[Index]
Alice Mary DONALDSON (1870 - 1923)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Dorothy Donaldson HOWES (1892 - 1980)
Jack Donaldson HOWES (1895 - 1917)
Noel Donaldson HOWES (1897 - 1959)
Jeanette Donaldson HOWES (1900 - 1986)
Alice Mary DONALDSON (1870 - 1923)

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Francis (Frank) HOWES (1866 - 1931)
Philip DONALDSON (1837 - ) James DONALDSON



Jane RIDDLE



Emma Louisa ELWORTHY (1841 - 1920) George ELWORTHY (1813 - 1878) James ELWORTHY (1770 - 1837)
Grace Thirza LEIGH (1771 - 1836)
Emma BOWCHER (1810 - 1854) John BOWCHER (1762 - 1828)
Elizabeth TOWNSEND (1772 - 1858)
Alice Mary DONALDSON

Alice Mary DONALDSON
Alice Mary DONALDSON Alice Mary DONALDSON
b. 1870 at Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia
m. 11 Nov 1891 Francis (Frank) HOWES (1866 - 1931) at Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
d. 1923 at Manly, New South Wales, Australia aged 53
Parents:
Philip DONALDSON (1837 - )
Emma Louisa ELWORTHY (1841 - 1920)
Siblings (8):
James George DONALDSON (1862 - 1932)
Emma R DONALDSON (1864 - 1917)
Robert Charles DONALDSON (1867 - 1955)
Amelia Jeanetta (Et) DONALDSON (1869 - 1954)
Philip A DONALDSON (1872 - 1877)
Ellen Annie DONALDSON (1875 - 1875)
William Knowles DONALDSON (1876 - 1877)
Leslie Sinclair DONALDSON (1879 - 1947)
Children (4):
Dorothy Donaldson HOWES (1892 - 1980)
Jack Donaldson HOWES (1895 - 1917)
Noel Donaldson HOWES (1897 - 1959)
Jeanette Donaldson HOWES (1900 - 1986)
Grandchildren (5):
Jack Gilbert RADFORD (1916 - 1985), Glenn Frederick RADFORD (1919 - 2004)
Events in Alice Mary DONALDSON (1870 - 1923)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1870 Alice Mary DONALDSON was born Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia 13309/1870
11 Nov 1891 21 Married Francis (Frank) HOWES (aged 25) Waverley, New South Wales, Australia 8082/1891
15 Nov 1892 22 Birth of daughter Dorothy Donaldson HOWES Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia 39451/1892
abt May 1895 25 Birth of son Jack Donaldson HOWES Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia 28617/1895
01 Oct 1897 27 Birth of son Noel Donaldson HOWES Waverley, New South Wales, Australia 36648/1897
03 Dec 1900 30 Birth of daughter Jeanette Donaldson HOWES Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia 8922/1900
14 Aug 1917 47 Death of son Jack Donaldson HOWES (aged 22) Ypres, Belgium
1920 50 Death of mother Emma Louisa ELWORTHY (aged 79) Waverley, New South Wales, Australia 19925/1920
1923 53 Alice Mary DONALDSON died Manly, New South Wales, Australia 9388/1923
Personal Notes:
The next Donaldson daughter Alice born at Murrurundi in 1870 married Francis HOWES on 11 Nov 1891. Frank was born in King Street, Sydney on 9 ApI 1866, son of Irish Mary MULLENS and William Howes who had come to Australia aged 16. By three wives, he had 11 children - Frank being the youngest. William was a merchant tailor with a shop at Circular Quay where the sailing ships berthed.
Frank too became a master tailor and one of the leading exponents of that craft with several shops in Sydney, one of which in 1895 was at 95 King Street. Sharing an occupation, he probably knew George Elworthy and it's quite possible Alice met Frank whilst visiting Grandfather George.
She was certainly in Sydney in November 1885 when she had her photograph taken by Atkinson & Tebbutt, 508 George Street, Sydney. The pretty girl with a retrousse nose, firm mouth and wide-set eyes sent a copy to her Uncle James in Gundagai "From Allie 15 years last birthday". A later photograph shows a tiny-waisted, elegantly dressed young lady with a thick plait round her dark luxuriant curls.
She was only 53 when she died at Manly in 1923 and Frank later married Anne SINGIS. He died at his home in Addison Road, Manly on 04 May 1931, the Gundagai Times reporting that Howes' tailoring business was one of the oldest in the Commonwealth. Both Frank and Alice are interred at Manly Cemetery.
Source References:
2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997
- Reference = 142 (Name, Notes)

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