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...do YOUR families link back to first South Australian wheat growers?
Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837
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 1850 - 1939 (89 years)
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| Name |
Flora MCDONALD |
| Born |
8 Sep 1850 |
Finniss SA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Education |
Flora, with her older sister Annie, attended Mrs Bell's school at Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide. [1] |
| Residence |
Nurrabiel Vic [2] |
| Flora and Joseph moved to a wattle and daub dwelling with a thatched roof. It had belonged to the Cameron family. When the thatch roof burned, the people of the district took up a collection and to help pay for a corrugated iron roof - the first in the district. |
| Died |
21 Oct 1939 |
Horsham Vic |
| Buried |
Nurrabiel Vic |
| Person ID |
I-5827 |
Christina and Donald McLean |
| Last Modified |
27 Apr 2016 |
| Father |
Ewen MCDONALD, b. 1818, Inverness Scotland , d. 14 Jul 1905, Noradjuha Vic (Age 87 years) |
| Mother |
Rachel MCLEAN, b. 6 Feb 1825, Duisky Scotland , d. 20 Aug 1908 (Age 83 years) |
| Married |
8 Dec 1847 |
Adelaide SA [3] |
- The wedding celebrant was Rev James Farrell. The witnesses were Sarah Douglas and Donald Stewart.
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| Family ID |
F-898 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Joseph MCDONALD, b. 16 Oct 1851, Cumberland UK , d. 19 Mar 1924, Nurrabiel Vic (Age 72 years) |
| Married |
17 Dec 1879 |
Horsham Vic [2] |
| Marriage/Wedding |
17 Dec 1879 |
Horsham Vic [2] |
Unbeknown to their families Flora and Joseph slipped away to Horsham Vic, where they were quietly married by the Reverend R B Scott at the Presbyterian Church. Their witnesses were Mary Florence Hall and Letitia Frances Young.
Although Flora and Joseph have the same surname, their families are not related. |
| Residence |
Jallumba Vic |
| Children |
| | 1. Jessie MCDONALD, b. 23 Sep 1880, Jallumba Vic , d. 20 Aug 1963, Wimmera Vic (Age 82 years) |
| | 2. Edith Florence MCDONALD, b. 7 Oct 1882, Nurrabiel Vic , d. 11 Mar 1884, Nurrabiel Vic (Age 1 years) |
| + | 3. William Joseph MCDONALD, b. 29 May 1884, Nurrabiel Vic , d. 26 Sep 1958 (Age 74 years) |
| | 4. Oswald Allan MCDONALD, b. 3 Nov 1886, Nurrabiel Vic , d. 27 Apr 1968 (Age 81 years) |
| | 5. Archibald Ewen MCDONALD, b. 3 Nov 1886, d. 8 Feb 1888 (Age 1 years) |
| | 6. Louis Stanley MCDONALD, b. 4 Feb 1888, Nurrabiel Vic , d. 13 Apr 1889 (Age 1 years) |
| + | 7. Edwin Harold MCDONALD, b. 15 Feb 1890, Nurrabiel Vic , d. 13 Jan 1936, Nurrabiel Vic (Age 45 years) [] |
| | 8. Olive MCDONALD, b. 4 Sep 1892, Nurrabiel Vic , d. 8 Nov 1960 (Age 68 years) |
| | 9. Gordon LLoyd MCDONALD, b. 1 Jul 1894, Nurrabiel Vic , d. 7 Jun 1917, Messines France (Age 22 years) [] |
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| Last Modified |
16 Jan 2017 10:07:42 |
| Family ID |
F-2084 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos
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 | 0460 - Flora & Joseph McDonald.jpg
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 | 0469 - McDonald family at Glencoe, Mockinya - Bill, Jessie, Gordon, Olive, Joe, Flora, Ted & Allan.jpg
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 | 0461 - Flora McDonald.jpg
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 | 0462 - First home of Flora & Joseph McDonald.jpg
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 | 0425 - Flora McDonald.jpg
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 | 0465 - Angus McDonald with Flora, Jessie, Allan, Olive & Tean Christina Margaret.jpg
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| Sources |
- [S-3] BRB 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995 copies available, 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. , 65.
- [S-3] BRB 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995 copies available, 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. , Page 99 in Rachel's section.
- [S-3] BRB 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995 copies available, 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. , 40.
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