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Walter DONALD (1825 - 1896)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Walter DONALD (1825 - 1896) + Emma HUGHES (1836 - 1885)	George DONALD (1791 - 1889)
		Annie JOHNSTONE ( - 1889)

b. 1825 at Rothiemay, Banffshire, Scotland

m. 18 Jan 1854 Emma HUGHES (1836 - 1885) at Goomburra, Queensland, Australia

d. 1896 at Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia aged 71

Near Relatives of Walter DONALD (1825 - 1896)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	John HUGHES	1810	Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales	23 Jul 1886	Richmond, Bowen, Queensland, Australia	76
Mother in Law	Catherine MADELEY	14 Mar 1814	Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales	15 Dec 1896	Richmond, Bowen, Queensland, Australia	82
Father	George DONALD	1791	Scotland	1889	Upper Coomera, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	98
Mother	Annie JOHNSTONE			1889	Coomera, Queensland, Australia
Self	Walter DONALD	1825	Rothiemay, Banffshire, Scotland	1896	Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia	71
Wife	Emma HUGHES	12 Dec 1836	Ruaben, Debighshire, Wales	15 Apr 1885	Roma, Queensland, Australia	48
Brother	George DONALD	1832	Rothiemay, Banffshire, Scotland	1881	Irvingdale, Dalby, Queensland, Australia	49
Niece	Georgina Wells DONALD	1865	'Callandoon', Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia	1936	Dalby, Queensland, Australia	71
Nephew	John Greenwood HUGHES	1861	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1861	Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	Joseph HUGHES	1862	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1862	Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	Edwin HUGHES	1863	Bowen/Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1863	Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	William Madeley HUGHES	1866	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	1923	Babinda, Queensland, Australia	57
Nephew	James Greenwood HUGHES	1868	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1869	Queensland, Australia	1
Nephew	Joseph Walter HUGHES	1870	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1872	Queensland, Australia	2
Nephew	Thomas Edmund HUGHES	1872	Queensland, Australia	1937	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	65
Niece	Sarah Annie HUGHES	1874	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia	1919	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	45
Nephew	George Alfred HUGHES	1878	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia	1916	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	38
Nephew	Frederick Edward HUGHES	1883	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia	1931	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	48
Nephew	George Joseph BOULTER	1867	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1917	Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia	50
Nephew	John William Alfred BOULTER	25 Nov 1869	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1931	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	62
Nephew	Walter Donald BOULTER	16 Jul 1870	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1953	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	83
Nephew	Henry BOULTER	16 Jun 1872	Queensland, Australia	22 Jun 1872	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	James Madley (Maideley) BOULTER	17 Oct 1873	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1947	Concord, Sydney, NSW, Australia	74
Niece	Emma Eliza Merey BOULTER	18 Feb 1875	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1954	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	79
Nephew	Hilton Arthur BOULTER	01 Sep 1876	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	08 Dec 1927	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	51
Nephew	Edgar Herbert Simpson BOULTER	11 May 1879	Queensland, Australia	21 Jun 1939	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	60
Niece	Eva Ada Kate BOULTER	16 Oct 1881	Queensland, Australia	1963	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	82
Nephew	Clement Charles BOULTER	23 Feb 1883	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1948	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	65
Nephew	Victor Edgerton BOULTER	15 Jul 1885	Queensland, Australia	1967	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	82
Nephew	Herbert Albini FITZALAN	1883	Queensland, Australia	1925	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	42
Niece	Agnes Valeria Kate FITZALAN	1885	Queensland, Australia	1898	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	13
Nephew	Terance Albini FITZALAN	1887	Queensland, Australia	1888	Queensland, Australia	1
Niece	Florella Louise FITZALAN	1889	Queensland, Australia	1984	Queensland, Australia	95
Nephew	Eustace Albini FITZALAN	1891	Queensland, Australia	1963	Queensland, Australia	72
Niece	Aimee Somers FITZALAN	1900	Queensland, Australia	1915	Queensland, Australia	15
Sister in Law	Hannah HUGHES	12 Dec 1835	Ruaben, Debighshire, Wales	25 Oct 1902	Dalby, Queensland, Australia	66
Brother in Law	William Madeley HUGHES	abt 1840	Ruaben, Debighshire, Wales	29 Jul 1883	Thornbourough, Queensland, Australia	43
Brother in Law	Joseph HUGHES	01 Dec 1841	Ruaben, Debighshire, Wales	11 Mar 1864	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	22
Sister in Law	Eliza HUGHES	25 Feb 1844	Ruaben, Debighshire, Wales	16 Sep 1925	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	81
Sister in Law	Lydia Caroline HUGHES	09 Aug 1846	Ruaben, Debighshire, Wales	Oct 1848	Ruaben, Debighshire, Wales	2
Sister in Law	Catherine (Kate) Madley HUGHES	06 Jun 1849	Ruaben, Debighshire, Wales	05 Feb 1925	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	75
Sister in Law	Caroline HUGHES	abt 1852	Ruaben, Debighshire, Wales
Sister in Law	Elizabeth Anne HUGHES	19 Jul 1855	Warwick, Queensland, Australia	1925	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	70
Sister in Law	Agnes HUGHES	24 Jul 1859	Warwick, Queensland, Australia	1933	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	74

Events in Walter DONALD (1825 - 1896)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1825		Walter DONALD was born	Rothiemay, Banffshire, Scotland	Note 1
18 Jan 1854	29	Married Emma HUGHES (aged 17)	Goomburra, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	54
15 Apr 1885	60	Death of wife Emma HUGHES (aged 48)	Roma, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	54, 60
1889	64	Death of father George DONALD (aged 98)	Upper Coomera, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	60
1889	64	Death of mother Annie JOHNSTONE	Coomera, Queensland, Australia	Note 5
1896	71	Walter DONALD died	Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	18, 60

Note 1: Check this - are Walter and George brothers?

