[Index]
George MACDONALD (1824 - 1924)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Alexander Cameron MACDONALD (1845 - 1897)
Mary Ann Sophia MACDONALD (1847 - 1940)
Sarah Jane MACDONALD (1848 - 1899)
Elizabeth Henrietta (Berry) MACDONALD (1850 - 1944)
Margaret Isabella MACDONALD (1851 - 1944)
Adelaide Victoria MACDONALD (1852 - 1947)
Christine Eliza MACDONALD (1853 - 1948)
Ellen Augusta MACDONALD (1858 - 1923)
John George MACDONALD (1859 - 1921)
Charles Hugh William MACDONALD (1861 - 1946)
 George MACDONALD (1824 - 1924)

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Elizabeth Henrietta (DOW DOUSE DOUX) DOWSE (1822 - 1910)
 Alexander Cameron MACDONALD (1796 - 1847) James MACDONALD



Mary STEWART



Sarah (twin) WARBY (1806 - 1893) John WARBY (1767 - 1851) John WARBY (1745 - 1789)


Sarah BENTLEY (1780 - 1869) Edward BENTLEY
Susannah (BENTLEY)
George MACDONALD Elizabeth Henrietta (DOW DOUSE DOUX) DOWSE
George MACDONALD George MACDONALD George MACDONALD George MACDONALD George MACDONALD
Pic P1. copied from MacDonald Family Tree - ancestry

Pic 1. copied from MacDonald Family Tree - ancestry

Pic 5. originally submitted this to MacDonald Family Tree on 21 May 2011

b. 03 Jan 1824 at Campbelltown, NSW, Australia
m. 12 Mar 1845 Elizabeth Henrietta (DOW DOUSE DOUX) DOWSE (1822 - 1910) at Campbelltown, NSW, Australia
d. 25 Mar 1924 at 'Glendarrwill', Maude, Victoria, Australia aged 100
Near Relatives of George MACDONALD (1824 - 1924)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather James MACDONALD
Grandmother Mary STEWART
Grandfather John WARBY 18 Feb 1767 Cottered, Herefordshire, England 12 Jun 1851 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 84
Grandmother Sarah BENTLEY abt 1780 Highgate, London 19 Oct 1869 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 89

Father in Law Isaac DOWSE abt 1781 1853 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 72
Mother in Law Elizabeth (SYMONDS) SYMONS abt 1787

Father Alexander Cameron MACDONALD 16 Mar 1796 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 26 Feb 1847 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 50
Step Father Joseph TERRY 1819 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 1902 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 83
Mother Sarah (twin) WARBY 10 Oct 1806 Prospect, Sydney, NSW, Australia 06 Jan 1893 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 86

Self George MACDONALD 03 Jan 1824 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 25 Mar 1924 'Glendarrwill', Maude, Victoria, Australia 100

Wife Elizabeth Henrietta (DOW DOUSE DOUX) DOWSE abt 1822 New South Wales, Australia 27 Dec 1910 'Glendarrwill', Maude, Victoria, Australia 88

Son Alexander Cameron MACDONALD 09 Dec 1845 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 08 May 1897 Woodstock, Queensland, Australia 51
Daughter Mary Ann Sophia MACDONALD 1847 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 1940 Penrith, NSW, Australia 93
Daughter Sarah Jane MACDONALD 1848 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 20 May 1899 Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia 51
Daughter Elizabeth Henrietta (Berry) MACDONALD 26 Dec 1850 Brewarrina, NSW, Australia 25 Jan 1944 Minerva Creek, Springsure, Queensland, Australia 93
Daughter Margaret Isabella MACDONALD 10 Dec 1851 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 08 Nov 1944 West Australia, Australia 92
Daughter Adelaide Victoria MACDONALD 1852 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 1947 Queensland, Australia 95
Daughter Christine Eliza MACDONALD 1853 04 Jul 1948 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 95
Daughter Ellen Augusta MACDONALD abt 1858 1923 Northcote, Victoria, Australia 65
Son John George MACDONALD 1859 17 Aug 1921 62
Son Charles Hugh William MACDONALD 19 Apr 1861 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 10 Jan 1946 Glen Darriwell, Maude, Victoria, Australia 84

