Born in West Farbert, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Was a Hudson Bay trader/clerk and a farmer at McAuley farm in Victoria BC
Note that there is a burial record for Donald McAulay who died 19 Sept 1868 in the Old Burying Ground (on Quadra Street in Victoria). http://www.oldcem.bc.ca/psp/php/advanced_search.php#result
The index includes this passage from the British Colonist newspaper: "Inquest held Sep 19, 1868 upon body of Mr Donald McAulay, at Esquimalt. It appears from evidence that shortly before the deceased went out fishing in a small risky boat, and that on drawing in a stone which he used as an anchor, he fell overboard, and was unable to extricate his hand from the rope in which it had got twisted, by some means. When discovered in the morning by the milkboy going across to the naval hospital, the hand was seen a little way beneath the surface - accidental drowning. Mr McAulay was an employee of HBC for over 30 years, and at time of his death had charge of company's powder magazine at Esquimalt. Funeral from St Andrew's church. Deceased was over 60."
Note that there is a burial record for Donald McAulay who died 19 Sept 1868 in the Old Burying Ground (on Quadra Street in Victoria). http://www.oldcem.bc.ca/psp/php/advanced_search.php#result
The index includes this passage from the British Colonist newspaper: "Inquest held Sep 19, 1868 upon body of Mr Donald McAulay, at Esquimalt. It appears from evidence that shortly before the deceased went out fishing in a small risky boat, and that on drawing in a stone which he used as an anchor, he fell overboard, and was unable to extricate his hand from the rope in which it had got twisted, by some means. When discovered in the morning by the milkboy going across to the naval hospital, the hand was seen a little way beneath the surface - accidental drowning. Mr McAulay was an employee of HBC for over 30 years, and at time of his death had charge of company's powder magazine at Esquimalt. Funeral from St Andrew's church. Deceased was over 60."
Born in West Farbert, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Was a Hudson Bay trader/clerk and a farmer at McAuley farm in Victoria BC
Note that there is a burial record for Donald McAulay who died 19 Sept 1868 in the Old Burying Ground (on Quadra Street in Victoria). http://www.oldcem.bc.ca/psp/php/advanced_search.php#result
The index includes this passage from the British Colonist newspaper: "Inquest held Sep 19, 1868 upon body of Mr Donald McAulay, at Esquimalt. It appears from evidence that shortly before the deceased went out fishing in a small risky boat, and that on drawing in a stone which he used as an anchor, he fell overboard, and was unable to extricate his hand from the rope in which it had got twisted, by some means. When discovered in the morning by the milkboy going across to the naval hospital, the hand was seen a little way beneath the surface - accidental drowning. Mr McAulay was an employee of HBC for over 30 years, and at time of his death had charge of company's powder magazine at Esquimalt. Funeral from St Andrew's church. Deceased was over 60."
Note that there is a burial record for Donald McAulay who died 19 Sept 1868 in the Old Burying Ground (on Quadra Street in Victoria). http://www.oldcem.bc.ca/psp/php/advanced_search.php#result
The index includes this passage from the British Colonist newspaper: "Inquest held Sep 19, 1868 upon body of Mr Donald McAulay, at Esquimalt. It appears from evidence that shortly before the deceased went out fishing in a small risky boat, and that on drawing in a stone which he used as an anchor, he fell overboard, and was unable to extricate his hand from the rope in which it had got twisted, by some means. When discovered in the morning by the milkboy going across to the naval hospital, the hand was seen a little way beneath the surface - accidental drowning. Mr McAulay was an employee of HBC for over 30 years, and at time of his death had charge of company's powder magazine at Esquimalt. Funeral from St Andrew's church. Deceased was over 60."
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