Mid North Coast Pioneers - Newcastle to Lismore and beyond

Edward DONKIN + Sarah Ann TOWERS

13 children
Jane “Jinny” DONKIN
Birth: April 20, 1856 28 16 — Dungog, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: October 1, 1933 — Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Robert DONKIN
Birth: October 13, 1857 29 17 — Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: about 1915 — Boulder, , Western Australia, Australia
William DONKIN
Birth: November 17, 1859 31 19 — Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: July 31, 1929 — Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Edward DONKIN
Birth: September 25, 1861 33 21 — Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 17, 1943 — Taree, , New South Wales, Australia
Francis DONKIN JP
Birth: September 17, 1863 35 23 — Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: February 18, 1943 — Wingham, , New South Wales, Australia
Sarah Ann DONKIN
Birth: September 17, 1865 37 25 — Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 1, 1945 — Wingham, , New South Wales, Australia
Allan DONKIN
Birth: October 1, 1867 39 27 — Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: about 1869 — Knorrit Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Ellen DONKIN
Birth: November 24, 1869 41 29 — Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: February 20, 1935 — Wangaratta, , Victoria, Australia
Thomas DONKIN
Birth: June 23, 1872 44 32 — Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: about 1963 — Queensland, Australia
Samuel DONKIN
Birth: November 25, 1874 46 34 — Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: South Africa
John Edwin “Rufus” DONKIN
Birth: July 27, 1877 49 37 — Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: South Africa
George Douglas DONKIN
Birth: about 1881 53 41 — Wingham, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 14, 1959 — Manly, , New South Wales, Australia
Donkin - Harold HampdenHarold Hampden DONKIN
Birth: October 23, 1884 56 44 — Wingham, , New South Wales, Australia
Death: July 26, 1916 — Pozieres, , , France
Parents Grandparents
PioneerEdward DONKIN
Birth: about 1828 19 20 — Rothbury, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Death: October 26, 1890 — Taree, , New South Wales, Australia
PioneerWilliam DONKIN
Birth: February 16, 1808 — Rothbury, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Death: October 11, 1868 — Sydney, , New South Wales, Australia
Woman Pioneer IconJane HOPE
Birth: December 9, 1807 — England, United Kingdom
Death: February 3, 1844 — Hinton, , New South Wales, Australia

Sarah Ann TOWERS
Birth: about 1840 34 34
Death: December 15, 1923 — Wingham, , New South Wales, Australia
Thomas TOWERS
Birth: about January 1806
Death: November 21, 1882 — Dungog, , New South Wales, Australia
Elizabeth FLETCHER
Birth: about June 1805
Death: December 26, 1892 — Dungog, , New South Wales, Australia
Family group information
Marriage May 8, 1855
Dungog, , New South Wales, Australia

Address: Bendolba
Source: D - Marriages Registered in New South Wales
Citation details: V18551103 43B/1855 DONKIN EDWARD TOWERS SARAH A MA
Text:

The district signified by the MA indicates that the marriage was conducted accortding to the rites of the Church of England and registered at the Australian Agricultural Company, Dungog, Eldon, Stroud or Uffington.

Source: Pre 1860 Pioneer Register - Book 2
Publication: Manning Wallamba Family History Society Inc; Taree, NSW;2004
Citation details: 913 and 915
Residence 1857
Karaak Flat, , New South Wales, Australia

Address: "Rye Hill"
Source: Obituary - Donkin - Edward
Publication: Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer (NSW : 1898 - 1954), Friday 18 June 1943, page 2
Note: Original settler
Number of children
13

Source: Pre 1860 Pioneer Register - Book 2
Publication: Manning Wallamba Family History Society Inc; Taree, NSW;2004
Citation details: 913