Online Records, Birth, Eva Jane McDonald, Year: 1911 - Page: 57500894 - Number: 57500896. [S695] Obituaries: General, John McDonald, Halifax Chronicle Herald, 8 Jul 1974. [S1134] Info: Lorne Smith. Smith-Jewell GEDCOM Oct 2002 citing Nathaniel Smith file [S1222] Nathaniel Smith GEDCOM. [S2016] Electronic: Ancestry - Family Trees, Our Family Tree <http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7745237/person/305568603>, Anna Marie Tonkin, viewed 9 Nov 2012.