Ranald Alexander McDonald was born on the (insert date) of August, 1869 in Lancaster, Ontario. He died on the (insert date) 1926 in Edmonton, Alberta. He is the son of Alexander McDonald and and Jessie (nee unknown) McDonald. He married Catherine Ann Hay on the 30th of October 1900 in Glengarry, Ontario. She was born on the 1st of March, 1881 in East Hawkesbury, Prescott, Ontario. She died on the (insert date) 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta. She was the daughter of Alexander Hay and Margaret Ann McDonlad.