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- Copy of marriage license gives his name; birthplace, Scotland; residence, Port Elizabeth; full age; widower; profession, surveyor; signed by him, DMacdonald. Other information from internet, Clan Donald site: parents' names, birthplace of Heisker, North Uist, Outer Hebrides needs verification---later refuted [see 1901 census]; children's names of Hector and Helen, same source, later proved correct [see below].
1881 census, Surrey Cuddington, Grafton House: Donald Macdonald, visitor, married, 48, civil engineer, born Scotland; with wife, others.
1891 census, Sussex Trotten: Donald Macdonald, 60, born Scotland; with wife, daughter, in household of Alexander and Caroline Macdonald, their two daughters, niece and nephew.
1892: named executor of estate of his sister-in-law, Maria Ross-Johnson.
1901 census, London Fulham St Andrews, 11 Comeragh Road: Donald Macdonald, head, widower, 69, civil engineer retired, born Scotland Sutherland; with daughter, two nieces, two servants.
English Death Index: 1906 Dec Qtr MACDONALD Donald 78 Kensington 1a 61
Will dated 3 Jun 1902, named as executors son, Hector Macdonald, Lieutenant in HM Army Service Corps, and daughter, Helen Macdonald; probate granted to them 10 Nov 1906 [Hector by then a Captain].
His address at the time was 5 Belsize Crescent, Hampstead, and he was Managing Director of the Kimberley Water Works, Ltd. Probate granted to Hector Macdonald and Helen Macdonald 10 Nov 1906.
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