William Dring

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Puoliso Janet McDonald

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Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, 1905, p. 446-447:
William G. McDonald, an enterprising farmer of Gosfield South, is a descendant of one of the pioneer settlers on the Talbot Road in the township of Tilbury East.
John McDonald, his grandfather, was born in the Highlands of Scotland, and there married Mary Calhoon... In 1815, accompanied by his wife and five children, he set sail for America, their destination being Canada. After a long voyage of more than sixteen weeks, they reached the Canadian port, came to Long Point, and very soon went farther west, locating on the Talbot Road, in Tilbury East, where the grandfather took up 200 acres of land through the government agent... His children were as follows: Hugh...
Hugh McDonald was born Jan 8, 1801, in Scotland, and was fourteen years old when he came to Canada... Nearly sixty years ago he bought 230 acres in Mersea township, partly cleared, Lot 13, Concession 2... His first marriage was to a Miss Williams... Mr. McDonald's second marriage was to Anna Sheldon, a daughter of Joseph Sheldon, who was born on Talbot street, in Mersea township, and the children of this union were: ... Janet, who married William Dring, of Mersea township; ...