Person:Ann McDonald (19)

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Ann McDonald
b.1848 Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
d.25 Jun 1912 30 Roseberry St, Balmain, NSW, Australia
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  1. Ann McDonald1848 - 1912
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m. 29 Dec 1865
  1. Ann (Annie) Spalding1873 - 1948
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Name Ann McDonald
Married Name Spalding _____
Gender Female
Birth? 1848 Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Marriage 29 Dec 1865 Auchen Gramont House, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotlandto William Spalding
Death? 25 Jun 1912 30 Roseberry St, Balmain, NSW, Australia
Burial? 27 Jun 1912 Old Pres #103 Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW, Australia

Ann McDonald was born in about 1848 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. 

   1851 census   - aged  5 (b 1846)
   1861 census   - aged 13 (b 1848)
   1865 marriage - aged 18 (b 1847)
   1871 census   - aged 24 (b 1847)
   1884 entry    - aged 36 (b 1848)
   1912 death    - aged 63 (b 1849)

   Ann and her husband William brought their family to Australia arriving on 16 February 1884 in the "Stirlingshire".  The passenger entry records give her religion as UP, Native Place or County as Lanark with no relations in the Colony.  She was listed as aged 36. The shipping list shows the three boys, William aged 17, Peter aged 15 and Thomas aged 13, listed separately from their parents and young sisters Annie and Jane, and baby John.  The boys have been listed with the other single men.  

   The 'Stirlingshire' passenger list in 1884 (when the Spaldings' arrived) also shows: James McDonald age 28, Mary Jane McDonald age 30, Mary McDonald age 6, and Maggie McDonald age 1 - There is not much chance that there is a connection. Note that James and Mary Jane McDonald also settled in Balmain as they had a child, Martin, registered in Balmain.  Birth: NSW BDM 4508/1886  MCDONALD  MARTIN T H  JAMES  MARY J  BALMAIN    

   For William Spalding's death in 1913 there were also funeral notices inviting friends of Mr. & Mrs. John McDonald to attend the funeral of their late dearly loved uncle and friends of Mr. W. Hannah to attend the funeral of his late dearly loved uncle and officers and members of the court of Court "Foresters' Home" No. 6517 AOF Balmain.  Myrtle (Spalding) Mackay remembers cousins named John and Martha McDonald, if the above funeral notice is taken literally calling William their uncle, then John McDonald would be the child of Ann's brother. They had no children, John returned to Scotland ill and died there.

   Anne's probate papers are held by the NSW State Records: Series 4, Container SC002461, Item 59851.  She left a will and her body was viewed by her daughter Nellie Nash (wife of Albert Ernest Nash of Gladesville, Engineer.)

   Anne owned two properties; numbers 28 and 30 Roseberry Street Balmain, and left them both and other assets valued at 656 pounds to her youngest son Andrew.  He was to provide accommodation to her husband, William as long as he paid the rates. Only if Andrew predeceased his father with no issue of his own would the assets pass to the other children. Not to the husband.

   DEATH: NSW BDM 4825/1912  SPALDING  Ann, Father-Malcolm, Mother-Jane, Registered at BALMAIN SOUTH    
   Cause of death was listed as cancer of stomach - duration 12 months (Field of Mars, presbyt. transcript 30940)
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