April 25, 2004:
Wes: 
My cousin has been emailing you about our mutual relative who was in the
99th regiment. My grandmother was Catherine McDonald. Her father was Henry and
her grandfather was Henry Sr.
We have his attestation papers obtained from the Goulbourn Historical
group, discharge paper and will. The attestation papers gave us his
height,hair colour,eye colour where he joined up and where he was from in Ireland.

I have another cousin in Utah who has just been to Salt Lake recently and
found that Henry was the only McDonald in Antrim.There are four of us all
related to Henry Jr and Sr.Henry Sr is buried at Fallowfield.
I am one of the living grandchildren of Catherine. There are six of us, all
girls. Catherine was my father's mother. His father was Denis Tierney born in
Carleton county 1837.
Hi to AL 
Eileen in London Ont.
April 27, 2004:
Al thank you for adding Henry to a web page. Thought you might like more
information.
Henry Jr married Ann McQuade 22 Nov 1836 in the chapel of Nepean by W Cannon
who was a  missonary priest to Fallowfield from St James Ottawa now Notre
Dame Ottawa.The same priest baptised my grandfather 25 Dec 1837.
My grandfather's parents were John Tierney and Cecilia Coughlin came to
Canada sometime after 1833 as he was married in Lorrah parish church
Killaloe Dicoses Ballymaceagan townland Tipperary Ireland 1831.Two children
Ann and John born Ireland 1831,1833.
Henry in the 99th regiment was not the one that married Anne McQuade.He was
Henry Sr--- wife's name unknown.We only know of two children Henry and
Thomas.
This is what my cousin in Utah found a Henry McDonald Sr 1857 "will" turned
out to be a grant of admons to his son Thomas McDonald of Seneca Haldimand
county.We knew of this Thomas before from the Goulbourn land documents.
Henry is given in a list of parish families taken in the parish Ballymoney
county Antrim Diocese of Connor March 1766.If you can figure it out some of
these families below are on"PRO" on line from England.Just ask Google to
find it.
The name McDonnell seems to have been changed over the years to McDonald.The
1861 Goulbourn census shows Henry Jr family 4 children baptised in Nepean
others in Goulbourn.We know Ann's birth is registered as 1837 in St Phillips
Richmond no date.The other one we found was Emily born same year as her
grandfather's burial at Fallowfield 1857.There are some confirmations at
Fallowfield of their children.
The McDonald family left with McQuade, O'Hara, James Tierney family c 1861 for
Renfrew County.
James was my grandfather's brother married to Ann "Nancy" McDonald.You will
find my John Tierney on 1851 census of Huntley twp Carleton County.Have been
unable to find them before 1851 census.Hope I have everything right.
Eileen
July 10, 2004:
Hi everyone,

I am excited to see the new McDonald website.  It looks very promising.

One correction . . .
It says that "Henry was the only McDonald in Antrim."

The actual source for that statement is: "A List of the Families in the
Parish of Ballymoney in the County of Antrim and Diocese of Connor taken
March 1766."  I only saw one McDonald, that is Alexander McDonald,
dissenter.

This document can be found on LDS film #258517, about 2/3rds of the way into
the microfilm.

Best wishes with your research.

Greg
 April 30, 2006:
I just sent an e-mail regarding Henry McDonald Sr. as a grandparent and forgot 
to ask about attestation papers.  I would be greatly interested in learning about his
physical appearance etc.
Thanks
... Leslie Lavell
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Thanks to Ron Dale for the following reply to Leslie:

Henry's attestation papers will be with his pension records at the Public 
Record Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU, United Kingdom.
 
The reference number is WO 97/1065/33. 
... Ron