Adding Twigs and Leaves, Part 5

 Back to Jane, for a bit. While looking through Trove for the death of George, I found an article in the Yass Courier, Friday 23 November 1894, page 2,  it was relating to the death of  Mrs George Donald Senr. It is a lovely article but again thrown up the question of 'How many children?' Almost at the end it mentions, "The deceased leaves behind four sons and one daughter..."  The death certificate says seven living, four boys and three girls.

Got to love the conflict of children! What a merry dance, chasing them! Don't you just love the way, even in death she is still listed as his wife?

So to wrap-up Jane and George in a neat, (messy) bow, here are their facts;

George born 26 December 1807, to Thomas Donald and Jane Miller.

Jane born 1811, to John Galbraith and Agnes McNish.

Married 11 June 1830.

Four sons born between 1831 and 1836. One would die, one was left behind, two emigrated in 1837. One died on the voyage.

The family arrived in NSW in 1837, where on the day they arrived or very close to it, Jane delivered their first daughter.

George worked as a stone mason.

Between 1842 and 1854, six more children would be born and the family would settle in Yass, southern NSW.

George died 6 February 1870.

Jane died 20 November 1894.

My next posts on this family will be about the remaining children.

Sudden death of an old resident of Yass This is the link to a report on George's death.

Death oof Mrs George Donald Senr This is about Jane's death.