Wolfe Island People 2

Photos of persons residing on Wolfe Island

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Right is John George MacDonald. Left is unknown. John is son of William B. MacDonald and Alzina Rattray. He married Catherine Driscoll of Howe Island.

John George MacDonald with horses Dobbin and Ben. Abt 1935. Wolfe Island.

Three MacDonald Brothers.
Sons of William B. MacDonald. William, John and Edward. Abt 1930. In front of MacDonald homestead on Wolfe Island. William was b. 7 June 1876 d. after 1937. He was a lawyer. John George b. 3 Oct 1880 d. 8 June 1937. Edward Alexander b. 17 Apr 1897 d. 10 oct 1983.

Henry "Hank" MacDonald
Son of John George and Catherine Driscoll. Born 10 Jan 1918. Died 14 May 1972.

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KIRKPATRICK FAMILY
James Kirkpatrick b 12 Jul 1820, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland, came to the Islands as a young man to work as a farm hand. Various censuses show him as living on Wolfe and Main Duck Islands, and the County Atlas project from McGill University lists him with Wolfe Island land Concession III, Lot 1.
On 20 May 1840, he married a local girl, Julia Emily Brown b 23 Aug 1821. In addition to whatever other crops they may have been producing, they produced a bumper crop of 10 healthy children.
In the photo they are, from the back reading left to right: William b 23 July 1849; Sarah H. b 30 Dec 1856; Julia Emily b 6 Aug 1854; Catherine J. "Kate" b 9 Jan 1852; Mary A. b 18 Apr 1847; (second row) John b 18 May 1841; Margaret b 24 Feb 1845; mother Julia; father James; (standing) Michael b 14 Feb 1843'; (seated in front) Victoria C. b 31 Aug 1857; James b 14 July 1863.
John m Malinda Dunbar 28 Oct 1873; Michael had already married her sister, Catharine "Kaye" Dunbar 11 Feb 1869. They were the daughters of James and Catharine Dunbar from Kingston City. Margaret m George N. McPherson of Cape Vincent, NY 23 Apr 1872. According to Chris Morrell, Kate's marriage in 1874 is mentioned in Robertson's book, "Landmarks of Toronto" -- and I would love to see that source! In 1889, James m Janet McIlquham, a daughter of Alexander McIlquham whose family still lives in the Kingston area in 2001. They had three children, and emigrated to the United States in about 1903, living ultimately in Cincinnati, Ohio, where James died in 1917 (?), and Janet in 1940. My informant was James and Janet's daughter, Marion, who died in Cincinnati in late 1984. I would be thrilled to hear from anyone who has questions or knows anything else at all about this branch of my family.
Susan Kirkpatrick Kundert

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