John McDONALD 1804-1878 & Flora LAMONT 1813-1878

Isle of Skye, INV, Sct & Hotspur, Vic, Aus

John McDONALD b. 1804 Isle of Skye, Sct son of Hector McDONALD and Catherine NICHOLSON was married in 1838 at Snizort, Isle of Skye, Sct to Flora LAMONT b. 1818 Kilmartin, Sct, dau of John & Margaret LAMONT. John, Flora & family arrived at Portland, Victoria on the "New Zealander" in 1853. They settled at Hotspur where John's brother Hector McDONALD (of the "Crawford Inn", Hotspur and "Mac's Hotel" in Portland) had been residing for a number of years. John and Flora appear to have had the following family:

  1. Mary McDONALD b. 1838 Skye, Sct, mar. Archibald McLEAN

  2. Hector McDONALD b. 1840, Skye, Sct, m. Sarah McDONALD

    1. John McDONALD b. 1868 Branxholme, Vic;

    2. Neil McDONALD b. 1870 Branxholme, Vic, d. 1891;

    3. Flora McDONALD b. 1871 Branxholme, Vic, m. William John HENDERSON.


  3. Margaret 'Peggy' McDONALD b. 1842, Skye, Sct m. John McMILLAN at St John's CofE, Digby in 1864.

  4. Catherine McDONALD b. 1844, Skye, Sct m. Malcolm McINTOSH

    1. Catherine McINTOSH b. 1864 Branxholme, Vic, m. James PEARCE;

    2. Christina McINTOSH b. 1866 Branxholme, Vic, m. Donald McDONALD;

    3. Angus McINTOSH b. 1868 Branxholme, Vic, m. Bessie GEAR;

    4. Flora McINTOSH b. 1872 Branxholme, Vic, m. James McINNES;

    5. Mary Ann McINTOSH b. 1874 Branxholme, Vic, m. Harry Thomas WALTER;

    6. Margaret Ann McINTOSH b. 1876 Branxholme, Vic, m. Charles Henry MILNER;

    7. Sarah McINTOSH b. 1878 Branxholme, Vic, m. Robert GRANT;

    8. Annie McINTOSH b. 1880 Branxholme, Vic, m. Arthur Robert DOWLING;

    9. Isabella McINTOSH b. 1882 Branxholme, Vic, d. 1885;

    10. John McINTOSH b. 1884 Branxholme, Vic, m. Ethel Maud Hughes;

    11. Jane McINTOSH b. 1886 Branxholme, Vic, m. ? HILES;


  5. John McDONALD b. 1847, Skye, Sct, m. Isabella McGUINESS
    John McDONALD b. 1847 Inverness, Sct married 1879 Victoria to Isabella McGUINESS b. 1856 Portland, Victoria, dau of Robert McGUINESS and Elizabeth "Betsy" McDONALD and they had the following children:

    1. Andrew McDONALD b. 1880, Digby, Vic
      • WW1 Pte 2337, 39th Battalion, AIF
      • enlisted 10 Apr 1916
      • RTA 27 May 1919
      • Tree 80 in Digby Avenue of Honour, planted by Mr W OUTTRAM Snr

    2. Flora Isabella McDONALD b. 1881 Digby, Vic;

    3. John Alexander McDONALD b. 1884 Hotspur, Vic, mar. Ellen BIRD

    4. Elizabeth McDONALD b. 1886 Hotspur, Vic, mar. George Charles ELLIS;

    5. Robert McDONALD b. 1889 Hotspur, Vic;

    6. Hector McDONALD b. 1891 Hotspur, Vic, d. 1917 Belgium

    7. Donald McDONALD b. 1894 Hotspur, Vic, d. 1957, m. Ida Agnes Pearl BLACKWOOD

    8. Margaret McDONALD b. 1897 Hotspur, Vic, d. 1974 m. Joseph Wallace WHYTE;

    9. Angus McDONALD b. 1899 Hotspur, Vic.


  6. Anne McDONALD b. 1848, Skye, Sct _______?

  7. Flora McDONALD b. c1852, Skye, Sct, m. Donald McINTOSH

  8. Angus McDONALD b. 1855, Hotspur, Vic, m. Margaret McGUINESS
    Angus McDONALD b. 1855 Hotspur, Victoria married 1883 Victoria to Margaret McGUINESS b. 1863 Strathdownie, Victoria dau of Robert McGUINESS and Elizabeth "Betsy" McDONALD and they had the following children:

    1. John Robert McDONALD b. 1884, Digby, Vic, mar. Flora Ethel McDONALD

    2. Elizabeth McDONALD b. 1886 Digby, Vic, mar. Jesse Wilfred MALSEED;

    3. Angus Alexander McDONALD b. 1888 Digby, Vic, m. Olive Adelaide BELL
      • WW1 1st AIF, 8th Battery, 3rd Fld Artillery Bde
      • Tree 39 Hotspur Avenue of Honour, planted by Mr A McDONALD
      • Tree 48 Digby Avenue of Honour, planted by Mrs T HIDE
      • Hotspur State School Honour Roll

    4. Hector McDONALD b. 1890 Digby, Vic, d. 1916 France
      • WW1 1st AIF, 59th Battalion
      • KIA, France, 21-12-1916
      • Tree 36 Hotspur Avenue of Honour, planted by Miss F KING
      • Tree 60 Digby Avenue of Honor, planted by Mr D McINTOSH
      • Hotspur State School Honour Roll

    5. Margaret Flora McDONALD b. 1893 Digby, Vic;

    6. Andrew Leonard / Lamond McDONALD [MM] b. 1895 Digby, Vic
      • WW1 Sgt 7048, 14th Battalion, AIF
      • enlisted 13 Oct 1916
      • awarded Military Medal [MM]
      • RTA ___
      • Tree 8 Hotspur Avenue of Honour, planted by Mr A McLEAN
      • Tree 8 Digby Avenue of Honour, planted by Mrs H B SHAW
      • Hotspur State School Honour Roll

    7. Neil Douglas McDONALD 1898 Digby, Vic; m. Doris ?
      • WW1 1st AIF
      • WW2


  9. Annie McDONALD b. 1858, Hotspur, Vic, m. Donald McKINNON.

    1. Hector McKINNON b. 1885 Condah, Vic, d. 1887;

    2. John McKINNON b. 1887 Condah, Vic, ? ;

    3. Allan Charles McKINNON b. 1890 Condah, Vic, ? ;

    4. Donald McKINNON b. 1891 Condah, Vic, ? ;

    5. Duncan McLennan McKINNON b. 1893 Condah, Vic, m. Annie Louisa TALBOT

    6. Hector McKINNON b. 1896 Condah, Vic, ? ;

    7. Neil McPhail McKINNON b. 1898 Condah, Vic, ? ;