Individual Details
Peter McDonald
(Abt 1813 - Maybe 21 December 1868)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1813 | Dundalk, Louth, Ireland |  | ||
| Marriage | September Quarter 1839 | Wangford, Suffolk, England - Emma Hancock [Corr, McDonald] | | ||
| Residence | 2 December 1839 | at the time of the birth of his son Michael - Saffron Walden, Essex, England | | ||
| Census | 6 June 1841 | Hythe, Maldon, Essex, England | | ||
| Census | 30 March 1851 | Black Swan Inn, West Street, Brickendon, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England | | ||
| Census | 7 April 1861 | White Hart Inn, Crouch Street, Colchester, Essex, England | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Maybe 22 August 1867 | was admitted to the asylum - Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, Friern Barnet, Middlesex, England |  | | |
| Death | Maybe 21 December 1868 | cause of death: general paralysis; informant: Edgar Sheppard M.D., in attendance - Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, Friern Barnet, Middlesex, England | | |
Families
| Spouse | Emma Hancock [Corr, McDonald] (1814 - 1859) |
| Child | Michael McDonald (1839 - 1913) |
Notes
Miscellaneous
Unconfirmed - I don't know for certain that these records relate to the same Peter McDonald. More research needed.Death
Unconfirmed - I don't know for certain that these records relate to the same Peter McDonald. More research needed.Endnotes
1. 1861 Census: England and Wales, Essex, Colchester St Mary at the Walls, enumeration district 16, page 6, schedule number 32, Isaac Read [household]; image copy, "1861 England Census", database with digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/8767/records/16820927 : accessed 27 July 2023); citing The National Archives, Kew, archive reference RG 9, piece 1098, folio 139.
2. Marriage Registration: England and Wales, "GRO Index", database with digital images, FreeBMD (https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=ATb0T%2FI09oN6qrS8D7dZlA&scan=1 : accessed 27 July 2023), marriage, Peter McDonald, September Quarter 1939, Wangford registration district, volume 13, page 695; citing General Register Office, Southport.
3. Marriage Registration: England and Wales, "GRO Index", database with digital images, FreeBMD (https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Z090H6nhOWgrOIuuIEv0qA&scan=1 : accessed 27 July 2023), marriage, Emma Corr, September Quarter 1939, Wangford registration district, volume 13, page 695; citing General Register Office, Southport.
4. Birth: England and Wales, entry in a register of births (non-certified digital image copy) for Michael Donald, born 3 November 1839; registered December Quarter 1839, Saffron Walden registration district, volume 12, page 223; image copy, General Register Office (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp?index=EW_Birth&Year=1839&Range=0&Surname=DONALD&MothersSurname=HANCOCK&Forename1=MICHAEL&Gender=M&Quarter=D&District=SAFFRON%20WALDEN&Volume=12&Page=223 : accessed 6 July 2023); General Register Office, Southport.
5. 1841 Census: England and Wales, Essex, Maldon St Peter, enumeration district 1, page 41, lines 15 and 16, Peter McDonald and Emma McDonald [individual entries]; image copy, "1841 England Census", database with digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/8978/records/1842416 : accessed 27 July 2023); citing The National Archives, Kew, archive reference HO 107, piece 345, book 3, folio 23.
6. 1851 Census: England and Wales, Hertfordshire, Brickendon, enumeration district 9, pages 23 and 24, schedule number 99, Samuel Dorling [household]; image copy, "1851 England Census", database with digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/8860/records/6045210 : accessed 27 July 2023); citing The National Archives, Kew, archive reference HO 107, piece 1711, folio 456.
7. 1861 Census: England and Wales, Essex, Colchester St Mary at the Walls, enumeration district 16, page 6, schedule number 32, Isaac Read [household]; image copy, "1861 England Census", database with digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/8767/records/16820927 : accessed 27 July 2023); citing The National Archives, Kew, archive reference RG 9, piece 1098, folio 139.
8. Asylum Record: Commissioners in Lunacy (England and Wales), County Asylums & Hospitals admission register, January 1867–April 1869, Peter McDonald, admitted 22 August 1867, Colney Hatch, number 20,985; image copy, "UK, Lunacy Patients Admission Registers, 1846-1921", database with digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/9051/records/383023 : accessed 8 July 2025); citing The National Archives, Kew, "Commissioners in Lunacy, 1845–1913. Lunacy Patients Admission Registers", archive reference MH 94, piece 20.
9. Death: England and Wales, entry in a register of deaths (non-certified digital image copy) for Peter Macdonald, died 21 December 1868; registered December Quarter 1868, Barnet registration district, volume 03A, page 91; image copy, General Register Office (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp?index=EW_Death&Year=1868&Range=0&Surname=MACDONALD&Age=55&AgeRange=0&Forename1=PETER&Gender=M&Quarter=D&District=BARNET&Volume=03A&Page=91 : accessed 7 July 2023); General Register Office, Southport.