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Mary MCDONALD (1826 - 1926)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
John Arthur TURNER (1853 - 1943) James Thomas TURNER (1855 - 1932) William Henry TURNER (1857 - 1881) Edward TURNER (1858 - 1939) Phoebe Harriet COWLE (1862 - 1955) Mary Jane COWLE (1863 - 1868) Amos Charles COWLE (1865 - 1933)	Mary MCDONALD (1826 - 1926) + James Thomas TURNER ( - 1860) Charles STIRRIP COWLE (1831 - 1912)

b. abt 1826 at Inverness, Invernesshire, Scotland

m. (1) 1850 James Thomas TURNER ( - 1860) at Hunter Dist, NSW, Australia

m. (2) 1861 Charles STIRRIP COWLE (1831 - 1912) at Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia

d. 1926 at Marrickville, NSW, Australia aged 100

Near Relatives of Mary MCDONALD (1826 - 1926)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	Arthur TURNER
Mother in Law	Caroline WATERS
Father in Law	Possibly Joseph GRIFFITH
Mother in Law	(alias Elizabeth Harrison) Phoebe STIRRUP	abt 1806	Warrington, Lancashire, England	1885	Windeyer, Mudgee,New South Wales, Australia	79
Self	Mary MCDONALD	abt 1826	Inverness, Invernesshire, Scotland	1926	Marrickville, NSW, Australia	100
Husband	James Thomas TURNER			1860	Hall's Creek, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Husband	Charles STIRRIP COWLE	1831		1912	Granville, NSW, Australia	81
Son	John Arthur TURNER	1853		1943	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	90
Son	James Thomas TURNER	1855	Rowan, New South Wales, Australia	1932	Auburn, NSW, Australia	77
Son	William Henry TURNER	1857	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	1881	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	24
Son	Edward TURNER	1858	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	1939	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia	81
Daughter	Phoebe Harriet COWLE	1862	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	1955	Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia	93
Daughter	Mary Jane COWLE	1863	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	1868	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia	5
Son	Amos Charles COWLE	1865	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	1933	Kogarah, NSW, Australia	68
Daughter in Law	Sarah Ann WHEELER	1857	Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1915	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	58
Daughter in Law	Sarah Elizabeth PARSONS	1855	Kelso, NSW, Australia	1932	Auburn, NSW, Australia	77
Daughter in Law	Alice Maud Mary HARRIS			1929	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Son in Law	George Henry FOUNTAIN	1855	Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England	1914	Marrickville, NSW, Australia	59
Daughter in Law	Catherine (Kate) SETCHELL	1864	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia	1908	Kogarah, NSW, Australia	44
Grandson	William Henry TURNER	1882	Newtown, NSW, Australia	1970	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	88
Granddaughter	Charlotte Ann TURNER	1886	Liverpool, NSW, Australia	1965	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	79
Granddaughter	Edith Mary TURNER	1890	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1973	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	83
Granddaughter	Gertrude Sarah TURNER	1890	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1983	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	93
Grandson	Oscar John TURNER	1891	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1983	Walkerston, Mackay, Queensland, Australia	92
Granddaughter	Ethel Maude TURNER	1895	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia	1934	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	39
Grandson	Arthur Charles TURNER	1897	Newtown, NSW, Australia	1973	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	76
Granddaughter	Ella May TURNER	1884	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Grandson	Hilton Edward TURNER	1887	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia	1958	Circular Quay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	71
Granddaughter	Bertha TURNER	1892	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Harriet COWLE	1833		1898		65
Brother in Law	Henry Richard Cloweth MCALPINE	1841		1923	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia	82

Events in Mary MCDONALD (1826 - 1926)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1826		Mary MCDONALD was born	Inverness, Invernesshire, Scotland	Death notice = 100 years old
1849	23	Immigration	'James Gibb'	See notes for Mary
1850	24	Married James Thomas TURNER	Hunter Dist, NSW, Australia	Note 1	52
1853	27	Birth of son John Arthur TURNER
1855	29	Birth of son James Thomas TURNER	Rowan, New South Wales, Australia	Note 2	52
1857	31	Birth of son William Henry TURNER	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia
1858	32	Birth of son Edward TURNER	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia
1860	34	Death of husband James Thomas TURNER	Hall's Creek, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	Note 3	17, 60
1861	35	Married Charles STIRRIP COWLE (aged 30)	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	Note 4	52
1862	36	Birth of daughter Phoebe Harriet COWLE	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	burial info
1863	37	Birth of daughter Mary Jane COWLE	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia
1865	39	Birth of son Amos Charles COWLE	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia
1868	42	Death of daughter Mary Jane COWLE (aged 5)	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia	Note 5	17
1881	55	Death of son William Henry TURNER (aged 24)	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 6	60
1912	86	Death of husband Charles STIRRIP COWLE (aged 81)	Granville, NSW, Australia	Note 7
1926	100	Mary MCDONALD died	Marrickville, NSW, Australia	Note 8	17, 60
1926	100	Burial	Rookwood General Cemetery, NSW	Note 9	90

