Female Archives | Villa Les Rochers: Summer Residence of Sir John A. and Lady Agnes Macdonald

Mary Macdonald, c. 1874

Photograph of Mary Macdonald as a small child, around 5 years old. To ensure she led as normal a life as possible, Sir John A. and Lady Agnes […]

Lady Dufferin, 1878

Hariot Georgina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, spent some weeks during the summers of 1871 and 1872 in St. Patrick with her husband who was Governor General […]

Mary Macdonald

Mary Macdonald, daughter of Sir John A. and Lady Agnes Macdonald, undated, c. 1880-1885.

Lady Agnes Macdonald in 1881

Lady Susan Agnes Macdonald (née Bernard) in a photographer’s studio, January 1881. She would have arrived at the studio by horse-drawn sleigh, wearing the fur coat that is […]

Lady Frances Monck

Lady Frances Monck, the wife of Canada’s first Governor General, was photographed in Montreal, Quebec, in 1864, by William Notman. She and her husband enjoyed summers in St. […]

Louisa Macdonald

Louisa Macdonald, sister of Sir John A. Macdonald, remained close to her brother for all their lives; she died two years before him, in 1889.

Lady Agnes Macdonald and Daughter Mary

Lady Agnes Macdonald and her infant daughter Mary were photographed by William James Topley in Ottawa June 1869. Mary, diagnosed with hydrocephalus, and who would be Sir John […]

Lady Agnes Macdonald by William Notman

This photo of Lady Agnes Macdonald, photographed by William Notman, was reproduced and used as a calling card when she visited friends or during social outings.

Mary Macdonald 1893

Mary Macdonald, daughter of Sir John A. Macdonald, 1893. She is in mourning following the death of her father in 1891. Photographed in Ottawa by William James Topley.