McDONALD – James 72nd 26th and 30th Regiment

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Name	McDONALD – James
Regiment (s)	72nd 26th and 30th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	489 – 30th Regiment
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	25th December 1827 / 18 years / Place unknown Mason
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8½ in Dark / Hazel / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Bermuda – 7 years 3 months North America – 2 years 1 month
Length of Service	20 years 211 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 12th December 1848 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Edinburgh Scotland
Pension Districts	1849 1st Edinburgh 1853-1856 West Australia 1856-1869 Adelaide
Pension Paid	9d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	June 2 1853 Kingstown, Dublin, Ireland
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	PHOEBE DUNBAR 30th August 1853
Date/Place of Birth	c1809 West Church Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	UNKNOWN Elizabeth B c1813 Haddington, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian) Scotland
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Elizabeth (adopted as a foundling – parent’s surname possibly Daniel) B c February 1851 Royal Edinburgh Maternity Hospital Scotland D Not yet known
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Inquirer and Commercial News Perth 15th October 1856 – page 3
Departure from Western Australia	12th October 1856 left Western Australia with wife and child for South Australia per “Frances”
Date/Place of Death/Burial	10th April 1869 Adelaide South Australia 11th April 1869 West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide South Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army, Worldwide Index: 1841 James McDonald 499(sic) 30th Foot location Bermuda. Discharge: Due to a large scrotal hernia In the 1851 Census the family is living at 90 Canongate Edinburgh. James is age 42 and working as a porter, born Cuthbert Midlothian while his wife Elizabeth is aged 36 and was born Haddington, East Lothian. Their daughter Eliza born 1851 at Canongate Edinburgh. July 6th 1853 Elizabeth McDonald guards child age 2 years 6 months was treated for diarrhoea on board the Phoebe Dunbar 6th October 1875 Elizabeth McDonald was admitted to the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital age 54, a married woman, Presbyterian, and living at Clare SA. A housewife born Haddington and had been 12 years in the Colony arriving on the Phoebe Dunbar. (She had actually been 19 years in the Colony. It throws up a few questions about the death of James in 1869 in that she said she was married not widowed.)