Sister Margaret MACDONALD 10 Apr 1826 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 12 Jul 1923 Haberfield, NSW, Australia 97
Brother Alexander Cameron MACDONALD 09 Aug 1828 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 18 Jun 1917 Prahran, Victoria, Australia 88
Brother Peter Fitzallan MACDONALD 04 Sep 1830 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 19 Jun 1919 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 88
Sister Sarah MACDONALD 27 Sep 1832 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 26 Sep 1918 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 85
Brother John Graham MACDONALD 05 Sep 1834 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 29 May 1918 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 83
Sister Jane MACDONALD 10 Apr 1836 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 01 Apr 1837 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 0
Brother William MACDONALD 06 May 1838 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 13 Sep 1838 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 0
Brother William S MACDONALD 04 Oct 1839 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 1914 Quirindi, NSW, Australia 75
Sister Jane MACDONALD 12 Feb 1842 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 27 Mar 1942 Corowa, NSW, Australia 100
Brother Charles Hugh MACDONALD 29 Apr 1844 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 23 Mar 1924 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 79
Sister Isabella F MACDONALD 24 Nov 1846 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 30 Oct 1921 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 74

Daughter in Law Martha Jane GROVES 01 Dec 1935 Queensland, Australia
Son in Law William FERGUSON abt 1846 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Son in Law Cedric Spencer WILLS 01 Dec 1844 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 23 Jan 1914 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 69
Son in Law Fredrick Flower Godsshall JOHNSON 1846 St Omer, France 1915 Bunbury, WA, Australia 69
Son in Law John Ambrose RYDER abt 1849 Prince Edward Island 1898 Queensland, Australia 49
Son in Law Reginald Morris BRETT 1852 Corfe Mullen, Dorset, England 1922 Northcote, Victoria, Australia 70
Daughter in Law Beatrice Constance CONLEY 1872 Elaine, Victoria 1900 28
Daughter in Law Ernestina (Ernstine) PERDRISAT abt 1867 1951 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 84

Granddaughter Adelaide Victoria Georgina MACDONALD 1884 Queensland, Australia
Grandson Alexander Gordon MACDONALD 1887 Queensland, Australia
Grandson Edward James MACDONALD 1889 Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter Alice Isabell MACDONALD 1891 Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter Olive Mary Jane MACDONALD 1894 Queensland, Australia
Grandson Arthur FERGUSON bef 1940
Granddaughter Mary Agnes FERGUSON
Grandson William Hunter FERGUSON
Granddaughter Elizabeth Spencer WILLS 12 Mar 1873 Queensland, Australia 24 Oct 1956 Queensland, Australia 83
Granddaughter Edith Spencer WILLS 10 Jun 1874 Queensland, Australia 15 Sep 1956 Queensland, Australia 82
Granddaughter Emily (Emilyne) Spencer WILLS 16 Aug 1875 Kew, Victoria, Australia 05 Feb 1960 Queensland, Australia 84
Grandson Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS 28 Aug 1876 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 30 Aug 1960 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 84
Grandson Cedric Spencer WILLS 29 Nov 1877 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 25 Sep 1957 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 79
Grandson George WILLS abt 1879
Granddaughter Minnie Spencer WILLS 27 Apr 1880 Queensland, Australia 23 Sep 1962 Queensland, Australia 82
Grandson Egbert Spencer WILLS 23 Jul 1881 Queensland, Australia 04 Aug 1888 Queensland, Australia 7
Granddaughter Rose Spencer WILLS 16 Sep 1882 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 21 Feb 1969 Queensland, Australia 86
Granddaughter Ruby Spencer WILLS 23 Nov 1883 Queensland, Australia 1978 Queensland, Australia 95
Granddaughter Ivy Spencer WILLS 30 Jul 1885 Queensland, Australia 09 Feb 1968 Casino, NSW, Australia 82
Grandson Thomas Wentworth Spencer WILLS 25 Jul 1886 Queensland, Australia 22 May 1963 Queensland, Australia 76
Grandson Colden Spencer WILLS 15 Oct 1888 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 20 May 1972 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 83
Grandson William Charles GODSCHALL-JOHNSON
Granddaughter Margaret Ellen GODSCHALL-JOHNSON 1879 Queensland, Australia 1959 Perth, WA, Australia 80
Granddaughter Bertha May GODSCHALL-JOHNSON 1881 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 1921 Wellington, West Australia, Australia 40
Granddaughter May GODSCHALL-JOHNSON 1882 Queensland, Australia 1963 Perth, WA, Australia 81
Granddaughter Violet GODSCHALL-JOHNSON 1882 Possibly Emerald, Qld 1962 Perth, WA, Australia 80
Grandson Connie GODSCHALL-JOHNSON 1885 Bu Ni, Victoria, Australia 1938 Bridgetown, WA, Australia 53
Granddaughter Jessie Sarah GODSCHALL-JOHNSON 1886 Bright, Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter Mabel Cecelia GODSCHALL-JOHNSON 1888 Victoria, Australia 1979 Canning, Western Australia, Australia 91
Grandson Frederick William GODSCHALL-JOHNSON 1891 Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1965 Plantagenet, West Australia, Australia 74
Grandson Robert GODSCHALL-JOHNSON 1894 Gisborne, Victoria, Australia 1961 Victoria, Australia 67
Granddaughter Agnes Victoria RYDER 1886 1898 Wattleside, near Cindee, Queensland 12
Granddaughter Beatrice Victoria Seymour BRETT
Grandson Frank BRETT
Granddaughter Lily BRETT
Grandson Reginald BRETT
Grandson Alex MACDONALD
Granddaughter Annie MACDONALD
Grandson Cedric MACDONALD
Grandson Claude MACDONALD
Grandson Clyde MACDONALD
Grandson Dudley MACDONALD
Granddaughter Elsie MACDONALD
Grandson Graham MACDONALD
Grandson Leslie MACDONALD
Grandson Raymond MACDONALD
Grandson Rupert MACDONALD
Granddaughter Winifred Stuart MACDONALD 1904 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 1979 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 75
Grandson Charles Stuart MACDONALD 1905
Grandson George MACDONALD 1907 1988 81
Grandson Allen Cameron MACDONALD 1910 1987 77

