Mary (Campbell) McDonald (1795 - 1839)

Born 29 Jan 1795 in Allan, Fearn, Cromartyshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 26 Mar 1839 at age 44 in Strathaird near Goulburn, New South Wales

Biography

Mary (Campbell) McDonald was born in Scotland.

Mary was born at Allan in Fearn parish, Cromartyshire and baptised there on 29 January 1795. She is the daughter of Charles Campbell and Isobell Ross. The entry in the parish register reads Janry. 29th Charles Campbell, Smith in Allan and Isobel Ross his Spouse had a child baptized by the name of Mary. Witnesses John Ross, Grieve, & Norman Ross, Servant there. The Child was born said day...^[1] (A grieve was the head worker on a farm - what we would now call a farm manager.)

Mary (Campbell) McDonald migrated from Ross-shire, Scotland to the Colony of New South Wales.

Mary (Campbell) McDonald was a Bounty Immigrant to New South Wales.

Mary arrived in Australia on the ship Lady McNaughton in 1839 with Donald and 3 sons & 3 daughters and settled in the Goulburn area of NSW. [Jean Little adds: Donald and Mary McDonald's Immigrant papers show their children as Alexander, Donald, Charles, Sophia, Bell and Jane]

Mary's parents are given as Charles Cameron, blacksmith and Bell Ross Cameron on the shipping indent.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/, Church registers - Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms, Fearn parish

• NSW State records Index to Persons on Government ships Aug 1837-Feb 1840

• NRS5313/4_4780/Lady McNaughton_28 Jan 1839/ from the Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists on the New South Wales State Archives and Records website at: http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?series=NRS5313&item=4_4780&ship=Lady%20McNaughton