• Born: Abt 1812, Clough, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
• Marriage (1): BEANEY, Winifred on 2 Dec 1843 in Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

• Convict, 5 Feb 1833, New South Wales, Australia. ² GSV Fiche 703 Page 11: NSW Convict Indents 1788-1842
List of male convicts, by the ship Roslyn Castle (2), William Richards, Master, George Imlay, Surgeon Superintendent, arrived from Cork, 5th February, 1833
Standing No. of Convict: 33-208
Indent No.: 34
Name: Arthur McDONALD
Age: 21
Education: Reads & Writes
Religion: Catholic
Status: Single
Native Place: County Kilkenny
Trade: Miner
Offence: Fire-arms [no other explanation - i.e. using, stealing etc.]
Tried: Queen's County, 25 May 1832
Sentence: Life
Former Conviction: None
Height: 5 ft 9¾ in
Complexion: Ruddy and pockpitted
Color of hair: Light brown
Color of eyes: Dark hazel
Marks, scars, remarks: Scar knuckle of fourth finger of left hand, scar forefinger of same, woman, heart and dart, M B, inside lower right arm, large scar back of ball of right thumb
Colonial history: blank

• Convict, 5 Feb 1833, New South Wales, Australia. ² GSV Fiche 007: Index: NSW Convicts 788-1842
Name: Arthur McDONALD
Arrived: 5 Feb 1833
Ship: Roslin Castle
Fiche 684 Page 157 Film 905 Shelf 4/4017
Fiche 703 Page 011 Film 907 Shelf X635

• Convict, 1837, New South Wales, Australia. ³ Age: 31
Ship: Roslyn Castle [sic]
Year: 1833
Master: Government
District: Sydney

• Convict: Ticket of Leave, 1841, New South Wales, Australia. ⁴ Index Convict Pardons, Tickets of Leave NSW 1810-1875, pub McIntyre
Arthur McDONALD
Ship: Roslin Castle 1835 [mistranscription for 1833?]
Number: 41/1552
Reel / Shelf: 941 4/4153

• Convict: Conditional Pardon, 1848, New South Wales, Australia. Ref: No. 48/333
dated 1 ??? 1847

• Occupation: stone mason - stone cutter: Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia.

• Death. Possible death: Arthur McDONALD, aged 75 years, in 1883, Parramatta

Arthur married Winifred BEANEY, daughter of Benjamin BEANEY and Unknown, on 2 Dec 1843 in Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia.¹ (Winifred BEANEY was born about 1814/1817 in Sussex, England, died on 11 Feb 1895 in High Street, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia ⁵ and was buried on 12 Feb 1895 in RC, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: Register of convicts' permission to marry, 27 Nov 1843, New South Wales, Australia. ⁶ From Permission to Marry [AONSW Fiche 800]
Arthur McDONALD:
Age: 31
Ship: R Castle
Sentence: Life
Condition: Ticket of Leave
Winifred DENNIS:
Age: 26
Ship: Westminster
Sentence: Free
Condition: Free
Permission granted: 27 November 1843
Clergyman: G Mahony, Maitland

• Marriage: Roman Catholic Church, 2 Dec 1843, East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. ¹ Roman Catholic, Maitland East, County of Northumberland, 1843.
Arthur McDonnell of Morpeth to Winifred Dennis of Morpeth, on 2/12/1843, married by Edmund Mahony, Witnesses - William Flynn & Mary Flynn