Image: Rene Barnes
FatherDonald Glenorchy McDonald b. 31 Aug 1905, d. 1983
MotherEstella May Seccull b. 1905
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Donald Clive McDonald married Gwenda Eastman in 1958.1 

Family

Gwenda Eastman
Children
ChartsCampbell, John, descendant chart
McDonald, Archibald, descendant chart
Steer, Edward, descendant chart

Story

Donald Clive was born in the late 1920s. He was the only child of Estella May and Donald Glenorchy.
 
The third of three generations of Donald McDonald, he was known as Don. His grandfather was known as Donald and father as Dougal.2
 
In 1940, Bub left Frank in Mooroopna, and she and six-year-old Graeme then lived with her brother Dougal and parents Donald snr and Alice in Preston. It is reported that when Bub left Frank, she went to Melbourne for a holiday and just didn't return.

Initially they lived at the back of Dougal's butcher shop. Later Bub rented 60 Austral Ave nearby.

Cousins Graeme and Don went to school together at Bell Primary school. Graeme was there for one or two years.3,4,5,6
 
In late 1941, Bub and Graeme returned to Mooroopna, to the Cricketer's Arms hotel, and Alice soon followed.
 
In early 1946, Donald snr left Preston to live with Bub and the family in Toolamba.
 
 
Cousins
Don and Brian Phillips, and cousins Don McDonald, Graeme Williams and John Courtie enjoyed each other's company whenever they could.
 
Secondary Education
Don went to Scotch College. His mother wanted him to be a doctor.7
 
Butcher
While his mother was hoping Don would be a doctor, one day he came home from school and said he was going to be a butcher.7
 
Marriage and Family
Gwenda Eastman and Donald Clive McDonald were married in 1958. They had three children.1
 

Citations

  1. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Donald Clive McDonald and Gwenda Eastman entry, marriage registration no. 5338, 1958.
  2. [S386] Donald Glenorchy McDonald, birth registration no. 21997, 31 August 1905.
  3. [S58] Violet 'Bub' Williams, personal communication, 28 September 1996.
  4. [S265] Graeme Williams, personal communication, 31 January 2013.
  5. [S58] Violet 'Bub' Williams, personal communication, 28 December 1999.
  6. [S21] Lorraine Phillips, personal communication, 17 December 2012.
  7. [S58] Violet 'Bub' Williams, personal communication, 30 December 1996.