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The
MACDONALD/McDONALD Family of C19th-C21st Tipton/Dudley, Aston,
Perry Barr & Greater Birmingham
arriving from Ireland in
1822
Synopsis
Seeking Irish ancestry and
modern day Black Country (Tipton & Dudley) & Greater
Birmingham descendants of Luke
& Mary McDONALD/MACDONALD (born
around the turn of the C19th in Ireland and married there by
c1821). Known name variants include the short-form MACK,
MACKDONALD,
McDONNALL, McDONAGH, McDONNER,
McDONOUGH (i.e. McD*, MacD* or
MackD*) and also Mc D* (with space) which makes finding records
difficult. This research was fully updated in August 2009.
Historical
Perspective
The Clan Donald
is of Celtic origins (Gaelic: MacDhomhnaill). At the height of
power in the mid C15th, the Clan controlled most of the Western
Isles, much of the western Scottish highlands, the NE parts of
current Northern Ireland, and were known as Lords of the Isles.
The Clan traces its origins to Somerled, an Irish/Norse warrior
(DNA study).
Somerled's son, Reginald or Ranald, was given part of the kingdom
(Islay & Kintyre) upon his father's death. His son Donald who
succeeded as Lord of the Isles in 1207 provided the Clan name.
There are nine distinct branches descending from Donald.
The Clan system
was legislated against in 1746 and continually repressed. Many
crofters (subsistence farmers) were evicted from lands in the
period 1790-1845 to be replaced by sheep, during what is known as
the Highland Clearances. Many settled in Ireland. It was mid way
through this period that the first known members of my family
appear on their travels, possibly looking for a new life away
from the one they had known. The following map shows the
concentration of the family name in Ireland. Their origins within
Ireland are unknown, but this historical background suggests
Scots-Irish ancestry.
I:
From Ireland came "Strangers on Travel" (1822 - <1841)
Luke McDONALD,
my 3xGGF (c1799 based on age at death in 1853) and Mary
his wife (c1803 in 1841, c1793 based on age of death in 1846)
were probably married in Ireland before 1821 (marriage sought).
Luke was an Agricultural Labourer (1841 & 1851), Furnaceman
(1844) & Weaver (1853). He died in 1853 in Wood Street,
Tipton in the English Black Country. Mary died there in Sep 1846.
They arrived in the Midlands
area by 1822 from northern places unknown. Mary was heavily
pregnant with their first child, John
McDONALD. They probably were
recently arrived from Ireland, via Liverpool, since John was
reportedly born en route
in Warrington, Cheshire (1851 census). However, as John
MACDONALD he was c. 8.11.1822
as s/o Luke & Mary at
Stone St Michael, Staffs. The 1822 record shows that Luke &
Mary were "Strangers on
Travel". The same John is
believed to be the informant at Luke's death in 1853 Tipton.
Unfortunately, no other family baptisms have been located. In
1851 Luke & son John (a Puddler) only were in the same
household and recorded as McDONOUGH.
It is likely the family were
in the present-day Telford area of Shropshire in the period
1828-1832 since one census record each for son Patrick aka James
has him born in Wellington & his sister Mary Ann in
Oakengates (neighbouring villages), before defaulting to Tipton
STS or Dudley, WOR for the remainder. They were all in
Wolverhampton Street, Dudley by 1841.
II:
The First Dudley/Tipton Family (<1841 - 1853)
Note: In Tipton & Aston
until the C20th the family were referred to as "MACK"
for short.
In 1841 Dudley the family were at Wolverhampton
Street as MacKdonk with
a number of other families of Irish name spelled phonetically;
all Agricultural Labourers. All records suggest that son Patrick
(aka Patsy, aka Patcy) is also known as James (on all census
returns). This cannot be demonstrated by baptismal records,
however in all records either James or Patsy are recorded but
never together. One could be a family name and the other a
Catholic saints' birth or baptismal name. John
McDONALD (1822) is missing
from the 1841 census;
Present, with Luke given as 35
years (c1806), Agricultural Labourer, and Mary 38 years (c1803)
were:
Luke
McDONALD (c1826) - 14 years
"born in Scotland, Ireland or
Foreign Parts" (outside WOR at least);
James
McDONALD
(aka Patrick McDONALD
c1829) - 11 years on original - born in county (Dudley, WOR, but
incorrectly indexed as aged 4);
Mary Ann McDONALD
(c1832 Dudley-1899 Oldbury) - 9 years - born in county (Dudley,
WOR), m. Joseph H AKINS
in 1850. The AKINS had a large family in Tipton (also variously
recorded as ADKINS, AIKENS, AIKINS, AKINGS, ARKINS, ATKINS,
ATKENS, HAKINES & HAKINS). In 1851 the AKINS were living
next door to her father & brother (Luke & John). After
husband Joseph's death in 1889, Mary Ann (as ATKINS) was living
with her married daughter Sarah
ONIONS and family in Oldbury. The
AKINS family descendants have stories that Mary Ann's maiden
name was LUNN, however this does not match BMD or McDONALD data;
In 1851 Tipton both Luke &
son John were in Wood Street (see map of Tipton, below), where
Luke died in 1853. The entry clearly states Luke's origins as
Ireland (Labourer), and supports John's birth en route in
Cheshire. Both were unmarried. That Luke had been widowed is
confirmed by the death of Mary MACDONALD, wife of Luke
MACDONALD, Labourer, on 17.9.1846 at Wood Street, Tipton, aged 53
due to consumption.
