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| Donald Rankin McDonald |
| Family
Name: |
McDonald |
Variant
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| Given
Names: |
Donald Rankin |
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| DOB |
7 June 1810 ?
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DOD |
27 March 1866 ? |
| Place
of Birth: |
Gribun, Isle of Mull, Scotland ?
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Place
of Death: |
Calcutta, India ? |
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| Spouse:
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Ann Campbell (m. 1837 Glasgow) |
| Children: |
Eleven children |
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| Voyages:
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"British King" from Tobermory arr. Sydney 18 February 1839
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out as: |
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| Date
Settled Aus: |
by 1839
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| Addresses:
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Sydney, NSW 1839 (shipping record)
Picton, NSW 1839-1848
Mudgee, NSW 1851-1858 (Bell's Life, Maitland Mercury) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Surgeon and Clerk of Petty Sessions, Picton, NSW 1839 to 1848
Magistrate, Mudgee NSW
Member of Hospital Board, Mudgee, NSW
Commissioner of Crown Lands, Mudgee 1858 |
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| Notes:
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Possibly the same person as Donald McDonald (1) who registered in NSW in April 1839 - otherwise qualifications not known, not registered NSW, presumably unqualified
In view of the uncertainty regarding his identity, the dates and places of birth and death recorded above may be incorrect - Ed.
Descendants have a certificate issued by Anderson's University Glasgow to "Donald McDonald" for a course in midwifery 23 April 1830, and three similar certificates
"British King" shipping list (Judy Webster, refs) includes Donald McDonald, Isle of Mull, surgeon aged 28 and wife aged 20
A list of burials at Fort William, Calcutta, includes Donald McDonald surgeon died 27 March 1866 aged 52 (Judy Webster, refs)
The burial record implies birth year c1813, the shipping record c1810
Both these possible years of birth rule out his identity with Donald McDonald (1) LFPSG 1830 as it was necessary to be aged 21 to get a licence to practice medicine |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated with information supplied by Sue Abbott in June 2003 |
| References: |
Dash K. Isle of Tiree Genealogy website [Dr Donald Rankin McDonald listed with his wife Ann nee Campbell as passengers on "British King" from Tobermory arr. Sydney 28 February 1839]
Donald Rankin MacDonald (1810 - 1866). Wikitree 22 September 2022 [born Isle of Mull 1 June 1810 married Ann Campbell 1837 approx. died 26 March 1866 Calcutta]
Dr. Donald Rankin McDonald (1810-1866). Ancestry.com [as for Wikitree, but adds mother Catherine Rankin, lists 11 children born between 1837 and 1855 incl. Flora Ann b.1854]
Webster J. Dr. Donald Rankin MacDonald. Webster, Hudson and related families. judywebster.com accessed 23 September 2022 [cites shipping list "British King" from Tobermory 1839 etc - see notes]
Assize intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 14 March 1843 [Donald McDonald Surgeon of Glasgow College gives evidence at Berrima and is severely criticised by the judge][is this him?]
Mudgee annual races [advertisement]. Bell’s Life in Sydney 26 April 1851 [Donald Rankin McDonald officiates]
Government Gazette. Maitland Mercury 23 April 1853 [Donald Rankin McDonald appointed coroner for Mudgee]
Mudgee. Empire (Sydney) 14 July 1855 [D. R. McDonald Esq coroner and surgeon performs post mortem examination]
Notice [advertisement]. Sydney Morning Herald 1 September 1855 [dissolution of partnership of dispensing chemists, Mudgee, Donald Rankin McDonald, surgeon, continuing partner]
Mudgee. Empire (Sydney) 13 January 1858 [Presentation to D. R. McDonald Esq]
Insolvent court. Empire (Sydney) 10 May 1858 [Donald Rankin McDonald of Mudgee, surgeon and druggist]
One hundred and fifty pounds reward [advertisement]. Maitland Mercury 21 September 1858 [Donald Rankin McDonald, late Commissioner of Crown Lands, Mudgee, wanted for embezzlement]
Insolvency. NSW Government Gazette 17 December 1858 [Donald Rankin Macdonald of Mudgee surgeon and druggist]
Marriages of minors. Sydney Morning Herald 12 February 1863 [list of JPs able to give consent includes Donald Rankin M'Donald, Mudgee]
Insolvent estates 1871. NSW Government Gazette 20 Febuary 1872 [lists Donald Rankin McDonald, Mudgee]
Marriages. Sydney Morning Herald 19 July 1872 [at Mudgee, Flora Ann daughter of the late D. R. McDonald....] |
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last updated 09-10-2022
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