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Lookin for info on Edgar Arthur McDonald (Australian fast bowler) b 1891 tasmania d 1837 Bolton UK married Emily Myrtle Hamill also b Tasmania. (dont know who her parents were or any other details on her)
His parents were Arthur McDonald b 1862 Tasmania and Jane McBean b 1866 tasmania. Arthur parents were John McDonald and Ann Turner no dates or info for these. and Jane McBean parents were John McBean and Janet Anderson no dates for these either. Can anybody help in my research in Australia please. I live in the UK and find it difficult to research.
Thanks in advance
Debbie

JANE MC BEAN Pedigree
Female


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Birth: 25 JUN 1866 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

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Parents:
Father: JOHN MC BEAN Family
Mother: JANET ANDERSON

Husband
ARTHUR MCDONALD Pedigree


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Marriage: 27 DEC 1887 , Tasmania, Australia
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Wife
JANE MCBEAN Pedigree


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Marriage: 27 DEC 1887 , Tasmania, Australia
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JOHN MERVYN MCBEAN Pedigree
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Birth: 1894 Of, Jetsonville, Tasmania, Australia

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Death: 1971

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Parents:
Father: WILLIAM ANDERSON MCBEAN Family
Mother: MARGARET ELLEN HARDY

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John Anderson McBean Pedigree
Male Family


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Spouse: Isabelle Mary EMMETT Family
Marriage: 10 JUN 1880 , Tasmania, Australia

ANN SARGENT TURNER Pedigree
Female


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Christening: 28 MAR 1823 , Tasmania, Australia

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Father: NATHANIEL TURNER Family
Mother: ANN

Husband
Jospeh Pullen Pedigree


Birth: About 1795 Mayfield, , Gloucester, England
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Marriage: 19 SEP 1931 Pittwater, Tasmania, Australia
Death: 26 JUN 1844 Sorell, Tasmania, Australia
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Wife
Ann Turner Pedigree


Birth: About 1807 , Tasmania, Australia
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Marriage: 19 SEP 1931 Pittwater, Tasmania, Australia
Death: 06 AUG 1836 Sorell, Tasmania, Australia
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1. Thomas Pullen Pedigree
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Birth: 19 OCT 1833 Sorell, Tasmania, Australia
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Death: 06 OCT 1893 Sorell, Tasmania, Australia
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John Turner Pedigree


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Wife
Elizabeth Turner Pedigree


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1. Ann Baily Turner Pedigree
Female

Birth: 03 MAR 1845 Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia
Christening: 25 MAY 1845 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Husband
Thomas Snr Turner Pedigree


Birth: 1823 , , England
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Marriage: 10 MAR 1853 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Death: 1882 Flinders, Victoria, Australia
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Wife
Jane Currie Pedigree


Birth: About 1834
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Marriage: 10 MAR 1853 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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1. Ann Sophia Turner Pedigree
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Birth: 20 JAN 1855 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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2. Thomas Jnr Turner Pedigree
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Birth: 17 OCT 1864 Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia
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3. William Turner Pedigree
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Birth: 20 SEP 1866 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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4. Henrietta May Turner Pedigree
Female

Birth: 26 MAY 1878 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Deborah

Info on the career of Edgar arthur Mc Donald cricket archives site.

Here is the link

http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/388/388.html

Also a photo of him

George

McDONALD, EDGAR ARTHUR (1891-1937), professional cricketer, was born on 6 January 1891 at Launceston, Tasmania, son of Arthur McDonald, tinsmith, and his wife Jane, née McBean. He was educated at Charles Street School and played cricket for Tasmania in 1909-10 and 1910-11. Then he moved to Victoria, where he played pennant cricket for Fitzroy, swapped his early reputation as a batsman for that of fast bowler, and was included in the Victorian team before the outbreak of World War I. McDonald was picked for Australia in the 1920-21 series against England, when he had three undistinguished if unlucky Tests, and first partnered Jack Gregory with the new ball.