John
McDONALD was apparently unmarried
in 1851 and last known in 1853 Tipton to inform of his father's
death. There deaths in Dudley RD in Q1 1854 & Dec 1857 are
young children and not him. The 1850 marriage in Tipton is
confirmed as not being him. Nothing more is known;
Luke McDONALD
has no further records after the 1841 census. The Liverpool
family with this name have been eliminated by research &
public records. The lack of a local marriage or death record
suggests that Luke may have returned to Ireland by 1851 or moved
overseas. Nothing more is proven, however an Ancestry research
has possible links for a Luke J McDONALD, originally of Co.
Mayo, who went to the US from Liverpool in 1848 by way
Connecticut and settled in Ohio/Kentucky with subsequent family
(children similar naming pattern).
III:
The Second Tipton Family (1849 - Early C20th)
James/Patrick McDONALD
(aka Patsy McDONNER on
marriage), my
2xGGF (n. c1828/9), Coalminer, married Phebe/Phoebe
WHITEHOUSE
on 29.10.1849 at Dudley PC, both of Castle Street, Dudley. One
witness was Mary Ann McDONNER,
his 18-y.o. sister. The other witness was Joseph
AKINGS who must have been her
fiancé at the time. Mary Ann marries Joseph
AKIN (as HAKIN) the following year
in Dudley. James/Patrick is reported to be a Catholic, whereas
Phebe becomes a Methodist later on. She was a hawkster /
shopkeeper and died in 1910. She was illiterate and after Patrick
died she had her own system to check customers debts that were
put "on the slate" according to family legend.
On census returns the family
were living in Tipton at Watery Lane (1861), 59 Waterloo Street
(1871) and at 8 Watery Lane (1881) - see map, above. James &
Phebe were living with Phebe's widowed mother Hannah WHITEHOUSE
in Lower Green, Tipton in 1851, however they were recorded as
LUCAS. It is possible this was part of Irish traditional naming
that James was s/o Luke, i.e. LUCAS. This is the only time this
name appears in records. In 1861 as MacKdoller
(sic) & in 1871 the head of the family was given as "James".
As Patrick, he is known to have died in 1876. The records of
daughter Mary (1851) also support the use of both names - Patcy
MACK on her BC and James
MACDONALD on her MC. In 1881 Phoebe
was a 49 year old widow with the recorded surname "MACKDONNAL
or MACK".
In early 1891 she remarried local man Enoch
MILNER and they were together on
the 1891 & 1901 census first at 14 Watery Lane, then in
Queens Road, Tipton. In 1891 her two unmarried daughters were
still at home (Sarah McDONALD
& Phoebe McDONALD)
prior to both their marriages shortly afterwards.
Known
children & descendants (all born Tipton):
Mary
MACK / MACDONALD (21.6.1851, Lower
Green, Tipton) d/o Patcy &
Phebe MACK, m. 2.8.1868 to Thomas
ANDREWS (as 17 y-o nailer d/o
James MACDONALD). Witnesses were Phebe's brother Thomas &
his wife Ann Maria. In 1871 Thomas
& Mary ANDREWS were living
next door to James & Phebe at 58 Waterloo Street, however by
1881 and subsequent census the ANDREWS family had moved to
Staveley, Derbyshire;
Hannah
McDONALD
(c1854), m. 1875 to Joseph RICHARDS
and remained in Tipton. Note the additional initial "J"
or "L" is only on the 1891 census and is not known
what it refers to;
John
McDONALD (1857-1928)
- the 1861 census is the only time an unknown initial "T"
or "J" is recorded for John. In 1891 he is a Labourer
with a much younger wife in Tipton at Ct No. 2 New Cross Street.
