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William Davies McColl was born in Renton, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, on 1 April 1888.^2,1
The siblings John, Hugh, Alexander and William were listed in the 1891 census at 42D Back St in Renton, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, with their father Hugh McColl.³
The siblings John, Hugh, Alexander, William, Duncan and Walter were listed in the 1901 census at 13 Lennox St in Renton, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, with their parents, Hugh McColl and Marion Morrison Davies.²

Isabella McDonald was born in Scotland circa 1849. She was the daughter of Alexander McDONALD (a fisherman) and Helen JOHNSTONE.¹

Isabella's second marriage was to Ewen Fergusson, son of John Fergusson and Christy McGregor, on 15 July 1892 at Kirkton in Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire. He now gave his occupation as journeyman mason; Isabella had previously been married to a John SCOTT.¹

Isabella died on 11 September 1914 at 22 Kirkton in Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, of bronchitis.²

James McDonald was born circa 1855. (Birth date based on age at death).

He married Elizabeth Roberts Wallis, daughter of William Wallace Wallis and Ann Paul, in New Zealand in 1894.^1,2,3

James died on 24 October 1929 in Auckland.⁴ He was buried on 28 October 1929 at the Waikumete Cemetery in Waitakere.⁵

James Wright McDonald was born in Forth of Lawton, Cargill, Perthshire, on 3 January 1821.²

He married Selina Deborah Blomfield, daughter of Stephen Edward Blomfield and Elizabeth Alderson, in Doncaster, West Riding, Yorkshire, on 31 August 1851. There were 7 children of this marriage.¹

James died on 24 April 1863 in Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, at age 42.¹

Margaret Allison McDonald was born circa 1919. (Birth date based on age at marriage).¹

She married Charles McInnes Edwards, son of Joseph Edwards and Jane Isa McInnes, at Parish Church, Bickerton in Crewe, Cheshire, on 27 June 1942.¹

William John Joseph (Jack) McDonald was born in North Adelaide, South Australia, on 17 December 1901.^2,1

He married Florence Eileen Forsaith, daughter of Frederick William Forsaith and Florence Celia Hart, at the Methodist Parsonage in Clare, South Australia, on 6 May 1930.³

He was widowed at age 28 on the death of his wife Florence on 6 September 1930.⁴

William's second marriage was to Doreen Mary Clancy on 27 June 1934 in South Australia.⁵

William died on 1 October 1964 in South Australia at age 62.⁶ His ashes were buried on 21 December 1964 at Centennial Park in Pasadena.⁷

Albert McDougall was born at 45 Shuttle St in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 7 May 1891. He was the son of John McDougall (Master shoemaker) and Mary Ann Ramsay, who had married on 1 Jan 1883 in Blackfriars, Glasgow.²

Albert McDougall was also known as Bert Bendon This was his stage-name, as part of the Power and Bendon comedy duo.³

He was part of the Scottish comedy duo Power and Bendon - actually Cornelius McBride and Albert McDougall, but performing under the stage-names of Neil Power and Bert Bendon.
They worked together from at least 1924 until the 1930s when the pertnership ended - Bert went on to work with Billy Hayes as residents of the Edinburgh Palladium.⁴

He arrived in Sothampton on the Arundel Castle from Cape Town, Sth Africa on 1 September 1924 He was accompanied by his theatrical partner Cornelius McBride and his wife Louisa on what may have been their first Sth African tour.⁵

Albert's marriage to Margaret Knox Scott, daughter of William Scott and Margaret Cassidy, was registered between April 1928 and June 1928 in Camberwell, London, Middlesex.¹

He and his wife Margaret left Southampton on the Windsor Castle for Sth Africa on the 22 June 1928 and arrived back on the Kenilworth Castle from Port Natal, Sth Africa on Oct 8th. They were accompanied by Cornelius McBride and wife Louisa on what appears to be at least the duo's second Sth African tour.^5,6

Albert died on 20 April 1964 at Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, at age 72 of hepatitis and renal failure. He was described as a retired Music Hall artist.⁷

Rosamund Jean McElligot was born on 22 May 1885.^2,1

She married William Williams Ludbrook, son of Samuel Blomfield Ludbrook and Caroline Elizabeth Williams, in New Zealand on 16 December 1913.^2,1,3

She was widowed at age 53 on the death of her husband William on 8 November 1938.^2,1,4

Rosamund died in 1944 in New Zealand.^2,1,5

He married Ada Setchfield in Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, in 1910.¹

He married Marion McQuarrie, daughter of Archibald McQuarrie and Marion McQuarrie, at Scobull in Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon, Argyllshire, on 7 March 1804.²

Charles died before 1866 in Scotland (as his wife was a widow at death in 1866).