Eric Buckland Mackellar (1883 - 1950)

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Frances (Thornton) MacKellar — married 10 Oct 1927 (to 18 Feb 1929) in Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia

Died 29 Mar 1950 at about age 67 in Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Eric was born in 1883, the son of Charles Mackellar and Marion Buckland.^[1]

They spent time in Gunnedah, NSW, at their Kurrumbede property. The early Australian film "The Man from Kangaroo" was to have been partly filmed at this property. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

In 1927, Eric married Ann F Thornton.^[5][6] After travelling to Europe via the USA in 1928^[7][8] Ann died in February 1929.^[9]

He died in 1950.^[10][11]

DEATHS MACKELLAR Eric Buckland - March 29 1930, at 155 Darling Point Road Darling Point son of the late Sir Charles and Lady Mackellar, brother of Keith Kinnaird (decd.) and Malcolm (decd.) and of Dorothea Mackellar

Sources

1. ↑ From FamilySearch & other web references
2. ↑ MOTION PICTURES. (1919, September 3). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 11. Retrieved December 29, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15855032
3. ↑ WOMAN’S WIT AND HUMOR. (1919, December 10). Critic (Adelaide, SA : 1897-1924), p. 36. Retrieved December 29, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212483399
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_Kangaroo
5. ↑ NSW BDM marriage reg. no. 18655/1927, of MACKELLAR, ERIC B, and THORNTON, ANN F, registered at WOOLLAHRA
6. ↑ Family Notices (1927, October 19). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 14. Retrieved December 29, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16412391
7. ↑ "Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR9-PFGT : 24 March 2022), Eric B Mackellar, 1928; citing Ship , NARA microfilm publication A3422 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ "United States, California, Certificates Surrendered at San Francisco from Aliens Previously at Honolulu, Hawaii, 1912-1946", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CCGL-1DZM : 15 April 2020), Eric B Mackellar, 1928.
9. ↑ Family Notices (1929, February 22). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved December 29, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16533316
10. ↑ NSW BDM DC 1266/1950 PADDINGTON, CHARLES KINNAIRD & MARION
11. ↑ Family Notices (1950, March 31). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 18. Retrieved December 29, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18154653