Events
Date of Birth: about 1771.
Place of Birth: Ireland.
Thomas’s age and place of birth are recorded in the 1841 census.
Date of Death: 22 July 1846.
Date of Burial: 25 July 1846.
Place of Burial: Peebles, Peeblesshire.
The death and burial are recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Jean Campbell.
Jean’s name is recorded in the baptism records of her children and in her burial record.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Thomas McDonald (born 28 September 1798, baptized 18 November 1798 in Peebles, Peebleshire - died 1876 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire) married Janet Dick.
Jean McDonald (born 13 June 1800 and baptized 7 September 1800 in Peebles, Peeblesshire) married Robert Ward 31 July 1825 in Peebles. Had a child with William Stewart.
Joan Veitch McDonald (born 23 December 1802 and baptized 6 February 1803 in Peebles - died 22 February 1810 in Peebles).
Alexander McDonald (born 10 May 1805, baptized 14 July 1805 in Peebles).
Robert McDonald (born 4 November 1808, baptized 11 January 1809 in Peebles died 21 May 1816 in Peebles).
Nicholas McDonald (baptized 15 November 1812 in Peebles - died 6 June 1876 in Peebles) married John Veitch 4 June 1837 in Peebles.
Samuel McDonald (born 20 July 1814, baptized 18 September 1814 in Peebles - died 1861 in Peeblesshire) married Agnes Cameron 3 September 1837 in Peebles.
Evidence
from the Peebles register:
1830
25 Papper Jean Campbel spouse to Thomas McDonald Dyker Peebels was Buried on the 26th day of June
1846
Thomas McDonald late Dyker in Peebles died 22nd interred 25th Jul 1846
from the 1841 census:
Parish: Peebles; ED: 1; Page: 6;
North Side Old Town
Samuel Mcdonald, 24, male, born Peeblesshire, Scotland, Shoem J
Agnes Mcdonald, 25, female, born Peebleshire, Scotland
Agnes Mcdonald, 2, born Peeblesshire, Scotland
Thomas Mcdonald, 70, born Ireland, Ag Lab
References
Ancestry.com. 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line].
Parish register for Peebles at FamilySearch.org [digital images