Kate McDonald [15792]

   Another name for Kate was Kathleen.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Registration: Birth, 1881, Gulgong District, New South Wales. ² 21335/1881
MCDONALD, KATE
DONALD H
ELIZABETH
GULGONG

• Registration: Death, 1940, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ² 282/1940
DAVISON, KATHLEEN
DONALD
ELIZABETH
SYDNEY

• Inquest: MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE DISMISSED, 1940 Mar 29. ³ MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE DISMISSED. (1940, March 29). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 3. Retrieved June 29, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17666097>
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE DISMISSED.
Following an inquest yesterday into the death of Kathleen Davison 59, of Albert Street Redfern, Janes Samuel Clecney, 35, of Oxford Street Woollahra, who had been charged with manslaughter, was discharged
The City Coroner, Mr. Oram, who conducted the inquest found that Kathleen Davison had died from the effect, of a fractured skull suffered when she was struck by a motor truck driven by Cheney in Elizabeth Street on the night of February 17, but that she was struck accidentally.
Cheney was remanded on charges of negli-gent driving, wanton driving, and of having failed to stop after an accident. Bail in £20 was allowed.

Kate married Arthur Charles Davison [15789] [MRIN: 5103], son of George Davison [832] [K2Y9-2GW] and Margaret Shirlaw [15782], in 1899 in Peak Hill, Narromine County, New South Wales.¹ (Arthur Charles Davison [15789] was born in 1871 in Bathurst, Bathurst County, New South Wales,⁴ died on 1950 Jul 20 in Randwick, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia and was buried on 1950 Jul 22 in Rookwood, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia.)