Uncle Edward WARBY 1800 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1804 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia 4
Uncle William WARBY 1801 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia 18 Aug 1885 Hotham, Victoria, Australia 84
Aunt Jemima MIDDLETON
Aunt Elizabeth WARBY 1802 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1894 Albury, NSW, Australia 92
Uncle James LAYTON
Uncle James KIERNAN
Uncle John WARBY 1803 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1826 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 23
Uncle Benjamin WARBY 1805 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 1880 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 75
Aunt Elizabeth HUNT abt 1808 26 Nov 1835 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 27
Aunt Frances (Judith) BENT
Aunt Jane Agnes (twin) WARBY 1806 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 1876 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 70
Uncle Michael BYRNE
Uncle Charles Cable WARBY 1810 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1876 Bathurst, NSW, Australia 66
Aunt Elizabeth DEAN
Aunt Mary Ann WARBY 1813 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1904 Surrey Hills, NSW, Australia 91
Uncle James GRAHAM 1808 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1852 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 44
Uncle Robert George WARBY 1814 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 1853 Albury, NSW, Australia 39
Aunt Elizabeth Henrietta FOWLER
Aunt Eliza WARBY 1815 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 1896 Ashfield, NSW, Australia 81
Uncle William FOWLER
Uncle James WARBY 1817 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 1899 Albury, NSW, Australia 82
Aunt Mary Ann BOOKER
Uncle Joseph WARBY 1818 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 1899 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 81
Aunt Elizabeth FOWLER
Uncle Richard WARBY 1821 1821 0

Cousin Benjamin WARBY abt 1825
Cousin Adelaide Mary Anne Amelia GRAHAM 1834 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 1902 Sydney, NSW, Australia 68

Nephew William A J (Jack)MACDONALD 1881 Albury, NSW, Australia 1938 Queensland, Australia 57
Nephew Henry L (Harry) MACDONALD 1882 Balmain, NSW, Australia
Niece Mary M MACDONALD 1885 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Jane (Jean) MACDONALD 1888 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Catherine McLean (Kitty) MACDONALD 1893 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia 1989 Sydney, NSW, Australia 96
Nephew Donald McPhee MACDONALD 1895 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia 1970 75
Nephew Jo McLaren (Ian McLaren) MACDONALD 1900 Quirindi, NSW, Australia 1973 73

