Donald McDonald (1814-1850)

Born: c. 1814, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Died: 17 October 1850, Tasmania
Parents: Unknown

Spouse: Mary McDonald (1813-1904)

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Donald McDonald (c. 1814-17 Oct 1850)

+Mary McDonald (c. 1813-28 Aug 1904)

        1-John Henry McDonald (30 Jan 1839-5 Jan 1841)

        2-Mary McDonald (5 Jun 1845-18 Jun 1942)

        +William Bale (c. 1850-10 Apr 1929)

        3-Margaret McDonald (26 Mar 1848-)

        4-Catherine McDonald (13 Dec 1850-15 Sep 1937)

        +John Bale (5 Jun 1847-13 Jun 1941)

Other Famliies Who Shaped Bothwell

DONALD McDONALD

c. 1814: Born in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland. [1]

Donald McDonald married Mary McDonald in Scotland; date and place unknown.

17 October 1850: Died in Tasmania; aged 36. [2]

Buried at the Bothwell Public Cemetery. [2]

Spouse: MARY McDONALD

c. 1813: Born in Scotland. [1]

Donald McDonald married Mary McDonald in Scotland; date and place unknown.

11 September 1885: John Earnshaw, a 39-year-old stonemason, married Mary McDonald, a 42-year-old widow, at the Minister's House, Bothwell; witnesses: Joseph Shaw and Mary Blag. [2]

28 August 1904: Died in Bothwell; aged 91; cause: senile decay. [1]

31 August 1904: Buried at the Bothwell Public Cemetery. [3]

Sources

1-JOHN HENRY McDONALD

30 January 1839: Born in New Norfolk. [1]

17 February 1839: Baptised in New Norfolk. [1]

5 January 1841: Died in Hobart; aged 1. [2]

Sources

2-MARY ANN McDONALD

5 June 1845: Born in Bothwell. For more information, see the William Bale page.

3-MARGARET McDONALD

26 March 1848: Born in Bothwell. [1]

28 May 1848: Baptised in Bothwell. [2]

No further research carried out at this time.

Sources

4-CATHERINE McDONALD

13 December 1850: Born in Bothwell. For more information, see the John Bale page.

Sources

Donald McDonald:

  1. "Description Lists of Male Convicts (CON18)," Images, Libraries Tasmania (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/slat), Donald McDonald, no 1263, Recovery, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON18-1-22/CON18-1-22p91.

  2. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Central Highlands Council, Transcriptions from parish registers, Donald McDonald, 1850, section A20, site 15.

Mary McDonald:

  1. "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, District Registers, Deaths," Images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), Mary Earnshaw, no 729/1904, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892R-FF9H.

  2. "Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37)," Images, Libraries Tasmania (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/slat), Earnshaw-Macdonald, no 14/1855, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd37-1-14p5j2k.

  3. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Central Highlands Council, Transcriptions from parish registers, Mary Earnshaw, 1904, section A20, site 15.

John Henry McDonald:

  1. "Registers of Baptisms, Tasmania (RGD32)," Images, Libraries Tasmania (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/slat), John Henry McDonald, no 511/1839, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD32-1-3-p483j2k.

  2. "Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35)," Images, Libraries Tasmania (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/slat), John Henry McDonald, no 592/1841, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-1p59j2k.

Margaret McDonald:

  1. "Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33)," Margaret McDonald, no 94/1848, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p225j2k.

  2. Presbyterian Church of Tasmania, "Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592)," Microfilm, Margaret MacDonald, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 67/1848.