John Roderick McDONALD (Snr)
Date of Birth:
4 Apr 1859
Date of Death:
19 May 1915
John was born at Hokio.
He married Flora Campbell (born at Rangitikei in 1856) at Halcombe in 1884.
They had two daughters & four sons.
One son, Thomas, served in WW1.
John was a son of one of the pioneers of Horowhenua, Hector & Agnes McDonald.
He was a farmer at Foxton then Hearthlea just north of Levin.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
John Roderick McDonald (Snr), Hector McDonald, Agnes Carmont, Flora Cameron, Thomas Ross Cameron, Anne McDonnell, Mary Agnes (Queenie) McDonald, Peter Bland Bartholomew, John Roderick (Jnr) (Rodrick) McDonald, Julia Ann (Julie) Bevan, Lindsay Graham McDonald, Mary Lena Alice (Lena) Scott, Flora Elizabeth McDonald, Charles James Bryant, Thomas Leslie Allan McDonald, Mary Margaret Kathleen Quill, Lawrence Augustine McDonald, Norah Elizabeth O'Sullivan.