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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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 1854 - 1909 (55 years)
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| Name |
John DONALDSON |
| Born |
1854 |
Newry Ireland  |
- Newry is in Northern Ireland 34 miles from Belfast and 67 miles from Dublin with a population of 29,946 in 2011. Newry straddles counties Armagh and Down.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Address |
Tower Hill Vic |
At Tower Hill Vic for a number of years.
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| Biography Notes |
1857 |
Ireland [1] |
Emmigrated from Northern Ireland with his mother and six siblings. The couple joined their father, James (who had migrated 1855) at "another Belfast" Victoria Australia (2016;now called Port Fairy).
xxxxx John was left behind to sell the farms, and to join the others later.
John and Helena journeyed to Warialda and made their home on a property named 'Pine Hills'. Here their first eight children were born. When the ninth child was due, Helena, decided to go to the Warialda hospital. A week after the baby's birth, Helena died of septicaemia, aged 36 years.
John and Helena's children were :-
* Margaret Louisa, born January 20, 1880;
* John Austin, born November 30, 1883; He married Miss Ela Rickard b1887, known as 'Granny Donaldson'.
* Annie Matilda, born September 23, 1881;
* Beatrice Helena born August 9, 1886;
* Theresa Edith, born April 14, 1888;
* Henry Cyril, born 1890, died 1893;
* Norman Bowland, b.6 Mar 1893 d.29 Dec 1893;
* Gwendoline Pearl, born May 4, 1894;
* Helena Dorothy, born May 1, 1896; Her mother (Helena) died a week after this birth of septacaemia and the 6moa baby-Helena d.1.Nov 1894.
After his wife's death John engaged Rachel Jane McDonald as housekeeper. They married several years later. Jenny continued to care for her husband?s first family as well as her own.
John owned three properties, 'Pine Hills', 'Roseneath' and 'Bendee' which he had bought from his brother Samuel.
He was a shire councillor at Warialda and served a term as president.
Emmigrated from Northern Ireland with his mother and six siblings. They joined the father, James (who had migrated 1855) at "another Belfast" Victoria Australia (2016;now called Port Fairy).
They were at Tower Hill Vic for a number of years.
Around 1873, John and his two brothers selected land in the Horsham district, Wimmera Shire. According to rate book many members of the Donaldson family held land and they probably assisted each other in farming these properties. In 1876, the rate book shows John had 319 acres 3 roods 33 perches. In 1877 he had a dwelling on his block.
In Horsham, on April 23 1879 John married Helena Mary Heard, aged 19 years, daughter of Samuel and Mary Heard, nee Parsons.
Around that time, his brothers and sisters, after five years in the Wimmera district, left to settle near Warialda in northern New South Wales. John was left behind to sell the farms, and to join the others later.
John and Helena journeyed to Warialda and made their home on a property named 'Pine Hills'. Here their first eight children were born. When the ninth child was due, Helena, decided to go to the Warialda hospital. A week after the baby's birth, Helena died of septicaemia, aged 36 years.
John and Helena's children were :-
* Margaret Louisa, born January 20, 1880;
* John Austin, born November 30, 1883; He married Miss Ela Rickard b1887, known as 'Granny Donaldson'.
* Annie Matilda, born September 23, 1881;
* Beatrice Helena born August 9, 1886;
* Theresa Edith, born April 14, 1888;
* Henry Cyril, born 1890, died 1893;
* Norman Bowland, b.6 Mar 1893 d.29 Dec 1893;
* Gwendoline Pearl, born May 4, 1894;
* Helena Dorothy, born May 1, 1896; Her mother (Helena) died a week after this birth of septacaemia and the 6moa baby-Helena d.1.Nov 1894.
John owned three properties, 'Pine Hills', 'Roseneath' and 'Bendee' which he had bought from his brother Samuel.
He was a shire councillor at Warialda and served a term as president.