Note 1: Mary Macdonald in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Mary Macdonald Marriage Date: 1850 Marriage Place: Derbie, Hunter District, Maitland, Morpeth, Paterson, Singleton Registration Date: 1850 Registration Place: Derbie, Hunter District, Maitland, Morpeth, Paterson, Singleton, New South Wales, Australia Spouse: James T Turner Volume Number: V

Note 2: James Thomas Turner in the Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 Name: James Thomas Turner Gender: Male Baptism Age: 0 Birth Date: 3 May 1855 Baptism Date: 7 Jun 1855 Baptism Place: Rowan, New South Wales, Australia Residence Date: 1855 Residence Place: New South Wales, Australia Father: James Thomas Turner Mother: Mary FHL Film Number: 993966

Note 3: Death TURNER JAMES T 4894/1860 Parents ARTHUR & CAROLINE MUSWELLBROOK Maitland Mercury 14 Feb 1860 Death from the Cumberland Cattle Disease.-On the fifth instant, Mr James Turner, of Halls Creek, came to his death in a very short period from this malignant disease The following are the particulars A flock of fat sheep travelling to market camped in his stockyard, when one of the sheep was reported by the shepherd as being smothered the shepherd advised Mr Turner to skin the sheep, as it was very fat. This Turner did, and when the sheep was skinned, observing it to be excellent mutton, he resolved to salt it for use. While chopping up the sheep he wounded himself slightly In the right hand with one of the bones, but thought nothing of It at the time-the wound being so very trifling. After salting the mutton, however, he complained of pain In the hand and arm, which rapidly extended to the shoulder, producing a swelling under the arm The pain then extended down the side with great rapidity, causing a difficulty in breathing. The pain continuing, and Mr Turner becoming rapidly worse, Dr Thornton, of Muswellbrook, was sent for on the Monday following, but Mr Turner died on that day, and Dr Thornton, learning on his way that he was dead, did not proceed, but re traced his steps. It appears remarkable that In a case of this nature no inquest should have been held The matter requires explanation, which Dr. Thornton, as coroner, is probably able and willing to afford. An inquiry into a case of this kind might prove very useful to the community, in the way of putting them on their guard against this dreadful complaint Mr Turner we understand, has left a wife and nine children to deplore their loss Died leaving a wife and nine children!!

Note 4: Mary Turner in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Mary Turner Marriage Date: 1861 Marriage Place: Muswellbrook, New South Wales Registration Date: 1861 Registration Place: Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia Spouse: Charles Cowle Registration Number: 2384

Note 5: COWLE MARY J 5131/1868 CHARLES MARY MUDGEE

Note 6: Sydney Morning Herald Mon 19 Dec 1881 A YOUNG man named William Henry Turner, 24 years of age, residing at 75, Wells-street, Redfern, died on Saturday night, in the Infirmary, from the effects of an injury said to have been received during a quarrel. The medical examination showed only a slight wound over the left eye. He was locked up, it appears, at the Redfern police station, on the 11th instant, for being drunk and disorderly, and fined 10s., or four days' imprisonment. He was released from gaol on the 15th instant, and again arrested on a similar charge, and fined £1 or seven days. On the 16th he paid the fine, and was taken by his mother the same evening, about 8 o'clock, to the Infirmary, where he remained until his death on Saturday night. It appears he had been fighting previous to his arrest on the 11th instant, and received a cut over the left eye, but did not then complain of any injurious effects.

