Alexander McDONALD 1818-1907 & Ann MATHESON ~1827-1915

Alexander McDONALD b. 1818, Urray, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, son of Donald McDONALD and Ellen GRANT was married in 1849 to Ann MATHESON b. 1829 Ross Shire, Scotland, daughter of Kenneth MATHESON and Elizabeth McKENZIE. This Kenneth MATHESON died at Digby, Victoria in 1870, aged 90y.

The family had arrived in Victoria by 1856 when a son Kenneth was born in Melbourne. It is possible that they may have arrived at Portland on the "John DAVIES" in 1852.

From 1860 to 1870 births of additional children were registered at Branxholme, Hotspur & Digby in S-W Victoria.

The family appears to have moved to the Warracknabeal area then later to Amphitheatre in the goldfields region of central Victoria from the Digby, Hotspur area after 1870.

Alexander & Anne McDONALD died at Amphitheatre in 1907 and 1915 respectively.

Alexander's younger brother, John McDONALD arrived in New Zealand in 1862, where he settled, married and raised a family.

Alexander and Ann McDONALD had the following children:

1. Eliza McDONALD b. 1851..........?;
2. Donald McDONALD b. 1853, ____, d. 1939 Amphitheatre, Vic;
3. Kenneth McDONALD b. 1856 Richmond, Vic, d. 1946 Merino, Vic;
4. Ellen McDONALD b. 1859 Footscray, Vic, m. 1920, Hamilton ALLEN ~1849-1935;
5. James McDONALD b. 1860 Branxholme, Vic, d. 1906, Maryborough, Vic;
6. John "Jack" McDONALD b. 1866 Hotspur, Vic, m. 1907, Ellen BIRD, d. 1937 Amphitheatre, Vic., no children;
7. Alexander McDONALD b. 1868 Digby, Vic, ............;
8. Mary Ann McDONALD b. 1870 Digby, Vic, d. 1954, Ballarat, Vic. (at Merino, Vic in 1946), d. 1954, Ballarat, Vic.

A. McDONALD was one of the buyers on the list of first buyers of Digby town allotments.