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- WILLIAM5 McDONALD (Louis4, Valentin3, Edward2, Thomas1), son of Louis and Henriette (Poirier) McDonald, was born at D'Escousse, 18 Dec. 1843 [PR] and died at sea probably about 1886, but after 16 Feb. 1885 when he served as witness to his brother Tranquille's marriage.
He married at D'Escousse, 19 Jan. 1874 [VR] his second cousin, S?RAPHINE McDONALD, who was born 13 July 1851 [1901 CR] and died at D'Escousse, 6 March 1939 [VR], daughter of D?sir? and Louise (Poirier) McDonald. She married second at D'Escousse, 15 Aug. 1897 [PR] D?sir? Landry, born 26 Dec. 1842, son of Basile and Judith (Marchand) Landry, and widower of Marie Boudrot.
William was a seaman at the time of his marriage. He later was a fisherman on board Pascal Poirier's five-master. He broke his leg, gangrene set in, he died and was buried at sea. He was listed as age 34, a seaman, in the 1881 census.
S?raphine and her two sisters were all said to be over six feet tall. In the 1891 census she was widowed, living with her two sons, and was listed as a day laborer at housework. She made several visits to Massachusetts, living for a time with her nephew Louis McDonald, son of Tranquille McDonald and with her son Leonard in 1920 on Putnam Street in Somerville, Mass. Her grandchildren in Massachusetts do not remember her speaking English, but the 1901 census indicates that she spoke both French and English. She lived at Poulamond after her second marriage, and in later years lived with her nephew Arthur Joyce, son of her sister Louise.
A great-grandson, Edward L. Galvin, is in possession of a large photograph of William showing him to be a large man with a walrus moustache. There is also a pastel portraitand a photograph of S?raphine.
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1843 - Abt 1886 (42 years)