On the tour of England in 1921 McDonald was the outstanding Australian bowler with 150 wickets, including 27 in the Test series which Australia won 3-0. With Gregory, McDonald formed the first great fast-bowling combination in Test cricket history. His Test batting average of 46 (assisted by not outs) was just behind Charles Macartney's. After three more Test matches in South Africa, McDonald ended his Australian career by deciding to play in England on pitches that he had found more responsive. A qualifying season in Lancashire League in 1922 was followed by a highly successful career with the county in 1924-31. When he retired McDonald had taken 1053 wickets for Lancashire, made a maiden first-class century and played much of his finest cricket. On a trip back to Australia, he turned out again for Fitzroy. In 1932 he rejoined Lancashire League and on retirement became a licensed victualler.


Few bowlers have attracted such thoughtful superlatives as 'Ted' McDonald. Johnny Moyes rated him as 'the most gifted fast bowler' and Ian Peebles as 'the most perfect of fast bowlers', confirming the endorsement of Warwick Armstrong, McDonald's captain in 1921. In his account of the 1921 tour, Ronald Mason said that McDonald 'harboured in a not very approachable personality a genuine vein of genius'. He performed best when the opposition was strongest; was until Larwood's advent the fastest bowler in England; and in his fortieth year bowled (Sir) Donald Bradman for nine. McDonald's speed was complemented by an ability to move the ball either way (so far that out-swingers and leg-cutters often missed off stump, Armstrong remembered) and to reduce his pace to bowl off-cutters on slow pitches.


McDonald was tall, slim, powerful, with black hair and a deeply bronzed complexion. T. C. F. Prittie described him as 'the most impressive figure of his day on the cricket field'. His approach to the wicket attracted special notice because of its effortless, gliding motion—'his silent run of sinister grace', (Sir) Neville Cardus called it. To Sir Robert Menzies, McDonald's action suggested silk running off a spool. His feats for Lancashire prompted some of Cardus's most lavish praise: 'A Lucifer of his craft', 'a satanic bowler, menacing but princely'.


On 22 July 1937, McDonald was killed when struck by a car near Bolton, Lancashire. He was survived by his wife Emily Myrtle, née Hamill, whom he had married on 10 April 1920 at Holy Trinity Church, East Melbourne, and their two sons.

Thanks very much for all that info, it will take up some time to digest all that. where did you find it?
Thanks again debbie

Thanks George i've just been on the website you suggested, not only does it have a picture of him but also a picture of a memorial in Blackpoool cemetery with his wife. thanks very much
Debbie

all the census information I have posted is on the free Mormon LDS site - you should take a look

Ann

Edgar's siblings


381801 MCDONALD ALMA OLIVE 1893
382187 MCDONALD HILDA DORIS 1897

MCBEAN, JANE
Gender: Female
Birth 1866 - LAUNCESTON,Tasmania
Marriage/Relationship: 1887 - RINGAROOMA,Tasmania ( MCDONALD, ARTHUR ) [@]
Death:

FAMILY INFORMATION
Parents:
11049 ANDERSON JANNETT

Siblings:
378947 MCBEAN JANETT 1859
378955 MCBEAN MARY 1859
378940 MCBEAN F 1862

Marriage

MCBEAN, JOHN
Gender: Male
Birth
Marriage/Relationship: 1859 - LONGFORD,Tasmania ( ANDERSON, JANNETT )

Death

MCBEAN, JANET
Gender: Female
Birth 1829 - SCOTLAND
Marriage/Relationship:
Death: 1893 - LAUNCESTON,Tasmania

This is the Tasmania site to search
http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8

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Thanks very much Sue, very helpfull. Could you explain what the numbers are for at the side of the names please. Do you know how i would be able to obtain bmd certificates and how much would they cost.
Debbie

pardon my ignorance, not used to this part of the site, but what does "n" mean?

"n" means nudge which is what I have done - nudged your thread up for you - so why do a new posting on another board when you already have all this information?

i posted them at the same time initially before i had any response.