Kete Horowhenua

Date of birth	23/05/1856
Date of death	14/09/1902
Mothers name	Agnes CARMONT
Spouses name	Mary Ellen RIGG
Mothers date of birth	02/09/1829
Mothers place of birth	Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Mothers iwi or nationality	Scottish
Mothers date of death	28/11/1906
Spouses date of death	18/09/1942
Fathers date of birth	1812
Mothers place of death	Opaki, near Masterton
Fathers name	Hector McDonald
Fathers place of birth	Rothesay Bay, Isle of Bute, Scotland.
Marriage date	29/04/1885
Fathers iwi or nationality	Scottish
Parents date of marriage	23/05/1854
Parents place of marriage	Wellington
Fathers date of death	07/08/1878
Fathers place of death	Otaki
Siblings	Hugh (from Father's first marriage), Mary Jane (17/08/1857-), Annie (16/09/1858-19/12/94), John Roderick (04/04/1860-1902), Roderick Allan (22/12/1861-10/04/1890), Neil Alexander (13/06/1863-30/05/1892) , Allan (30/04/1865-15/06/1892), Agnes Flora (10/05/1867-), Flora (19/02/1869-23/05/1878), Margaret Lucy (08/07/1871-15/01/1910)
Fathers occupation	Whaler, trader, farmer, accommodation-house keeper, postmaster
Children	Theresa Hinemoa McDonald, Flora Campbell McDonald (1886-1969), , ,
Buried where	Family cemetery, western edge of Lake Horowhenua, Moutere Road.
Places of relevance	, , , ,
Last known residence	'Lakeside', Moutere Road near head of Hokio Stream, Lake Horowhenua.
Alias	Hector II
Place of birth	Otaki
Occupation	Native Interpreter

Born Otaki 23 May 1856.

Appointed interpreter 1892, dealt with most of the native land transfers in Levin and district.

Died 1900, greatly liked by Maori and Pakeha.

Hector Hugh McDonald, Native Interpreter