Isabella Macdonald

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Isabella Macdonald
Portrait of Isabella Clark
Born	Isabella Clark 1811
Died	28 December 1857
Known for	Wife of John A. Macdonald

Isabella Macdonald, née Clark (1811 – 28 December 1857) was the first wife of John A. Macdonald, one of the fathers of the Canadian federation. The couple were related by sharing their maternal grandmother; cousin marriage was not uncommon then.

During their marriage, he became the premier of the Province of Canada in 1856.

She became ill after just two years of marriage, and developed an addiction to opium mixed with wine (Laudanum). She bore two sons: John, who died at 13 months, and Hugh, who grew up to be a politician too.

After her death in 1857, medical examination concluded that she was suffering from a somatization disease.

Her widower went on to become the first post-Confederation Prime Minister of Canada. He remarried to Susan Agnes Bernard in 1867, five months before Canadian Confederation.

References

Bellevue House National Historic Site of Canada

Persondata
Name	Macdonald, Isabella
Alternative names
Short description	Wife of the Prime Minister of Canada
Date of birth	1811
Place of birth
Date of death	28 December 1857
Place of death

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