Mcdonald Family History
- Mcdonald Name Meaning
- Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dhomhnuill, a patronymic from the personal name Domhnall, which is composed of the ancient Celtic elements domno- ‘world’ + val- ‘might’, ‘rule’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 7,990,268 Historical Documents with Mcdonald on Ancestry
- 2,081,396 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,096,310 Census and Voter Lists
- 286,490 Military Records
- 275,378 Immigration Records
- 3,250,694 Member Trees
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Number of Mcdonald families
 1,018 - 2,033  340 - 1,017 |
 1 - 339  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mcdonald families
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2,444 - 4,885 815 - 2,443 |
1 - 814 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Mcdonald census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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