ID Number104621
NameMACDONALD Frances Rossiter
Family NameMACDONALD
Plot2.J
CemeteryPublic
StatusReinstated Monument after Disinterment for Motorway
Location on the Modern Grid MapJ08 06
Inscription on TombstoneIn sacred memory of Thomas Kennedy MacDONALD, beloved husband of Frances Rossiter MacDONALD, born Boulogne, France, 6 April 1847, died 17 October 1914. "Peace perfect peace." Also of Frances Rossiter MacDONALD, died 11 April 1921, aged 71. Thomas Aitken MacDONALD, died 16 September 1876, aged 4 years & 6 months. Allan Rossiter MacDONALD, died 26 September 1876, aged 5 years & 8 months. Rowland Angus MacDONALD, died 9 October 1876, aged 3 years & 6 months. [-Helyer-]
Description of GraveUpright marble memorial topped by an angel. Lead lettering.
Date of Death or Burial*13 Apr, 1921
Public Cemetery Register NumberApp 125
Type of Record Burial
Age71
SexFemale
BiographyFrances (nee ROSSITER) was the wife of Thomas Kennedy MacDONALD, a businessman (Gear Meat Co. and Wellington Woollen Mills), former chairman of the Harbour Board. They lost their only three children to scarlet fever in 1876.