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Origin Displayed: Scottish
Origins Available: Scottish-2, English, Scottish
This product is available in 11 X 17 parchment scroll format, but extracts from this history are not available at this time.
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(Above is a small excerpt from our 1800 word history)
Motto Translated: By sea and by land.
Suggested Readings for the name MacDonald
Adam and Susan Fickas: their Descendants and Allied Families by Viva Fickas Freeman, McDaniel/MacDonald Notes by Ellen Byrne.
Some noteworthy people of the name MacDonald
Margaret Bobo MacDonald (d. 1993) British royal employee
James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) Scottish politician
J. Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) British politician
Jeanette MacDonald (1907-1965) American singing actress
Flora MacDonald (1722-1790) Scottish Jacobite heroine
Jock MacDonald (1897-1960) Sc/Can original name of J E H MacDonald
Rory MacDonald Scottish Gaelic musician
Calum MacDonald Scottish Gaelic musician
John Alexander MacDonald (1815-1891) Sc/Can statesman
Dwight MacDonald (1906-1982) American writer
Elaine MacDonald (1943-) Scottish dancer
George MacDonald (1824-1905) Scottish poet/novelist
Jacques Étienne Joseph Alexandre MacDonald (1765-1840) French soldier
Malcolm MacDonald (1901-1981) Scottish administrator
Ross MacDonald (1915-1983) Can/Am thriller writer
J E H MacDonald (1897-1960) Sc/Can painter
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