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Arthur Harman McDonald

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1835 Anne James Leach married George McDonald in Bristol[1]

c.1840 Born in Bristol, son of George Mcdonald[2]

1841 George McDonald 55, surgeon, lived in Bristol with James McDonald 20, surgeon's apprentice, Arthur McDonald 1, Anne McDonald 30, Flora McDonald 13, Anne McDonald 3[3]

1858-61 Contractor's assistant and then assistant engineer on the Yeovil and Exeter Railway and the Exeter and Exmouth Railway

1861-63 Assistant to the engineer on the Swansea and Neath Railway

1863-64 Contractor's assistant on the Chard (?) and Taunton Railway

1864-67 Resident engineer under W. R. Galbraith on several branches of the London and South Western Railway in Surrey and Dorset including the Seaton and Beer Railway

1865 Married Lydia Hester Slater in Frenchay[4]

1869 Arthur Harman McDonald, civil engineer, of Poole, and John Allen McDonald of Thornbury, civil engineer, were the executors of Anne James McDonald[5]

1871 Went into practice for himself as a civil engineer at Bristol, primarily engaged for Mr Galbraith and Charles Richardson.

1871 Arthur McDonald 31, civil engineer, lived in Westbury on Trym, with Lydia H McDonald 29, Edith H McDonald 5, George C McDonald 3, Mary E McDonald 8 Months[6]

1874 of Fleetwood when he was elected a member of Inst of Civil Engineers[7]

1885 of Engineer's Office, Exe Valley Railway, Tiverton[8]

1911 Civil engineer, living in Clifton, Bristol with Lydia Hester McDonald 69, Edith Hester McDonald 45, Mary Eliza McDonald 40, Cecilia Anne McDonald 36, Helen Catherine McDonald 29, Gertrude Vining McDonald 24, Winifred Kate McDonald 23[9]

1919 Died at Clifton, Bristol, aged 79

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Sources of Information

  1. BMD
  2. Marriage register
  3. 1841 census
  4. BMD
  5. National Probate Calendar
  6. 1871 census
  7. Civil Engineer Lists
  8. Civil Engineer Lists
  9. 1911 census
  • Civil Engineer Records