Donald Hugh MCRAE b. 9 Aug 1858 Milang SA d. 22 May 1927 Adelaide SA: Christina and Donald McLEAN and their descendants

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Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837

1858 - 1927 (68 years)

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Name	Donald Hugh MCRAE [1, 2]
Born	9 Aug 1858	Milang SA [1, 2, 3]
	BORN 'Kintail' Milang SA
Gender	Male
Biography Notes	«b»DONALD HUGH McRAE«/b» b. 9/8/1858 at "Kintail", Milang » Lake Alexandrina. MARRIED: «b»Margaret Gollan Laidlaw«/b» (b. 30/3/1863), 2nd daughter of her mother's 2nd marriage to Thomas Laidlaw of Angas Plains. Her mother was formerly Mrs Margaret Fraser (nee Gollan) and there is a very complicated inter-relationship between Gollans, Frasers, Mathesons and the Laidlaw families. They were mainly from lnvernesshire. Margaret Gollan Laidlaw was bom at Belvidere, $.A. where her father Thomas was a blacksmith. The general belief in the families was that Thomas was drowned in Lake Alexandrina, however, the newspaper notice in the Adelaide "Observer" reports that he died of pneumonia at Sliding Rock on 23/11/1875. Margaret was then aged 12 years. (Thomas was 69). Her mother, also Margaret, was buried at Strathalbyn on 30/8/1891. (The 1883 marriage took place at Mt Barker.) Donald Hugh McRae farmed in the Strathalbyn area but retired to North Adelaide where he died on 22/5/1927 aged 68 years. He was taken by train back to Strathalbyn for burial there on the 25th. OBITUARY "Southern Argus" of 26/5/1927. "The death occurred last weekend of Mr Donald H. McRae, an old identity of the Strathalbyn District, born at Milang, but resident most of his life at Strathalbyn, removing to Adelaide a few years ago. He leaves a widow and a grown up family. His remains were brought to Strathalbyn on Monday and laid to rest in the Strathalbyn Cemetery." Div. 2/415. DEATH: Margaret Gollan McRae, his wife, was buried with him on 3/8/1941, aged 78 years. Her very brief obituary in the "Southern Argus" merely recorded her death at Adelaide and that she had been buried at Strathalbyn on the previous Saturday. (paper of 6/8/1941) THEIR CHILDREN (11) ...............................
Died	22 May 1927	Adelaide SA [1, 2]
Buried	Strathalbyn SA [2]
	Division 2 Plot 415, Strathalbyn SA this info interferes with map logistics. Lorna McLean23.05.2016
Person ID	I-3961	Christina and Donald McLean \| Mary McLean's descendants
Last Modified	11 Oct 2017

Father	Duncan MCRAE, b. 26 Jun 1826, Kintail Scotland , d. 23 May 1901, Strathalbyn SA (Age 74 years)
Relationship	-1279
Mother	Mary b. 1818 MCLEAN, b. 2 Apr 1818, d. 22 Sep 1889, Strathalbyn SA (Age 71 years)
Relationship	-1279
Married	25 Feb 1852	Adelaide SA [4, 5]
	MARRIED Trinity Church Adelaide SA
Family ID	F-1279	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Margaret Ann Gollan LAIDLAW, b. 30 Mar 1863, Belvidere SA , d. 3 Aug 1941, Adelaide SA (Age 78 years)

Married 1883 Mt Barker SA

Children

	1. Allen Alexander MCRAE, b. 13 Dec 1884, Strathalbyn SA , d. 4 May 1916, Adelaide SA (Age 31 years) []
	2. Thomas Walter MCRAE, b. 1886, Strathalbyn SA []
	3. Olive May MCRAE, b. 1888 []
	4. Donald Howard MCRAE, b. 22 Sep 1890, Strathalbyn SA , d. 9 Dec 1898, Strathalbyn SA (Age 8 years) []
	5. Elspeth Margaret MCRAE, b. 1892, d. 1961 (Age 69 years)
	6. John Archibald MCRAE, b. 10 Jul 1895 []
	7. Janet Mary MCRAE, b. 9 May 1897, Strathalbyn SA , d. 8 Oct 1990, Bedford Park SA (Age 93 years) []
	8. Keith Gollan MCRAE, b. 16 Nov 1899, Strathalbyn SA , d. 28 Nov 1986, Clearview SA (Age 87 years) []
	9. Eric Vernon MCRAE, b. 26 Aug 1901, Strathalbyn SA , d. 1960 (Age 58 years)
	10. Barbara MCRAE, b. 7 May 1908, Strathalbyn SA , d. 8 May 1908, Strathalbyn SA (Age 0 years) []
	11. Ivan Robert Laidlaw MCRAE, b. 6 Nov 1903, Strathalbyn SA , d. 4 May 1969, Sydney NSW (Age 65 years) []

Last Modified 11 Jan 2017 14:39:58

Family ID F-1301 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos
0352 - Donald Hugh McRae & wife Margaret (nee Laidlaw).jpg

Headstones

HS STRATH LAIDLAW AND MCRAE families

Stories
1995 - Donald Hugh McRae & Margaret Gollan Laidlaw
Biography as published in the BRB in 1995.

Sources

[S-3] FS BRB - 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995, The BRB has a good index for each individual. Copies of the BRB available Strathalbyn National Trust Museum & Library, several libraries around Australia including State Library SA, and Western Australian Genealogical Society Bayswater WA Request assistance for locating a copy through 'Contact us' on this website. , 386. (Reliability: 3).
[S-3] FS BRB - 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995, The BRB has a good index for each individual. Copies of the BRB available Strathalbyn National Trust Museum & Library, several libraries around Australia including State Library SA, and Western Australian Genealogical Society Bayswater WA Request assistance for locating a copy through 'Contact us' on this website. .
[S-59] http://www.familyhistorysa.info/colonists.html, Barry Leadbetter, page 4.
MCRAE Duncan, Mary MCLEAN, parents of child born 1858-08-09 named Donald Hugh at Kintail SA

Confirmed by the said website and no alterations made with citations from Website by Barry Leadbetter found by researcher Lorna McLean 05/12/2016
[S-11] BDM certificate - sighted and attached .
[S-59] http://www.familyhistorysa.info/colonists.html, Barry Leadbetter, page 1.
first marriage; Adam Abercrombie married Mary McLean date provided and added by researcher Lorna McLean 05/12/2016

second marriage; MCRAE Duncan, Mary ABERCROMBIE nee MCLEAN married 1852-02-25 at Trinity, Adelaide SA, aged 25=Duncan b1827, 32 (w)=Mary b1820

Confirmed by the said website and NO alterations were made with citations from Website by Barry Leadbetter found by researcher Lorna McLean 05/12/2016