Note 2: Reg No 1854/MB671 - Walter Donald and Emma Hughes

Note 3: Reg No 1885/C3159 - parents John Hughes and Kare Madgley Western Star and Roma Adcertiser 18 April 1885 DEATH. DONALD.—On the 15th March, at Roma, of cancer, after a long illness, Emma, beloved wife of W. Donald, of Burenda Station, aged 49 years.

Note 4: Burial records Logan Witness (Beenleigh) 2 Feb 1889 DONALD.—At Riverside, Coomera, on Sunday night, January 20th, at twenty minutes to eleven, GEORGE DONALD, aged 96 last May, 1888. Death of an old Identity.— Mr. George Donald, father-in-law of Mr. William Bin- stead, of the Coomera, who died on Sunday, the 20th January last, was born in Scotland in 1791. He arrived inSydney in 1838 and was engaged by the Leslie's and travelled overland on to the Darling Downs, then being settled. He stayed with the Leslie's at different stations for a long time. He met with an accident in the bush, and one of his arms was paralised. For the last 25 years he has been residing with Mr. Binstead and was a fine old specimen of a bushman. He was nearly 97 years of age.

Note 5: Check this - can’t find a death reg

Note 6: Walter Donald Event date: 20/10/1896 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1896/C/1238 Mother: Annie Johnstone Father/parent: George Donald Darling Downs Gazette 24 Oct 1896 SUDDEN DEATH NEAR 'CHIN- CHILLA. We are indebted to Mr Inspector White for the following particulars of a sudden death which took place at Chinchilla' on Tuesday night. Constable J. A. Murphy, stationed at Chinchilla reports that on Tues day evening about 6.30 a report was made to his station by Ernest Fredk. Rook that a man named Walter Donald had died sud- denly at his hut at Charlton about an hour previously. Rook stated that he and the deceased man were working putting up a fence and left off work about 5 p.m. When about to start for home the deceased com- plained of a severe pain in his chest, and as soon as they got to the hut he lay down on his bunk and asked Rook to make him a mustard-plaster. Whilst he was mixing the. plaster, deceased called out 'Fred,' and when he got to him Donald ,was quite black in the face, and almost immediately lay back and expired. Rock immediately re ported the case to the Police, and Constable Murphy proceeded at once to Charlton, and examined the body which was quite free from marks of violence, neither were there any suspicious circumstances connected with the case. The deceased, who is an old man, sixty-nine years of age, was looking after a selection for his nephew, Edward Donald, of Cooinda. near Roma, and was a widower, and was for many years in the district. On several occasions lately the deceased complained to Constable Murphy, of feeling very unwell, but he could not be persuaded to leave off work. The matter was reported by wire to the Police Magis- trate at Dalby, who gave an order for the burial of the body.

Personal Notes:

Check This Walter Donald, Free Settler "Hero" 1839 Birth: March 12, 1825 Banffshire, Rothiemay, Scotland (United Kingdom) Death: October 20, 1896 Queensland, Chinchilla, Australia

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Walter Donald Event date: 20/10/1896 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1896/C/1238 Mother: Annie Johnstone Father/parent: George Donald

54. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ancestry Family Trees, Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Auth: Ancestry.com

- Reference = M (Name, Notes)

- Reference = M (Marriage)

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Darling Downs Gazette 24 Oct 1896 SUDDEN DEATH NEAR 'CHIN- CHILLA. We are indebted to Mr Inspector White for the following particulars of a sudden death which took place at Chinchilla' on Tuesday night. Constable J. A. Murphy, stationed at Chinchilla reports that on Tues day evening about 6.30 a report was made to his station by Ernest Fredk. Rook that a man named Walter Donald had died sud- denly at his hut at Charlton about an hour previously. Rook stated that he and the deceased man were working putting up a fence and left off work about 5 p.m. When about to start for home the deceased com- plained of a severe pain in his chest, and as soon as they got to the hut he lay down on his bunk and asked Rook to make him a mustard-plaster. Whilst he was mixing the. plaster, deceased called out 'Fred,' and when he got to him Donald ,was quite black in the face, and almost immediately lay back and expired. Rock immediately re ported the case to the Police, and Constable Murphy proceeded at once to Charlton, and examined the body which was quite free from marks of violence, neither were there any suspicious circumstances connected with the case. The deceased, who is an old man, sixty-nine years of age, was looking after a selection for his nephew, Edward Donald, of Cooinda. near Roma, and was a widower, and was for many years in the district. On several occasions lately the deceased complained to Constable Murphy, of feeling very unwell, but he could not be persuaded to leave off work. The matter was reported by wire to the Police Magis- trate at Dalby, who gave an order for the burial of the body.

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