John Smyth Macdonald, 1867 - 1941

Abstract

John Smyth Macdonald was born in Dublin in 1867, the elder son of George and Margaret Macdonald. His father was a master tailor and had married at nineteen years of age Margaret Smyth; John Smyth Macdonald was their second child. When he was a young baby his parents moved from Dublin to Waterford, and about seven years later they came to England and settled in Chester. There were altogether four children— Mary Katherine, John Smyth, Evelyn, and George Ernest—and they were educated respectively at the Queen’s School for Girls and the King’s School for Boys in Chester.