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Edward DONALD

Male 1808 - 1881  (73 years)


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  • Name Edward DONALD 
    Birth 24 Feb 1808  Shoreditch, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christening 17 Apr 1808  St Leonards, Shoreditch, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    _UID 9ED4110DAA7D4B2B8E1C5ECCE3BF68CCD774 
    Death Dec 1881  Islington RD Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1841 census: in Rahn's Court, St Mary, St George, Middlesex (all DONALD, all born in Middlesex.), Edward (30, journeyman butcher), Elizabeth (25), Edward (7), [indecipherable] (prob. 5) and Frederick (2).
      The indecipherable entry was a male and judging from the 1851 census was probably for George.
      Rahn's Court was a tiny enclave sandwiched between rows of small houses. It was in census enumeration district 15 in the Parish of St Mary, part of St George Middlesex. District 15 was itself very small but contained dozens of small terraced houses. An O.S. map of 1875 shows the area very clearly (see Minter Exchange).

      By 1851 Edward's family had grown and they had moved several miles west to an area just north of where Temple Bar becomes Fleet Street. The 1875 O.S. map suggests a less crowded area but Apollo Court was again an enclave between buildings. No. 4 Apollo Court was an address shared by 6 households. By 1851 Edward was still a butcher but no longer described as a journeyman.
      1851 census: at 4 Apollo Court, St Dunstan in the West, Middlesex (London) (all DONALD), Edward (head, 43, butcher, born Shoreditch), Elizabeth (wife, 41, born Shoreditch), George (son, 14, scholar, born Bethnal Green), Frederick (son, 11, scholar, born Bow, Middlesex), Eliza (daughter, 9, scholar, born St George East), James (son, 8, scholar, born Bethnal Green) and John (son, 6, born Bethnal Green).

      Edward's wife's death at age 50 was registered at Bethnal Green in Q1 1860. Some time between 1851 and 1861 Edward evidently moved back east:
      1861 census: at 16 Gloucester Gardens, Bethnal Green (all DONALD), Edward (head, widower, 53, butcher, born Middlesex), Frederick W (son, unmarried, 22, carman, born Middlesex), Eliza P (daughter, 19, no occupation, born Middlesex), and John (son, 15, no occupation, born Middlesex).
      Edward's son George appears to have left home before 1861 and for some reason to have adopted the name Frederick McDONALD - see his Notes.

      1871 census: Edward DONALD (widower, 63, butcher, born Shoreditch) was living at 11 Walker Street, Bromley St Leonard, London with his daughter Eliza who was now married to George J STEDMAN.

      1881 census: unfortunately for Edward, his life drew to a close in the the Holloway Workhouse in Islington, London. He was listed there as Edward DONALD, widower, 75. butcher, born London. He died later in 1881.
    Person ID I2155  North Suffolk, Suffolk
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2023 

    Family Elizabeth PINCKS,   b. 12 Jan 1811, Shoreditch, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1860, Bethnal Green RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jul 1831  Newington, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Maria Alice DONALD,   b. Bef 29 Jan 1832, Shoreditch, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1893, Chelsea RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years)
     2. George DONALD,   b. Abt 1837, Bethnal Green, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1913, Sheppey RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years)
     3. Frederick William DONALD,   b. 26 Dec 1838, Bow, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1898, Whitechapel RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     4. Eliza Pincks DONALD,   b. 7 Jun 1841, St George in the East, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. James DONALD,   b. 31 Jan 1843, Bethnal Green, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. John DONALD,   b. 31 Dec 1845, Bethnal Green, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. William Charles DONALD,   b. 9 Jun 1847, E London RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 8 Nov 1848, St Dunstans in the West, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Jul 1831 - Newington, London Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Edward Donald 1808 - 1881
    Edward Donald 1808 - 1881
    Ordnance Survey map showing the area of St George in the East, London where Edward Donald lived when the 1841 census was done. The area was surveyed in 1873 and seems not to have changed significantly since the census. Edward, his wife and three children lived in Rahn's Court (highlighted), a small enclave sandiched between rows of houses and accessed from Church Lane, which runs from north to south about the center of the map.
    Edward Donald 1808 - 1881
    Edward Donald 1808 - 1881
    Ordnance Survey map showing part of St Dunstan in the West, which is in the Fleet Street area of London. Edward Donald lived here when the 1851 census was done. The area was surveyed in 1873 and may not have changed much since the census. Edward, his wife and five children lived in Apollo Court (highlighted), which was just to the north of Temple Bar, slightly to the left of the London Joint Stock Bank.

  • Sources 
    1. [S142] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, ancestry.com, July 2014 and later.

    2. [S2] BMD index, aged 75, Q4 1881 Islington 1b/230. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S259] England Marriages 1538 - 1973 at findmypast.co.uk.