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  • Blind bus driver?!!!

    Arthur MacDonald from his BC
    Birth 3 Feb 1887 41 Langton Street, Chelsea
    Father John MacDonald, Coachman, Mother Annie MacDonald formerly Price (signed X her mark)

    In 1891 RG12 Piece 53, Folio 79, Page 15

    John McDonald, Head, M, 33, Bus Driver, Stratford
    Annie McDonald, Wife, M, 36, London Old Ford
    10 children including:-
    Arthur McDonald, Son, 3, London, Fulham

    Cannot find them in 1881

    1878 London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921

    John McDonald, Full Age, Batchelor, Engineer, Bow, father John McDonald Brass Moulder
    Annie Price, Full Age, Spinster, Bow, father John Price Cordwainer

    Annie has signed x her mark (as she did on Arthur's BC).

    All straight forward except that John has gone from engineer to bus driver, but I still think this is correct.

    Now I have been searching for John's birth and John Snr for ages. John McDonald is an extremely common name and nothing has jumped out at me with the exception of a birth in 1859 in Poplar. Poplar and Stratford (1891 census) are quite close, so I bit the bullet and ordered the BC.

    I now have 17 May 1859 Poplar, John, Boy, father John McDonald labourer at gas works, mother Elizabeth McDonald formerly Daley.

    So to 1861 and I found this:-

    RG9, Piece 1059, Folio 232, Page 66

    West Ham, Essex.

    Firstly, can anyone read the address?

    John McDonald, Head, Mar, 55, Labourer at Chemical Factory, Ireland
    Elizabeth McDonald, Wife, Mar, 45, Ireland
    Caroline McDonald, Daur, 17, Somerset Bristol
    Michael McDOnald, Son, 12, Somerset Bristol
    Elizabeth McDonald, Daur, 9, Somerset Bristol
    Alexander McDonald, Son, 5, Essex Plaistow
    John McDonald, Son, 2, Essex Plaistow

    Again, Plaistow/Poplar/Stratford seem to be interchangeable but.....John is blind from birth! So how did he become an engineer and then a bus driver!

    I have searched for this family in other years, but no luck.

    So do I have the right family? Could blind from birth be a mistake? Any suggestions welcome!
    Last edited by PeteW1959; 23-07-13, 14:53.
    Co-ordinator for PoW project Southern Region 08
    Researching:- Wieland, Habbes, Saettele, Bowinkelmann, Freckenhauser, Dilger in Germany
    Kincaid, Warner, Hitchman, Collie, Curtis, Pocock, Stanley, Nixey, McDonald in London, Berks, Bucks, Oxon and West Midlands
    Drake, Beals, Pritchard in Kent
    Devine in Ireland

  • #2
    Address for 1861 census looks like Hallsville Road - Jane Terrace ??
    Elaine







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    • #3
      Well I have a blind wood chopper!! I guess if it was a horse bus the horse could see?
      Anne

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      • #4
        We have a few bus drivers here who are blind, I'm sure.

        ****leaves thread quietly****

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