This would be the Mar 1890 marriage to Millicent
BLOOD. Tipton children include:
John
McDONALD (1890-1917), m. Ethel
May WEED in Dec 1914;
Thomas
McDONALD (1892-1951) - Note a
cousin of the same name and approximate age, below, so records
attributed to the cousin may apply to this Thomas instead.
Unable to differentiate at this time. Believed this one married
in 1917 Dudley to Elizabeth Ellen
MULLET. Children:
Thomas
J MACDONALD (1920, Dudley), m.
Hilda V NICKLIN
in 1942 Wednesbury:
Marjory
E MACDONALD (1925, Dudley), m.
Ernest J RUDGE
in 1945 Wednesbury;
John
MACDONALD (1939, Wednesbury), m.
Pauline E WOODALL
in 1961 Wednesbury;
Phoebe
McDONALD (1894). d. USA according
to an Ancestry.com source. Nothing more known about how and why
she moved there or if there is a marriage and associated
family;
Enoch
McDONALD (1899-1974), m.
Elizabeth Marjorie REMES
in 1928 Old Swinford:
Elizabeth
M MACDONALD (1929 Dudley), m.
Norman CLARKE
(c1924);
Sheila
K MACDONALD (Q2 1938 Dudley)
nothing more known;
Millicent
McDONALD (1902), m. Leonard
HAINES in 1921;
Ethel
McDONALD (1906), nothing more
known;
Mary
Ann McDONALD (1908-78) nothing
more known;
Job
McDONALD (1909) nothing more
known;
George
McDONALD (c1859/60-1913).
In 1881 he was unmarried & lodging with the ANDREWS in
Staveley as George MACK,
and in 1891 was married & lodging alone with the Tipton
family of John & Phebe CARTWRIGHT in Rawmarsh, Yorkshire. He
married Susannah SALT
in 1890 Tipton and they were resident there in 1901. In 1911
George was recorded in an institution just 2 years before he
died. Children:
George
McDONALD (1891), m. Gertrude
SHEPHEARD in 1926 Tipton. Nothing
more known;
Thomas
McDONALD (1893-1930), m. Annie
E McDONALD (not thought to be
related) in 1914 Tipton. Caveat that this Thomas may be the
cousin, above. Children in Dudley RD:
Thomas
McDONALD (1915) nothing more
known;
Hilda
M McDONALD (1917) nothing more
known;
Joan
C McDONALD (1921) nothing more
known;
Alfred
MACKDONALD (1896-1930), m. Mary
E GRINSILL in 1916 Tipton. No
children found on BMD. It is interesting that Alfred died same
quarter in 1930 as Thomas. Coincidence?;
Samuel
McDONALD (1899), m. Mary
Ann PRIEST on 1.10.1921 at Dudley
RO. Children include:
Catherine
McDONALD (1861),
m. Samuel KIMBERLEY
in Sep 1884 Tipton;
Job
McDONALD,
my GGF (6.12.1865 Waterloo Street) - see part IV, below;
Sarah
MACDONALD (21.3.1869),
m. Dec 1891 Tipton to William
Thomas EDWARDS (1864). Family in
1901 Tipton;
Thomas
McDONALD (1871),
possibly m. Eliza GRAINGER
as a late marriage in Sep 1897 Tipton after some children
already born. In 1891 (Iron Furnace Labourer) he was lodging
with the RICHARDS family in Griffiths Street (his sister Hannah
& husband). In 1901 he was with Eliza. No marriage found pre
1891 census. Tipton born children:
Joseph
G McDONALD (1891) nothing more
known;
Eliza
McDONALD (1893) nothing more
known;
Alice
McDONALD (1895), m. Samuel
JONES in Jun 1916;
May
McDONALD (1898), m. Thomas
H BROOKES in Dec 1916;
Sarah
McDONALD (Oct 1900) nothing more
known;
Phoebe McDONALD
(17.4.1876), m. William
PRICE (1873) in Jun 1894 Tipton.
