http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107703519
Muswellbrook Chronicle 4 Mar1903.
Mary, fifth daughter of late John MCDONALD marries Albert Richard BROOKS
… mentions sibling and niece.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107533975 Muswellbrook Chronicle 26 Apr 1940
Obit for bachelor, John Alexander MCDONALD of Mt Vernon and Glen Ayr. Aged 75 years. Siblings mentions, including Mrs M A BROOKS.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158998739 Scone Advocate 10 Nov 1936
Obit Mrs McPHEE, 78years, a native of Rouchel, her parents settled there ‘just on a century since’ … many names of family members mentioned.
JM
Also quickly just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all of your help!
I have this obituary, found at this link:http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31387646?searchTerm=%22john%20mcdonald%22&searchLimits=dateFrom=1839-01-01|||dateTo=1910-12-31|||l-advstate=New+South+Wales
It states that " MR. JOHN MCDONALD
DECEASED.
YESTERDAY morning at about 10 o'clock,
at his residence, Urayarra, after about
six months of illness from complications
arising from weakness of heart and
dropsical swelling, Mr. John McDonald,
whose name has been associated with
the far-famed Urayarra station proper-
ties, breathed his last. He was one of
the oldest, most enterprising, and best-
known men of the trans-Murrumbidgee
portion of the Queanbeyan district; and
one of several brothers who arrived in
New South Wales nearly 70 years ago
with their parents from Inverness
shire, Scotland. The deceased gentle
man had reached the ripe old age of 79
years, and leaves a widow and several
sons and daughters. Two of his sons,
A. J. and M. M. McDonald, have for
some few years past-taken over the
Urayarra property ; while another son,
William, owns the neighbouring estate
of Mountain View; and another, John
A. McDonald, is engaged in the wool
trade. The funeral takes place to-
morrow at Canberra, at 3 p.m.
The Sandy,Creek Estate, in the
Wagga district which has been sub-
divided for closer settlement, was
offered at auction on Tuesday. Eleven
blocks, aggregating 6713 acres, were
sold, realising £34,255, an average of
about £5 2s an acre."
However, this is in 1908, when supposedly his death in the chart I have is 1868. It mentions his sons as a William, a John A. (possibly the John Alexander we have been talking about), an A. J and an M.M. It also mentions him coming over from Inverness with his parents almost 70 years ago, which doing the math (1908-1939) is 69 years. It also mentions him being around 79 years, which means he would have been 10 on arrival in Aus.
This is probably just a massive coincidence but it has made me double check a few times.
