Isabella Catherine (Minnie) MacDonald

Isabella Catherine (Minnie) MacDonald, 1872-1941

  • Born in Campbelltown, New Brunswick.
  • In the 1891 Census, 18 years, single, living with parents and two siblings in New Westminster City, B.C., father’s occupation was road contractor.
  • Story is that Minnie was engaged to be married but her brother Alex saw her fiancé in a saloon and therefore it was decided that she should go into a convent. 
  • As Sister Mary Rita, was a teacher in St Anne Academy, Victoria, B.C.
  • Block: U Plot: 60 E 53
  • Loyalist Ancestor: Duncan Grant, 1763-1836, Charlottenburg, Ontario.