Family in 1901 Tipton then to Barnsley, YKS;
IV:
The Third Family Moves from Tipton to Aston, Birmingham (1890 -
Early C20th) then
in Aston & Greater Birmingham (from
1930's)
Job MACDONALD
(1865 Waterloo Street, Tipton), Furnace worker, married
Agnes BODEN
(1869 Darralls Buildings, Newtown Row, Aston), brickyard
labourer, on 28.9.1890 at Tipton PC, both of 12 Workhouse Lane,
Tipton. Until 1912, the Workhouse was on the present site of
Tipton fire station (junction of Lower Church Road &
Alexandra Road). Job died in 1935 & Agnes in 1947 (at 48
Lodge Road, Aston). Job followed the Methodist traditions after
his mother. Their children are believed to be (in family story
order, confirmed partially by census & BMD records for the
survivors):
Job
MACDONALD (1891 Dudley - 1896
Aston);
Agnes
Daisy MACDONALD (as MCDONOUGH
1896-97 Aston);
Enoch
MACDONALD (1895) m. Gladys
M TRUEMAN in Q4 1928 B'ham. They
and their children (at least 2) lived in the Perry Common area
in the 1930's. No more history known
William
E MACDONALD (Q3 1929 B'ham N), m.
Joan C R HEATH
in Q2 1954 B'ham;
Linda
MACDONALD (Q4 1956 B'ham) poss.
m. Craig H J LUMSDEN
in 1979 B'ham;
Suzanne
MACDONALD (Q3 1960 Sutton
Coldfield), m. 1983 B'ham to Anthony
S RUNDLE;
Alistair
James MACDONALD (Q1 1966 Sutton
Coldfield), m. Karen J EGGINTON
July 1990 B'ham;
Elizabeth
Anne MACDONALD (Q1 1982 Solihull
S);
Gladys
M MACDONALD (Q1 1935 B'ham);
Samuel
MACDONALD (1897-1973 B'ham),
m. Clare Mary PERKINS
(1897, Dublin, Ireland - 1969 B'ham) on 1.8.1925 Birmingham. The
family lived on The Broadway, Handsworth, Birmingham in the
1930's & had children registered both in Birmingham &
Stratford on Avon districts in the period. The Stratford
children were the result of Clare visiting her aunt for the
births (a midwife). While Samuel is registered and used the MAC
spelling of the surname, Clare insisted on using Mc. Both
variations still exist across the branches today. Samuel
converted back to Catholicism:
John
William MACDONALD (1927-1941
B'ham). Killed when his bike got caught in tramlines;
Patrick
Anthony MACDONALD (1930 Stratford
RD), m. Anne CORNICK
(1935 B'ham) in 1958 B'ham. 4 children in Windsor (Berkshire) &
1 in Surrey. Note: family name has reverted to McDONALD
on records from marriage onwards:
Adrian
McDONALD (1959), poss. m. Julia
E SACCHI in 1987, Surrey.
Children in Bath, SOM:
Ronan
P McDONALD (1961), m. Jane,
poss. Anne-Marie J T MARTIN
in 1993 Torbay, DEV;
Neal
McDONALD (1963);
Julian
McDONALD (1965);
Philip
McDONALD (1969);
Clare
Mary MACDONALD (1933 Stratford
RD) m. John SILVESTER
- living in Aston;
Twin
William Joseph McDONALD
(1900) married Nellie Ivy HAMPSHIRE
in 1926 West Bromwich, but had no issue due to her epilepsy.
They lived in Prestbury Road, Aston in the 1930's;
Twin
Agnes Gladys
McDONALD (1900-01);
Edith McDONALD
(1904 New Street, B'ham - 1957), m. Leonard
Albert SANDERS (1904-59)
in April 1927 at St James in Aston, my maternal grandparents;
The family were found on the
1901 census in Aston Manor, Birmingham at 12 Court 6 House New
Street. Job was a General Labourer. In 1911, the entry at Lodge
Road, Aston has the four surviving children Enoch, Samuel,
William & Edith. Job was interred at Witton Cemetery,
Birmingham on 6.4.1935 and Agnes was interred on 29.4.1947. Edith
was named after the doctor's wife and nicknamed "Doll".
FAMILY
TALES
Patrick/James
was ginger-haired and bearded in the winter to protect his good
singing voice, confirmation of his Celtic (perhaps originally
Scottish pre/Irish) heritage. He sang Irish ballads and had an
Irish accent. Any more ginger heritage passed on through the Mac
lines? This webauthor had a mixture of both ginger and blonde
elements in his young man's beard, and Patrick Anthony is
reported to have had the full red Celtic genes which were also
passed on to his third son Julian.
Edith recalled her father's
brothers used to turn up for tea when she was young. All were
broad Black Country and had "shocking" table manners,
pointing with their knives and forks for emphasis while talking.
When drunk, they would often sing Irish ballads long into the
early hours making Edith play the piano. The partying had been
known to continue until a neighbour "put a brick through
the window". Time period: Early 1920's.
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