Isabella Macdonald

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Isabella Macdonald (Clark)

Birthdate:
Death: December 28, 1857 (47-48)
Kingston, Ont.
Place of Burial: Kingston, ON, Canada
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Alexander Clark and Margaret Clark
Wife of Sir John A. Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC, QC
Mother of John Alexander Macdonald, Jr. and Sir Hugh John Macdonald, PC
Sister of Maria Sophia Macpherson; James Clark; Ann Macpherson; Margaret Green; John Clark and 2 others

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About Isabella Macdonald

Isabella Clark

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Isabella Clark (1811–1857) was the first wife of John A. Macdonald, the premier of the Province of Canada in 1856. She was Macdonald's first cousin.

She became ill after just two years of marriage, and died in 1857. Medical examinations concluded that she was suffering from a somatization disease. She had also developed an addiction to opium mixed with wine.

After Clark's death, Macdonald went on to become the first post-Confederation Prime Minister of Canada. He remarried to Susan Agnes Bernard in 1867, five months before Canadian Confederation.

Macdonald and Clark had two sons: John and Hugh; the former died at 13 months.

References

Bellevue House National Historic Site of Canada

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Isabella Macdonald's Timeline

1809
1809
1847
August 2, 1847
New York City, New York, USA
1850
March 13, 1850
Kingston, ON, Canada
1857
December 28, 1857
Age 48
Kingston, Ont.
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Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, ON, Canada