May (Estella May) McDonald (Seccull)
Image: Rene Barnes
FatherArthur George Seccull1
MotherHenrietta Elizabeth Milne1
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Estella May Seccull was born in 1905 in Clifton Hill, Victoria.2,1 
She married Donald Glenorchy McDonald, son of Donald Glenorchy McDonald and Alice Euphemia Steer, on 29 August 1931 in Preston, Victoria.2,3 

Family

Donald Glenorchy McDonald b. 31 Aug 1905, d. 1983
Child
ChartsCampbell, John, descendant chart
McDonald, Archibald, descendant chart
Steer, Edward, descendant chart

Story

Estella May was born in Clifton Hillin 1905. She was known as Stella and as May.1,4,2
 
Marriage and Family
Estella May Seccull and Donald Glenorchy McDonald were married at the Presbyterian church in Preston on 29 August 1931. They had one child.2
unknown, Bub (Violet) McDonald, Dougal (Donald) McDonald, May (Estella May) Seccull, Mr Seccull (May's dad), c. 1931
Image: Laurie & Lorraine Phillips
From 1936, Donald snr and Alice were living in Austral Avenue.5,6
 
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.7,8,9,10
 
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.
 

Citations

  1. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, 'Estella May' Seccull entry, birth registration no. 9485, 1905.
  2. [S393] Donald Glenorchy McDonald and Stella May Seccull, marriage registration no. 6735, 29 August 1931.
  3. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Donald Glenorchy McDonald and 'Stella May' Seccull entry, marriage registration no. 6735, 1931.
  4. [S32] Laurie Phillips, personal communication, 16 June 2019.
  5. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, Commonwealth division of Batman, Victorian division of Hidelberg, subdivision of Preston, 1936.
  6. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, Commonwealth division of Batman, Victorian division of Heidelberg, subdivision of Preston, 1937.
  7. [S58] Violet 'Bub' Williams, personal communication, 28 September 1996.
  8. [S265] Graeme Williams, personal communication, 31 January 2013.
  9. [S58] Violet 'Bub' Williams, personal communication, 28 December 1999.
  10. [S21] Lorraine Phillips, personal communication, 17 December 2012.