{"id":8404,"date":"1821-10-29T13:55:00","date_gmt":"1821-10-29T21:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peipioneercemetery.com\/staging\/?p=8404"},"modified":"2026-10-29T13:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:56:21","slug":"herman-macdonald-and-the-name-hermanville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peipioneercemetery.com\/staging\/herman-macdonald-and-the-name-hermanville\/","title":{"rendered":"Herman MacDonald and the Name Hermanville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A community\u2019s name can preserve the memory of a working life. Hermanville, formerly Black Bush, remembers Herman MacDonald, a farmer and merchant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jenny (O\u2019Hanley) McQuaid\u2019s parish genealogy describes a man whose enterprises included a farm, hotel, general store, post office and lobster factory. These businesses connected household needs with agriculture, the fishery and communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McQuaid associates the name Hermanville with him but leaves unanswered whose idea the change was. That distinction allows the naming tradition to be remembered without inventing a ceremony or a precise renaming date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Island Register lists Herman MacDonald as 1821\u20131913 under St. Margaret\u2019s church cemetery. Dates and identity should be compared with the underlying records before this summary is joined to a particular family tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.islandregister.com\/burials\/ip4.html\">The Island Register: Burial Sites of Interesting People, St. Margaret\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jenny (O\u2019Hanley) McQuaid, Genealogy of St. Margaret\u2019s Parish, chapter 13, printed page 164, as cited in the supplied parish article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A community\u2019s name can preserve the memory of a working life. 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