I Recently Request Information Re My Maternal Great Grand Father Thanks to a Member I Have Found a Death Notice So I Could Work Out His Year of Birth ...

By Seymour January 31, 2016 911 views 3 comments

His name is David McDonald and so was his fathers. It appears he was a gardener in South Australia. I have found a story through Trove of a David McDonald being attacked and robbed in Gawler, South Australia in 1868 & 1869 the year he was married and the birth of his first child, David Edward. According to the information I have he was 36 years old when he married Mary Jane Smith which makes him 17 years older than her. Mary Jane's father was a gardener so I wonder if there was some connection either before or after their arrival in South Australia in 1850. He wasn't on the same ship I have checked.
Does anyone have any ideas or know the family?

Comments (3)

Oldfart333

Hi,
Go to your nearest big library and ask to look at the Digger Disks (that most library's have) and then check the South Australian Disks and look for his information as to birth, marriage and death and hopefully on his death information it should have his place of birth.

Seymour

Thanks,
I'll give it a go.