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Donald Smith

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Vatisker, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Death: October 26, 1868 (33)
Tong Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK ( lost in Broadbay, off Vatisher Point, Stornoway when a squall of wind overturned his open boat)
Immediate Family:

Son of Duncan Smith and Henrietta "Essie" MacSwane
Husband of Mary MacAulay
Father of Ann Smith; John Smith; Duncan Smith and Mary Ann MacLeod

Occupation: woolen weaver and cottar (peasant farmer)
Managed by: Michael Mercier
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Immediate Family

About Donald Smith

"14. Donald Smith (Stornoway ca. 1833–26 October 1868, drowned in Broad Bay, off Stornoway); married at Garrabost, Stornoway 16 December 1858"

Source: Page 51

Sources

  • Bannerman, Alexander, Julie Helen Otto and Gary Boyd Roberts. "The ancestry of President Donald John Trump: an initial investigation." American Ancestors 18, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 50-1. American Ancestors (accessed June 26, 2019). “14. Donald Smith (Stornoway ca. 1833–26 October 1868, drowned in Broad Bay, off Stornoway); married at Garrabost, Stornoway 16 December 1858 15. Mary MacAulay (b. ca. 1835)”

Mary Macauley was born in 1841 in Barvas, Scotland.

Donald Smith and Mary Macauley were married on December 16, 1858, in Garrabost on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. They had the following children:

  1. Ann Smith: Born November 8, 1859, in Stornoway, Scotland.
  2. John Smith: Born December 31, 1861, in Stornoway.
  3. Duncan Smith: Born September 2, 1864, in Stornoway and died October 29, 1937, in Seattle.
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Donald Smith's Timeline

1835
January 1, 1835
Vatisker, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
1859
November 8, 1859
Tong Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
1861
December 31, 1861
Tong Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
1864
September 2, 1864
Tong Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
1867
July 11, 1867
Stornoway, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scotland, United Kingdom
1868
October 26, 1868
Age 33
Tong Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK