Alexander McDonald |
Alexander McDonald<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: 1850 - Cape Breton Island, Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada<br>Death: Waipu, Northland, New Zealand<br>Parents: Donald McDonald, Margaret McDonald (born McKenzie)<br>Siblings: Murdoch MCDONALD, Kenneth McDonald, Norman McDonald, Mary McDonald, William McDonald, Margaret McLeod (born McDonald), Roderick McDonald, <;a>John James McDonald, Christina McDonald, Donald McDonald, Christina Arabella McDonald, Colin McDonald<br> Additional information:
LifeSketch: N.B. Alexander was the last child born in Cape Breton Island, Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada, before his parents set sail for New Zealand. Christina was born enroot in Cape Town, South Africa. The next child, Colin, was born in Waipu in 1853., Rosshire, Scotland, to Margaret Fraser and Murdoch McDonald. As a child, he emigrated to Nova Scotia with his family. In c1834 he married Margaret McKenzie in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and they had 13 children.eir ten children sailed in this ship to Adelaide, Australia. (N.B. the three youngest children were born in Waipu). The 'Highland Lass' brig. sailed from Big Bras D'Or on 17 May 1852 with 188 passengers, arriving in Adelaide 23 Oct 1852, calling at Capetown. There Captain Murdock McKenzie took charge. He was brother to Duncan McKenzie 'The Prince'.d to New Zealand, in the 'GAZELLE', arriving in Auckland on 18 Sep 1853. The first settlers landed in Waipu in September 1854 on the schooner 'DON', Donald McDonald being one of them.
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