Sister in Law Margaret DOWSE abt 1815 New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law Isaac DOWSE abt 1818 New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law Thomas DOWSE abt 1824 New South Wales, Australia 1903 Bathurst, NSW, Australia 79
Brother in Law Thomas TERRY 1821 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 1905 Albury, NSW, Australia 84
Sister in Law Margaret Rainey ROBERTSON 1901 Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Sister in Law Julia Louise AYREY 1840 London, Middlesex, England 1920 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 80
Brother in Law Robert IRVINE abt 1824 Co Fermamagh, Ireland 1862 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 38
Brother in Law William Adams JACOB 1908 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Sister in Law Adelaide Mary Anne Amelia GRAHAM 1834 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 1902 Sydney, NSW, Australia 68
Sister in Law Esther Elizabeth SAMPSON
Sister in Law Annie Ruth Ballantyne MCPHEE 1860 Albury, NSW, Australia 1913 Mosman, NSW, Australia 53
Brother in Law Ross Houston RAMSAY abt 1818 Drumro, Co. Tyrone, Ireland 1886 Corowa, NSW, Australia 68
Sister in Law Maria RAY 1878 Trinity Bay, Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Sarah Nora CORMACK abt 1859 Ireland 1917 "Yabba", Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia 58
Sister in Law Rose Ethel LANE
Brother in Law James Wilson MCIVER abt 1841 Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1919 Turramurra, NSW, Australia 78
Events in George MACDONALD (1824 - 1924)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
03 Jan 1824 George MACDONALD was born Campbelltown, NSW, Australia Note 1 52, 54
12 Mar 1845 21 Married Elizabeth Henrietta (DOW DOUSE DOUX) DOWSE (aged 23) Campbelltown, NSW, Australia Note 2 52, 54
09 Dec 1845 21 Birth of son Alexander Cameron MACDONALD Campbelltown, NSW, Australia Note 3 52
1847 23 Birth of daughter Mary Ann Sophia MACDONALD Campbelltown, NSW, Australia Note 4
26 Feb 1847 23 Death of father Alexander Cameron MACDONALD (aged 50) Campbelltown, NSW, Australia Note 5 52, 54, 60
1848 24 Birth of daughter Sarah Jane MACDONALD Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia Note 6 52
26 Dec 1850 26 Birth of daughter Elizabeth Henrietta (Berry) MACDONALD Brewarrina, NSW, Australia Note 7 54
10 Dec 1851 27 Birth of daughter Margaret Isabella MACDONALD Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia Note 8 52
1852 28 Birth of daughter Adelaide Victoria MACDONALD Campbelltown, NSW, Australia Note 9 52
1853 29 Birth of daughter Christine Eliza MACDONALD
abt 1858 34 Birth of daughter Ellen Augusta MACDONALD Note 10
1859 35 Birth of son John George MACDONALD Ancestry trees
19 Apr 1861 37 Birth of son Charles Hugh William MACDONALD Geelong, Victoria, Australia see marriage cert
06 Jan 1893 69 Death of mother Sarah (twin) WARBY (aged 86) Campbelltown, NSW, Australia Note 11 7, 52, 54
08 May 1897 73 Death of son Alexander Cameron MACDONALD (aged 51) Woodstock, Queensland, Australia Note 12 7, 52
20 May 1899 75 Death of daughter Sarah Jane MACDONALD (aged 51) Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia Note 13 52
1902 78 Death of step father Joseph TERRY (aged 83) Campbelltown, NSW, Australia Note 14 52
27 Dec 1910 86 Death of wife Elizabeth Henrietta (DOW DOUSE DOUX) DOWSE (aged 88) 'Glendarrwill', Maude, Victoria, Australia Note 15 52
17 Aug 1921 97 Death of son John George MACDONALD (aged 62) Note 16 60
1923 99 Death of daughter Ellen Augusta MACDONALD (aged 65) Northcote, Victoria, Australia Note 17 64
25 Mar 1924 100 George MACDONALD died 'Glendarrwill', Maude, Victoria, Australia Note 18 54
27 Mar 1924 100 Burial Lethbridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Note 19
Note 1: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 about George Mcdonald
Name: George Mcdonald
Birth Date: 1824
Father's Name: Alexander Mcdonald
Mother's Name: Sarah
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1824
Registration Place: Campbelltown, New South Wales
Volume Number: V18246516 1B
Note 2: Reg No V 1845 - George Macdonald and Elizabeth DOWSE
St David's, Campbelltown

