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LAUCHLIN MACDONALD, of East Point, Kings county, who is well and favorably known throughout his community, as a suc-. cessful and progressive agriculturist, was born on the farm where he now lives, and is a son of Lieut. Col. Ronald and Catherine (Macdonald) Macdonald, who was born also on this farm. The paternal grand- father, Lauchlin Macdonald, who was born in the Highlands of Scotland. came to Prince Edward Island in young manhood with his father, Ronald Macdonald, who lies buried in St. Columbo cemetery, at East Point. Ronald Macdonald settled on St. Peter’s Road, near Charlottetown. and mar- ried Miss Flora McKinnon, daughter of the then Lord of the Isles. Ronald Macdonald was a younger son of the chief of Morour, Clan Macdonald, and was of the Keppoch family, and also a near relative to Mayor Macdon- ald, who owned the farm now known as Keppoch Farm, near Charlottetown. Lauch- lin Macdonald, the subject's grandfather, married and came to East Point in about I 790, when there were only three settlers in Lot 47. He bought one thousand acres of land, part of which is now owned by the subject of this sketch. He was a relative. through Lord McKinnon, of Capt. Charles Stewart, who owned Lot 47 and by whom he was favored. Lauchlin Macdonald had two brothers, John and Roderick, the for- mer of whom settled at East Point and the latter at St. Peter's. John's son Ronald, of Quebec, was the first person in Canada to instruct the deaf and dumb and was a highly talented man. Lauchlin also had two sis— ters, Isabella, who married Ronald Mac- donald, of the Rutland family, and who lived at Bedeque, and Mary, who married Donald Beaton, of East Point. Ronald

Macdonald, the subject's father, had

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brothers and sisters as follows: Alex, now deceased, formerly of East Point; John, who was elected to the local house of Legis- lature in 1830, was a merchant at East Point and was drowned during a trip to Halifax; he was never married; Flora, Isa- bella and Julia were the sisters who remained single; Mary was married in Cape Breton to Alex McIsaac, and Ann, who mar- ried John Macdonald, of St. Peter‘s. The subject's mother, Catherine Macdonald, who was born at Tracadie, Prince Edward Island, was a daughter of Augustine Mac- donald, of Scotland, and the same family as the late Father James Macdonald, the first English—speaking priest who came to Prince Edward Island. The subject's paternal grandmother bore the maiden name of Mar- garet Macdonald and was a daughter of Ofi‘icer Angus Macdonald. who settled at St. Peter's Lake, where his golden epaulets and sword may be seen in possession of his heirs.

Lauchlin Macdonald, the subject of this sketch, received a good district school edu- cation and later attended St. Dunstan's Col- , lege. He has followed farming and mer- chandising at East Point, having also engaged in teaching to some extent. In 1873 he was a candidate for the local Legis- lature and in 1875 was elected to that house for the first district of Kings county, being re-elected in 1876 and again in 1879, when he retired. He has been a staunch Liberal in politics and has accomplished much effect- ual work in advancing the varied interests of his locality. He was a provisional direct- or of the Prince Edward Island Dairy Asso— ciation. being now also its vice-president, and is also president of the Cheese Board of Trade of Prince Edward Island, which has accomplished a great deal in developing this industry. He is president of the East Point