Born in Paterson, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Willis
and Mary Anne (Corrigan) Willis
Sister of
Fanny (Willis) Phillips, Mary Ann (Willis) Barton, Sarah Willis, William Willis and Jane Willis
Wife of
Alexander McDonald
— married
24 Feb 1858 in C.E St John the Baptist Mudgee
Descendants 
Mother of
John Roderick McDonald, Alexander McDonald, Barbara (McDonald) Hawkins, Rosina (McDonald) Ross, Athol William McDonald, Florence McDonald, Mary Sarah McDonald, Thomas Allan McDonald, Willis Gordon McDonald and Victor Roland McDonald Sn 3409
Died
at age 68
in Kayuga, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jul 2016
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Biography
Rosina was born in 1839 in Paterson, New South Wales . Married Alexander McDonald on the 24 February 1858 in Mudgee. Rosina passed not long after a buggy accident returning home from Muswellbrook after attending their son Willis to Emily Price's wedding on 12 May 1908. Rosina was buried at the Muswellbrook Presbyterian Cemetery and on the 21 January 1919 Alexander was buried beside her.
Rosina was the 3rd child born being; five girls and 1 boy, at the age of 19 Rosina was married to Alexander McDonald but consent had to be given by her father John.
Sources
https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?1
NSW BDM Online birth WILLIS ROSINA 2444/1839 V18392444 42A JOHN MARY
NSW BDM Online marriage 2191/1858 MCDONALD ALEXANDER WILLIS ROSINA MUDGEE
NSW BDM Online death MACDONALD ROSINA 6334/1908 JOHN MARY MUSWELLBROOK
Source: McDonald family Bible McDonald a genealogical overview (in house publishing 2014)
TROVE Story in the Muswellbrook Paper and Maitland Mercury of her tragic death happening whilst her and Alexander and young Grandson were returning from their sons wedding in Muswellbrook, they rounded a corner in the buggy and Rosina fell out hitting her head on a rock, she was taken just down the road to her daughters home and died shortly after
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rosina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rosina:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rosina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rosina:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Jill (Hudson) Fry 
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