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Aug 13, 2015 · Susan Agnes Macdonald (née Bernard), Baroness, writer (born 24 August 1836 in Spanish Town, Jamaica; died 5 September 1920 in Eastbourne, England). Lady Agnes Macdonald was the second wife of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. The couple married on the eve of Confederation (16 February 1867), as the British North America ...
Hewitt Bernard (brother) Susan Agnes Macdonald, 1st Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe (née Bernard; 24 August 1836 – 5 September 1920), was the second wife of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada.
Mary Theodora Macdonald, the only child of Sir John A. and Lady Agnes Macdonald, was born on February 8, 1869, and diagnosed with hydrocephalus soon after. Lady Agnes Macdonald and her daughter Mary Theodora, 1869
Sir John Alexander Macdonald[a] GCB PC QC (10 or 11 January 1815 [b] – 6 June 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 until his death in 1891. He was the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, and had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when ...
Jun 23, 2015 · Margaret Mary Theodora Macdonald, the daughter of Sir John A. Macdonald and his second wife, Agnes Bernard, was born in 1869, but it was soon realized she was not developing normally. She was ...
Childhood & Early Life. John Alexander Macdonald was born on January 10, 1815, in Ramshorn parish in Glasgow, Scotland. He was the third of five children that Hugh Macdonald and Helen Shaw had. In 1820, his family moved to Kingston in Canada after his father's business ventures incurred heavy losses.
Jul 28, 2017 · Lady Agnes Macdonald was the second wife of Canada’s first prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald, also known as one of the Fathers of Confederation. She was her husband’s confidante and frequently sat in the Ladies’ Gallery in the House of Commons where she enthusiastically transmitted messages to Sir John A. using sign language for the ...