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| Residence |
23 Apr 1873 |
Warialda NSW |
| April 23 1879 John married Helena Mary Heard, aged 19 years, daughter of Samuel and Mary Heard, nee Parsons. Around that time, his brothers and sisters, after five years in the Wimmera district, left to settle near Warialda in northern New South Wales. |
| Residence |
1873 - 1877 |
Horsham Vic |
| Around 1873, John and his two brothers selected land in the Horsham district, Wimmera Shire. According to rate book many members of the Donaldson family held land and they probably assisted each other in farming these properties. In 1876, the rate book shows John had 319 acres 3 roods 33 perches. In 1877 he had a dwelling on his block. |
| Cause of death |
23 Mar 1909 |
Warialda NSW [2] |
| John died of chronic heart disease on March 23, 1909, aged 55 years, and was buried in Warialda Cemetery NSW |
| Public Office |
Warialda NSW |
| Shire councillor and President for one term. |
| Died |
23 Mar 1909 |
Warialda NSW [3] |
| Person ID |
I-7593 |
Christina and Donald McLean |
| Last Modified |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Father |
James DONALDSON |
| Relationship |
-2471 |
| Mother |
Margaret AUSTIN |
| Relationship |
-2471 |
| Residence |
Kilkeel Ireland |
| Kilkeel is a small town, civil parish and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies within the historic barony of Mourne. |
| Family ID |
F-2471 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Helena Mary HEARD, b. 1860, d. 8 May 1896, Horsham Vic (Age 36 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Margaret Louisa DONALDSON, b. 20 Jan 1880 |
| | 2. Annie Matilda DONALDSON, b. 23 Sep 1881 |
| | 3. John Austin DONALDSON, b. 30 Nov 1883 |
| | 4. Beatrice Helena DONALDSON, b. 9 Aug 1886 |
| | 5. Theresa Edith DONALDSON, b. 15 Apr 1888 |
| | 6. Henry Cyril DONALDSON, b. 1890, d. 1893 (Age 3 years) |
| | 7. Norman Bowland DONALDSON, b. 6 Mar 1893, d. 29 Dec 1893 (Age 0 years) |
| | 8. Gwendoline Pearl DONALDSON, b. 4 May 1894 |
| | 9. Helena Dorothy DONALDSON, b. 1 May 1896, d. 1 Nov 1896 (Age 0 years) |
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| Last Modified |
25 Jan 2021 09:34:54 |
| Family ID |
F-2472 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Rachel Jane Cheriton MCDONALD, b. 30 Jan 1867, Finniss SA , d. c1940, Bondi NSW (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
1897 |
Warialda NSW [4] |
| Children |
| | 1. Ina Jean DONALDSON, b. 5 Oct 1898, Warialda NSW [] |
| + | 2. Irene Rachel (Dot) DONALDSON, b. 5 Oct 1901, Pine Hills Qld , d. 26 Oct 1959 (Age 58 years) [] |
| + | 3. Ian Angus DONALDSON, b. 17 Mar 1903, Pine Hills Qld , d. 19 May 1949, Aramac Qld (Age 46 years) |
| + | 4. Norman Charles Stewart DONALDSON, Corporal, b. 15 Jul 1904, Pine Hills Qld , d. 14 Aug 1988, Southport Qld (Age 84 years) [] |
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| Last Modified |
25 Jan 2021 07:33:00 |
| Family ID |
F-2470 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Headstones |
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John Donaldson is reported to have died from a chronic heart condition that eventually failed him at a young 55 yoa. |
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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. , Page 220 in Rachel's section.
- [S-106] BDM NSW, https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?3, 8 Feb Researcher Lorna Mclean.
DONALDSON JOHN Ref:3616/ yeaqr 1909 father; JAMES mother: MARGARET: buried AT WARIALDA NSW
- [S-76] MyHeritage, my heritage (with a log in), 8 Feb Researcher Lorna Mclean.
John Donaldson Birth 1854 Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Marriage Circa 1897 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia Marriage to:
Circa 1897 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia
Death Mar 23 1909 Warialda,Victoria, Australia
Burial Warialda,Victoria, Australia
- [S-76] MyHeritage, my heritage (with a log in), 8 Feb Researcher Lorna Mclean.
John Donaldson Birth 1854 Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Marriage Circa 1897 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia Marriage to:Rachel Jane Cheriton Circa 1897 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia Death Mar 23 1909 Warialda, Victoria, Australia Burial Warialda, Victoria, Australia
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