Marriage Cert - copy posted on MacDonald Family Tree - Ancestry
Number 105 vol77
Grooms Details - George MACDONALD, member of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, abode - Campbell Town View
Bride's Details - Elizabeth DOWSE, member of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, abode - Campbell Town
When MArried - 12 MArch 1845
Where married - Campbell Town
Minister - Hugh Robert Gilchrist, Minister of Presbyterian Church, Campbell Town
Witnesses - William Fowler of Campbell Town and Elizabeth H Fowler of Campbell Town
Note 3: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 about Alexander C Mcdonnald
Name: Alexander C Mcdonnald
Birth Date: 1845
Father's Name: George Mcdonnald
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1845
Registration Place: Campbelltown, New South Wales
Volume Number: V1845840 48
Note 4: fathers death cert - 1924 - age 77 = c 1847

Warby Family Tree - DavidMac
Note 5: Reg No V1847412 104 - Campbelltown - no parents given

Townsville Daily Bulletin 5 June 1912
PERSONAL.
Mr T. P. Adlam writes to the Sydney 'Daily Telegraph' as follows: 'Many of your readers will, I feel sure, be interested in perusing a copy of the record of the MacDonald family, well known In New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. The MacDonalds, had all survived, would have, numbered 12. There are 10 of them now living, namely, George, age next birthday 89; Margaret 86, Alexander Cameron 84, Peter Fitzalan 82, Sara 80, John Graham 78, William 73, Jane 70, Charles Hugh 68, lsabella 66. A brother of the above died in 1838, and a sister in 1837, each only a few months old. Thus, there has been no death among this generation of the MacDonald family (10 in number) for 74 years. The father of the MacDonalds. Alexander Cameron, who was born in 1797, died In 1847, Sara Warby, the mother, born in 1806, passed away in 1893. Mr John Graham Mac Donald, of Brisbane, and one time of Townsvllle, who was the sixth of the twelve, is in the best of good health, and carries out the duties of his responsible office with a capacity and energy men many years his junior might well envy."' His son, Mr Wm. MacDonald is the well-known solicitor at Hughenden.
Note 6: died 1899 - age 51 = c 1848


Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 about Sarah Macdonald
Name: Sarah Macdonald
Birth Date: 1849
Father's Name: George Macdonald
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1849
Registration Place: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Volume Number: V1849644 51
Note 7: birth cert of son Cedric Spencer - mother Elizabeth Henrietta MacDonald - 27 years - born Breewarner, Murrumbidgee, NSW

Possible reg no V1850645 51/1850 MACDONALD ELIZABETH H - GEORGE AND ELIZABETH
Note 8: Fardig Family Tree - direct descendant


Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 about Margaret I Macdonald
Name: Margaret I Macdonald
Birth Date: 1851
Father's Name: George Macdonald
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1851
Registration Place: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Volume Number: V1851646 51
Note 9: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 about Adelaide V Mcdonald
Name: Adelaide V Mcdonald
Birth Date: 1852
Father's Name: Mcdonald
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1852
Registration Place: Campbelltown, New South Wales
Volume Number: V185270 153
Note 10: from George MacDonald death notice in paper 1924
Note 11: Reg No 1893/4533 - Campbelltown - John and Sarah

Death Cert
6 Jan 1893 - Campbelltown - Sarah Terry - female - 86 years
Parents - John Warby (farmer) and Sarah Bentley
Birth - Penant Hills, NSW
Marriage - 1. Alexander MacDonald, Campbelltown -
2. Joseph Terry
Children - 10 children being from previous marriage, names and ages unknown
- none by second marriage
Witness - Mr MacDonald - son - Campbelltown
Note 12: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Alexander Cameron Macdonald
Name: Alexander Cameron Macdonald
Death Date: 8 May 1897
Death Place: Queensland
Father's Name: George Macdonald
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Dowes
Registration Year: 1897
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration number: 004074
Page Number: 15773

Death cert - MacDonald Family Tree - ancestry
Alexander Cameron Macdonald - Station Master Q.N.R. - male - 47 years - 8th May 1897 - Woodstock - born Paramatta, NSW
Parents - George Macdonald (station owner) and Elizabeth Dowes
Marriage - Charters Towers, Qld - 32 years - Martha Jane Groves
Children -
Adelaide Victoria Georgina - 13 years
Albert Henry - 11 years
Alexander Gordon - 9 years
Edward James - 6 years
Alice Isabel - 5 years
Olive Mary Jane - 3 years
C of D - "Dislocation and fracture of the cervical" accidentally killed by railway train a Woodstock Station Q.N.R.
Buried - 9th May 1897 - at Toonpan
Informant - Martha Macdonald, wife, Woodstock

