Tour Scotland video of the Alexander MacDonald stained glass window in the Parish Church on ancestry visit to Dunino near St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Commemorating Alexander MacDonald, minister of Dunino 1911 to 1949.
Clan MacDonald is the most famous and numerous of the long line of Scottish Highland Clans. The surname is now recorded in every part of the world, the origination of the chiefs being from one Donald of the Isles in the 10th century a.d. The derivation is from the Gaelic Mac Dhomhnuill, translating as The son of Donald. Amongst the many famous MacDonalds are Flora MacDonald, born 1722. died 1790, the rescuer of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745, and Sir John MacDonald, the founder and premier of the Dominion of Canada, born 1815, died 1891. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Therthelnac MakDonenalde, which was dated circa 1251, a charter witness at Lesmore, Scotland, during the reign of King Alexander 111 of Scotland.
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