Ronald Alexander MCDONALD

1845 - 1877  (~ 32 years)

• Name	Ronald Alexander MCDONALD
  Birth	Jun 1845	St James Westminster, London   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	48F1024DBEE04A08AE0003F5607F04BEBF66
  Death	Jun 1877	Lambeth RD   [1]
  Notes	When son Ronald was baptised in 1869 his father was described as gentleman, of Knowle Road. 1871 census: a very strange entry seems to fit: at 17 Knowle Road, St Mary Lambeth, Rousel A McDOWELL (25, market clerk, born Middlesex), Alice C McDOWELL (26, born Lambeth), Rousel D McDOWELL (2, born Lambeth) and Herbert McDOWELL (11 months, born Lambeth). Plus 2 domestic servants. When son Herbert and daughter Mary Alice were baptised in September 1871 their father was described as commercial clerk, of 17 Knowle Road. 1881 census (indexed by Ancestry as Mc Donald): at 116 Poplar Walk Road, Brixton, London, Alice (widow, 34, no occupation) and Jessie Maud (6, scholar). 1891 census: at Granville House, Station Road, Herne, Kent, Alice (widow, 45, living on own means), Ronald (21, cabinet maker & upholsterer), Herbert (20, theological student), Jessie M (16) and Henry R (8, scholar). Plus a boarder, a theological student. 1901 census: at Lincoln House, Bellings Road, Herne Bay, Kent, Alice (widow, 54, living on own means), Ronald (31, commercial traveller), Louisa (28), Jessie M (26) and Henry (18, shorthand clerk). Plus a general servant. 1911 census: at 11 Ruskin Walk, Herne Hill, London SE (6 rooms), Alice (head, 65, widow, 6 children all living, lady, born Walworth, Surrey), Ronald (son, 41, single, commercial traveller, chemical, worker, born Lambeth,Surrey), Mary Alice (daughter, 38, single, draper, own account, born Lambeth,Surrey), Jessie Maud (daughter, 35, single, lady, born Lambeth,Surrey) and Henry Richard (son, 28, single, journalist, worker, born Lambeth,Surrey) Form signed Alice McDonald.
  Person ID	I294	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Alexander MCDONALD,   b. Abt 1797, Edinburgh, Scotland d. Dec 1881, Lambeth RD (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Sarah ARMSTRONG,   b. Abt 1811, St James Westminster, London d. Sep 1892, Lambeth RD (Age ~ 81 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1843	St James Westminster, London   [2]
  Family ID	F476	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Caroline SIMMONS,   b. 1845, Walworth, London d. Mar 1919, Camberwell RD (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	13 Jun 1868	Camberwell Parish Church   [3]
  	Married by license. Ronald Alexander McDonald, full age, bachelor, mercantile clerk of Brixton, father Alexander McDonald, commercial clerk. Alice Caroline Simmons, full age, spinster of Peckham, father Henry John Simmons, commercial clerk. Both signed, witnesses Henry John Simmons, Arabella I Simmons, James McDonald.
  Children	1. Ronald MCDONALD,   b. 7 May 1869, Lambeth, London d. Yes, date unknown   2. Herbert MCDONALD,   b. 8 May 1870, Lambeth d. Dec 1944, Newton Abbot RD (Age 74 years)   3. Mary Alice MCDONALD,   b. 5 Aug 1871, Lambeth d. Yes, date unknown   4. Louisa Emily MCDONALD,   b. 4 Mar 1873, Lambeth d. 2 May 1951, Worthing, Sussex (Age 78 years)   5. Jessie Maud MCDONALD,   b. Dec 1874, Brixton, London d. 11 Jan 1955, Pembury Hospital, Pembury (Age ~ 80 years)   6. Henry Richard MCDONALD,   b. 27 Nov 1882, 8 Upland Road, East Dulwich d. 8 Dec 1961, Westerham, Kent (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] FreeBMD. [S178] BMD index. [S149] Marriage Certificate (copy).