Account of Alexander's fatal accident.
from The Townsville Evening Star of 10th May 1897
It is with great regret we have to record a particularly distressing fatality which occurred at Woodstock railway station last Saturday. During the afternoon intelligence was received in Townsville that the Station Master at Woodstock, Mr A. C. McDonald had been killed. On arrival of the 5.30 p.m. particulars were obtained, proving the sad news only too true.
It would appear that the unfortunate official was crossing the buffer of the train and by some means fell between, and part of the train passed over his body. None of the officials, we are informed, actually saw the occurrence.
On Sunday arrangements for the funeral were made, and a special train was run from Townsville at 1 p.m., conveying the District Traffic Manager, Mr Minehan, District Superintendent, Inspector Doorey, Mr Mitchell and a large number of the Railway employees. On arrival at Woodstock the coffin was carried from the deceased’s late residence to the train by six of the station masters, and on arrival at Toonpan, where the interment took place, from the train to the place of burial. The service was conducted by the Rev. Mr Williams.
It was evident from the large concourse of district residents present that Mr McDonald was held in very high esteem. Very handsome wreaths were sent by the station masters, guards, engine drivers and firemen. The Railway Department loses by this deplorable accident one of the best officers on the Northern Railway, and his demise is deeply regretted by all his fellow employees. A son of Mr McDonald’s rode 90 miles, after receipt of a wire, arriving just in time to take a last look at his father. He left Dotswood at 11 p.m. on Saturday and arrived at Woodstock at 3 p.m. next day. The heartiest sympathy is felt for the bereaved widow and other members of the deceased’s family.
Note 13: see headstone photo


Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Sarah Jane McDonald
Name: Sarah Jane McDonald
Death Place: Lethbridge, Victoria
Age: 51
Father's Name: McDonald Geo
Mother's Name: Elizth Dowse
Registration Year: 1899
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 6365
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848
Note 14: Reg no 1902/8802 - Joseph Terry - parents Thomas and Ann
Note 15: Reg No 1910/13333 - Elizth Mcdonald - age 87 - born c 1823 - Lethbridge, Victoria - father DOUX Isaac

see transcription of headstone in pictures

Death cert posted on MacDonald Family Tree - ancestry
Deaths in the District of Lethbridge in the State of Victoria, registered by Mary Gebbie
When and where died - Dec 27th 1910 - Maude, Shire of ???, County Grant
Name - Elizabeth Macdonald
Sex and age - female - 87 years
C of D - Senile Decay, 2 years, A.W. Marwood - MD Geelong, last seen 22 July 1910
Father - Isaac Dowse, brickmaker
Mother - not known
Informant - John George Macdonald - son - of Glendarwill
Registrar - Mary Gebbie, 28th Dec 1910, Lethbridge
Buried - 29th December, 1910, Lethbridge Cemetery by Rev McCook, Presbyterian clergyman
Where born - Campbelltown NSW - 32 years in NSW and 55 years in Victoria
Where and when married - Cambbelltown NSW - age 21 years - to George Macdonald (living)
Children -
Alex - deceased
Mary - 63
Sarah? Jane - deceased
Elizabeth -61
Adelaide - 58
Christina - 57
Mary Sarah? - 55
Ellen - 53
John George - 51
Charles - 49
Note 16: Ancestry trees
also 1919

Geelong Advertiser 19 Aug 1921
MACDONALD. — On the 17th August at his residence, 'Glendarriwell,'' Maude, John George Macdonald, dearly beloved husband of Elizabeth, and loving father of Graham, Alex, Leslie, Dudley, Cedric, Rupert, Annie, Raymond, Claude, Clyde and Elsie ; aged 62 years.
A. Patient Sufferer at Rest.
Note 17: from George MacDonald death notice in paper 1924


Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Ellen Augusta Brett
Name: Ellen Augusta Brett
Death Place: Northcote, Victoria
Age: 65
Father's Name: George Macdonald
Registration Year: 1923
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 11997
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Note 18: see picture of head stone details

The Argus 27 March 1924
MACDONALD-On the 25th Mrach, 1924, at his residence, Glendarriwell, Maude, George, beloved husband of the late Elizabeth Macdonald, and loving father of Alex. [deceased], Mary Mrs. Ferguson, Sara [deceased], Berry [Mrs. White, Vic., [Mrs. Ryder], Christie, Maggie (Mrs. Johnson), Nellie (Mrs Brett deceased)m John (deceased), and Charlie Macdonald, at the age of 100 years and 3 months.

