Samuel DONALDSON [30312]
- Born: 1842
- Marriage (1): UNKNOWN [30313]
- Marriage (2): Jane JACK [30314] on 1 Feb 1870
- Marriage (3): Matilda WILSON [30315] in 1884
- Died: 31 Jan 1920 aged 78
- Buried: Muff Burial Ground Iskaheen Muff.
 General Notes:
Samuel married 3 times and is buried in Muff cemetery, East Donegal, along with his second wife Jane Jack and their granddaughter, Martha E Donaldson Dickson (Lila).
The inscription on the family tombstone reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF SAMUEL DONALDSON
DIED 31.1.1920. AGED 78 YEARS
ALSO HIS WIFE JANE WHO DIED
20/2/1893 AGED 49 YEARS
ALSO THEIR GRANDDAUGHTER
MARTHA E DONALDSON (LILA)
DIED 10.9.1921 ONLY CHILD OF
WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH DICKSON
AGED 8 YEARS
Erected by their loving daughter, Elizabeth Dickson.
ALSO THE ABOVE ELIZABETH DICKSON
DIED 11/3/1923
1999 visit by J Fenn (nee Donaldson)
Samuel attended Knowhead Presbyterian Church and from information learned from the Stipend List he paid 10 shillings each quarter and sat in Pew 49.
His house, now unoccupied is situated approx 1 km north of Smiths Town, Iskaheen.
Other Records
1. Samuel Donaldson's home, Cir 1918, Smiths Town Iskaheen Muff.
Samuel, with his daughter Mrs Lizzie Dickson, and her daughter Lila.
2. Samuel Donaldson's home: Smiths Town Iskaheen Muff.
Samuel Donaldson's home in 1999 when visited by Jeanette Donaldson
3. Samuel Donaldson & Family: Family Headstone: Muff Burial Ground Iskaheen Muff.
The inscription on the family headstone reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF SAMUEL DONALDSON
DIED 31.1.1920. AGED 78 YEARS
ALSO HIS WIFE JANE WHO DIED
20/2/1893 AGED 49 YEARS
ALSO THEIR GRANDDAUGHTER
MARTHA E DONALDSON (LILA)
DIED 10.9.1921 ONLY CHILD OF
WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH DICKSON
AGED 8 YEARS
Erected by their loving daughter, Elizabeth Dickson.
ALSO THE ABOVE ELIZABETH DICKSON
DIED 11/3/1923
Samuel married UNKNOWN [30313] [MRIN: 10704].
Samuel next married Jane JACK [30314] [MRIN: 10705] on 1 Feb 1870. (Jane JACK [30314] was born about 1834, died on 20 Feb 1893 and was buried in Muff Burial Ground Iskaheen Muff..)
Marriage Notes:
Samuel was aged 26 (this does not fit his birth date?) and Jane was aged 27, at their marriage.
Their Best Man was William Jack and the Bridesmaid was Jane Donaldson.
Samuel next married Matilda WILSON [30315] [MRIN: 10706] in 1884.
Marriage Notes:
Conflicting notes on Samuels third marriage by lorna Redfern read :
1894 Samuel Donaldson Widower aged 60 of Tulleyarden married Mathilda Wilson Spinster of Iskaheen aged 59.
Bridesmaid Maggie Porter Orr
Best Man Thomas Orr
Their fathers were present William Donaldson and Stephen Wilson.
Also a sister-in-law Sara aged 62.
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