Fanny Jemima (Dyball) McDonald (abt. 1872 - 1902)

Born about 1872 in Barnet, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 12 Dec 1902 at about age 30 in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Fanny was born in about 1872, her birth being registered in the 1st quarter of that year^[1]. She was the daughter of Edward Dyball and Fanny Pitt.

Sadly her mother died in 1875, and then her father died as the result of a car accident in 1879.

In the 1881 UK Census, 8 year old Jemima was recorded in the household of her spinster aunt Mary Dyball (aged 38 and an annuitant) at The Mount Norwich Road, Wroxham, St Faiths, Norfolk, England. Also in the household was her younger sister Mary (5) and 34 year old servant Mary Ann Thompson.

Mary and Fanny emigrated from England to Australia on the Aberdeen in 1897, landing at Sydney.^[2] Both were soon in Queensland. She and William McDonald had daughter; Edna Mary (b. 12 Apr 1900, d. 9 Jan 1961)

Fanny and William were married soon after the birth of their daughter, on 5 July 1900.

Sadly she passed away in 1902 at the age of 31 and was buried on 13 December 1902 at Bundaberg General Cemetery, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia^[3]. PLOT: Section: General

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XHP-QW9 : 1 October 2014), Fanny Jemima Dyball, 1872; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Barnet, Middlesex, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923

   Name F Dyball

   Nationality English

   Arrival Age 25

   Birth Date abt 1872

   Departure Place London, England

   Arrival Date 1897

   Arrival Place Cape Town, South Africa and Melbourne and Sydney, Australia

   Ship Aberdeen

3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124065589/fanny-jemima-mcdonald : accessed 30 October 2021), memorial page for Fanny Jemima McDONALD (1871–1902), Find A Grave: Memorial #124065589, citing Bundaberg General Cemetery, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by III (contributor 47426837)

• Queensland, Australia BDM Marriage Registration: Fanny Jemima Dyball | Marriage date: 05/07/1900 | Spouse's name: William McDonald | Registration details: 1900/C/150 | https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/

• Queensland, Australia BDM Death registration: Fanny Jemima McDonald | Death date: 12/12/1902 | Mother's name: Fanny Pitt | Father/parent's name: Edward Dyball | Registration details: 1902/C/439 | https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/

• "Australia, Sydney Branch Genealogical Library, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1800-1960", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLJL-8Z7 : 17 February 2021), Fanny Jemima McDonald, 1902.

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q278-QXQ8 : 12 December 2017), Fanny Jemima Dyball in household of Mary Dyball, Wroxham, Norfolk, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 4, Piece/Folio 1935/67, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,616.