The Age (Melbourne) 27 March 1924
Oldest Australian Native Dies.
LETHBRIDGE.— Mr. George Macdonald, of
"Glendarriwell", Maude, died on 25th inst.,
aged 100 years and 3 month. Deceased was the
oldest Australian native. He was born in Campbelltown, N.S.W.; and came to Victoria
with his wife and six children over 70
years ago. He was a member of a family of ten
children, all of whom reached advanced ages.
Deceased had never lost a tooth, and up to quite
recently had transacted his own business.


Death cert - MacDonald Family Tree - ancestry
25th March, 1924 - Glen Darriwell, Maude
George Macdonald (farmer and grazier) - male - 100 years -
C of D - senile decay - 9 months - A W Harwood M.D., last seen 7th MArch 1924
Parents - Alexander Macdonald and not known
Informant - Graham George Macdonald - grandson, Maude
Registered 26th MArch 1924 at Lethbridge
Buried - 27th March 1924 - Lethbridge C of E
Where born - Campbell Town NSW - in Victoria for 68 years
Married - Campbelltown NSW - age 21 years to Elizabeth Dowse
Children
A.C. Macdonald - dec?
Mary Ann - 77
Sarah Jane - deceased
Elizabeth Marion - 78?
Victoria Adelaide - 72
Christina Elina - 71
Margaret - 68
Ellen Augusta - deceased
George John - deceased
Charles William - 63
(Other writing in margin - possible other children)
Note 19: photos of headstone in Lethbridge Cemetery
Personal Notes:
from death reg of daughter Elizabeth Henrietta


Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) 4 Jan 1924
A Geelong message states that Mr George Macdonald, of Maude, celebrated his hundreth birthday yesterday. He has not lost a single tooth and smokes strong black tobacco. He was born in New South Wales.


Ancestry - MacDonald Family Tree - Newspaper cutting from Geelong Advertiser
The Macdonald family has severed its century old links with a farm at Maude.
But a plaque on the 299 hectare property called Glendarriwill will ensure the family's toil over the past 136 years will not be forgotten.
The property was sold at auction recently.
George Macdonald is believed to have bought the property for around 10 pounds per hetcare in 1852 and worked hard to ensure he got value for money.
The hard life of the early settler seemed to agree with him as he lived well into his 100th year.

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see article for his father from which the following is taken-
A notable instance is Mr. G. MacDonald, who celebrated his hundredth birthday on January 3, at Lethbridge, Victoria. He was born in 1824, at Campbelltown, New South Wales, and is one of a family of ten children, all of whom reached advanced ages. Mr Macdonald claims to be the oldest Australian Native living. He at one time was engaged in pastoral pursuits, and during the forties was manager of Mr. S. Faithful's Brewarrina sheep station, on the Murrumbidgee River. In 1876 he purchased the Glendarriwell Estate from his brother, the late Mr. A. C. MacDonald. F.R.G.S., and has resided there ever since. Mr. MacDonald is in full possession of his faculties and until quite recently was able to transact all his business. He still has all his teeth." This fine old centenarian, however, was not destined to add to his years for he died on March 2?, 1924. During his earlier days George MacDonald, like most of the earlier settlers in Australia, did some exploring, as well as travelling overland with stock. For the 1st fifty years of his life he resided on his valuable Glendarriwell Estate, which is situated
near the township of Mandee, Victoria.
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 about George Mcdonald
Name: George Mcdonald
Birth Date: 1824
Father's Name: Alexander Mcdonald
Mother's Name: Sarah
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1824
Registration Place: Campbelltown, New South Wales
Volume Number: V18246516 1B
54. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ancestry Family Trees, Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Auth: Ancestry.com
- Reference = (Birth)
- Reference = (Death)
- Reference = (Marriage)
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