Note 7: NSW bdm 1589/1912 COLES CHARLES HEMUS PHOEBE GRANVILLE

Note 8: COWLE MARY 18532/1926 JOHN ANN MARRICKVILLE Sydney Morning Herald 6 Dec 1926 COWLE.- The Relatives and Friends of Mr. and Mrs. JAMES TURNER and FAMILY (of Booker Bay Woy Woy), Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD TURNER and FAMILY (of Coonamble), Mr. JOHN TURNER and FAMILY (of Mackay, Queensland) are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their late beloved MOTHER and GRANDMOTHER, Mary Cowle ; to leave Wood Coffill's Mortuary Chapel, 810 George street, city, THIS DAY, at 2 p.m., for Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood. By road, motor funeral. By request, no flowers. F. W. HARTLEY, Motor Funeral Directors. Marrickville-road, Marrickville. COWLE. - The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. F.H. FOUNTAIN and FAMILY, of 16 Junction-street, Marrickville, are kindly invited t0 attend the Funeral of their late beloved MOTHER, and their GRANDMOTHER, Mary Cowle; to leave Wood Coffill's Mortuary Chapel, 810 George-street, city (next to Christ Church), THIS DAY, at 2 pm., for Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood, by road. Motor Funeral. By request, no flowers. F.W. HARTLEY, Motor Funeral Directors. FUNERALS. COWLE—The Relatives and Friends of Mr. A. O. COWLE and FAMILY are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of his late beloved MOTHER and their GRANDMOTHER, Mary Cowle; to leave Wood Cofflll's Mortuary Chapel 810 George-street citv, THIS DAY, at 2 p.m., for Church of England Ceme- tery, Rookwood. By request, no flowers. Sydney Morning Herald 7 Dec 1926 DEATH OF MRS. MARY COWLES Mrs. Mary Cowles died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. P. H. Fountain, 16 Junc- tion-street, Marrickville, on Friday night. She celebrated her hundredth birthday about seven weeks ago. The late Mrs. Cowles was a native of In- verness, Scotland, and was 21 years of age when she arrived in Sydney. She was twice married, her first husband being the late Mr. Turner, of Merriwa. Her second husband died just before the war. Thirteen of her grandsons served at the front, and one was killed. The eldest of her living children resides at Mackay, Queensland, and is 74 years of age. There are 97 descendants, the oldest of the great-grandchildren being 21 years of age. Mudgee Guardian 9 Dec 1926 THE LATE MRS. COWLES. NINETY-SEVEN DESCEDANTS ALIVE. Mrs. Mary Cowles, who died last night at the residence of her daught- er, Mrs. P. H. Fountain, of 16 Junction-street, Marrickville, was 100 years and seven weeks old. Her descendants— children, grand- children and great grandchildren, the eldest of the great-grand- children being 21 years — number 97 living. One of her sons, resident of Mac- kay (Q.) — he used to visit his mother every year — is 74 ; another, a resi- dent of Woy Woy, is 73; and a third, a resident of Coonamble, is 70. Mrs. Fountain, the daughter, is 65, and she has a brother, living at Rockdale, who is 62. The late Mrs. Cowles, who was born at Inverness (Scotland) was married twice. Mrs. Fountain and her younger brother are of the se- cond marriage. Arriving in Sydney by the sailing ship James Gibb — her 21st birthday was celebrated during the voyage — deceased was married two years later to the late Mr. Turner, who kept the Traveller's Rest Hotel at Hall's Creek, near Merriwa. Her second husband died just before the Great War. Of 13 of her grandsons who served at the war, one who was the thir- teenth to enlist, was killed. All the others returned safely, though several of them had received serious wounds in action. The late Mrs. Cowles attributed her longevity and general good health to regular living and freedom from worry. Until two years ago, when her eyesight began to fail, she never used glasses. Yet she was a diligent reader, her favorite book being the Bible. She almost knew it by heart. The end came suddenly. A few hours before her death Mrs. Cowles refused to believe that anything was seriously wrong with her. Unknown to her a doctor was called in. She did not want a doctor, she said. A little while afterwards the old lady was dead.

Note 9: Mary Cowle Birth unknown Death 6 Dec 1926 Burial Rookwood General Cemetery Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia Plot Zone B Section F Grave 1207

Personal Notes:

marriage record of son Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the Coplony of NSW Mary arrived in the colony aboard the ship 'James Gibb' on 9 Jun 1849. She had her 21st birthday on the voyage. She was employed in Scotland to travel to Australia to work as a tutor to the McIntyre family’s children on a property called Kayuga. Apparently some of the earlier convict servants murdered one of the McIntyres so that they vowed only to have Scottish servants working for them thereafter & hence went to Scotland on a recruitment drive.

Source References:

17. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: NSW bdm register, Title: NSW bdm register

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: COWLE MARY 18532/1926 JOHN ANN MARRICKVILLE

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Mary Turner in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Mary Turner Marriage Date: 1861 Marriage Place: Muswellbrook, New South Wales Registration Date: 1861 Registration Place: Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia Spouse: Charles Cowle Registration Number: 2384

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Mary Macdonald in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Mary Macdonald Marriage Date: 1850 Marriage Place: Derbie, Hunter District, Maitland, Morpeth, Paterson, Singleton Registration Date: 1850 Registration Place: Derbie, Hunter District, Maitland, Morpeth, Paterson, Singleton, New South Wales, Australia Spouse: James T Turner Volume Number: V

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Sydney Morning Herald 7 Dec 1926 DEATH OF MRS. MARY COWLES Mrs. Mary Cowles died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. P. H. Fountain, 16 Junc- tion-street, Marrickville, on Friday night. She celebrated her hundredth birthday about seven weeks ago. The late Mrs. Cowles was a native of In- verness, Scotland, and was 21 years of age when she arrived in Sydney. She was twice married, her first husband being the late Mr. Turner, of Merriwa. Her second husband died just before the war. Thirteen of her grandsons served at the front, and one was killed. The eldest of her living children resides at Mackay, Queensland, and is 74 years of age. There are 97 descendants, the oldest of the great-grandchildren being 21 years of age.

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Mary Cowle Birth unknown Death 6 Dec 1926 Burial Rookwood General Cemetery Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia Plot Zone B Section F Grave 1207

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