Donald Nixon of Melbourne South Australia was born in 1850 at Kilbride, Isle of Arran, Scotland, United Kingdom to John Nixon and Janet Kelso Nixon. He had siblings Charles Nixon and Alex Nixon. He married Emily Eliza (Walker) Nixon, and had a child Samuel Nixon. Donald Nixon died at age 82 years old on June 21, 1933 at 175 Gladstone St, South Melbourne in Melbourne South, Vic, and was buried at Brighton General Cemetery in Caulfield South, City of Glen Eira County.