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Generation
No. 1
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1.
Joseph1 Donald (WilliamA, JonathonB, JonathonC, WilliamD,
WilliamE) was born October 22, 1806 in Sunderland
Barracks, England (Cockermouth), and died February 25, 1900 in
Dufferin P., Charlotte County, New Brunswick.
He married Mary Elizabeth Thornton 1828, daughter of Mathew Jr
and Sarah Pomeroy. She was born March 25, 1808
in St. Stephen, (Oak Point) Charlotte County, New Brunswick.
Notes for Joseph Donald: Letter from Joseph Donald to his son Joseph Donald Jr.
Red Pine Grove, Dufferin, April 6rth 1885 AD
"Written for and at the request of my Son Joseph Donald Jr.
I was born in Sunderland Barracks, England on 22nd day of October AD 1806 in the stirring times of the French War, my father being and officer in the Cumberland Militia, but always have claimed Workington as my native place, for out of a family of nine children I was the only one born out of that dear old town.On my Father's side, as one of the oldest of Scotch names indicate we are of Scotch decent and far back my ancestors were Warriors and Statesmen and a title belonged to the family with the motto Eternal Justice, but when or how it extinct, I don not know or care, but my Great Grandfather was the owner of large landed property both in England and Scotland. He, I believe, and have heard was born in the Carse of Gowrie, Scotland. He owned a large Estate in the North of England, at a place called Bough a short distance from the city of Carlise in the county of Cumberland. It was a large Freehold Estate and had justice been done it would have belonged to my Grandfather, Johnathon Donald, and at his death to my Father William Donald, but my Grandfather according to the aristocratic notions of his Father, (my Great Grandfather) brought disgrace upon the family by marrying a girl, which they considered far below their rank in society. It happened in this wise. My Grandfather was sent out to look after some business connected with the Borough estate in England and on his way he stopped at the Village of Gretna Green and took up his abode with the far famed blacksmith of that famed place. His name was Walter Coulthard know all over the North of Europe, for it was he that married all the runaway fools of that period Lords, and beggars and all the way in between. During my Grandfather's stay in Gretna Green he fell in love with the Blacksmith's fair daughter and married her and she of course was my Grandmother. For this great offense art least in my Great Grandfather's eyes, my Grandfather was disinherited and my Great Grandfather willed the Brough Estate to my Grandfather's sister Mary Donald, but old Walter was master of the occasion. He said "Never mind my boy you can live with me and learn the Blacksmith Trade". He did so and became a useful member of society instead of a useless drone. Through some trouble between my Father and his Aunt she in turn willed the Brough Estate to my Father's Cousin David thus my Father and his children became deprived of a large property and which would have enriched the whole family.
My Mother's name before marriage was Bell. She belonged to a highly respectable family, in a place called Ireby (Caldbeck), County of Cumberland, England, which was noted for their great beauty for generations back, both men and women. My Grandfather's name on my Mother's side belonged to the highly respectable family of movers
My Father always took a great part in the political issues of his time and was a staunch supporter of blue or Whig parties.
I left England at the age of 18 years and landed at the Ledge in the County of Charlotte, a stranger in a strange land to do battle with the world to occupy a place therein. You my dear Son know how well I succeeded for I have filled the highest place for four years in the gift of the people a Member of the House of Assembly and now occupy the position of Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Charlotte and also Commissioner or Judge of the Parish of Dufferin Civil Court. So now my dear Son you know all the rest and I send you and Lizzy and the Dear Children my best Blessing and may God prosper and bless you all is the sincere prayer of your ever loving old Father.
Joseph Donald
P.S. We are all at present as well as common hoping you are all well. J.P.
My Dear Boy I omitted to say that your Dear old Mother is the Granddaughter of Mathew Thornton , one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
Joseph Donald.
The transcript of the obituary from the February 28, 1900 Calais Advertiser is as follows:
"There were few better known men in the St. Croix valley than Joseph Donald, whose long and useful career on this earth was closed at two o'clock Sunday afternoon at his home at Dufferin. He died as he had lived at peace with God and man, and in the hope of immortality beyond the grave.
Mr. Donald was born at Sunderland Barracks, October 22nd 1806 and spent his boyhood days in Workington, County of Cumberland, England. He came to this country in 1826, in the brig "Edgar," of Whitehaven, England. In his 22nd year he married Elizabeth Mary Thornton, daughter of Matthew and Sarah Thornton, who died some years ago. Mr.& Mrs. Donald brought up a large family of children, of whom there are surviving: Joseph Donald, Jr., British Columbia; Robert T. Donald, Dufferin; Mrs Isabella A. Brown, Boston; Mrs Charlotte Hendershot, Dufferin; and Mrs. Amanda A. Libby, Dufferin. Mr. Donald ably represented Charlotte county in the Provincial Legislature and served the Parish of Dufferin for many years as Commissioner of the Parish Court. But perhaps the most valuable service he rendered the people of St. Croix was the freely given knowledge of fruit and flower culture, of which he was the pioneer in the section, and in which science he was highly skilled. Few are the middle-aged residents of either side of the river who have not visited the orchards and greenhouses of Mr Donald."
More About Joseph Donald:
Hobbies: Pioneer in fruit & Flower Cluture
Immigration: 1826, Emigrated from England in the Brig EDGAR of
Whitehaven , England
Occupation: 1881, Census lists occupation as Farmer
Children of
Joseph Donald and Mary Thornton are:
i. Charlotte Donald, died in
Dufferin P. (New Brunswick). She married Dr. Hendershot.
ii. Isabella Amelia Donald, died in
Boston. She married William Brown. Moved: January 08, 1885,
Conveyed
Land by Joseph Donald
iii.
Sara Jane Donald, died in California. She married James
Nylen.
iv.
William Robinson Donald, born November 12, 1838 in Roxbury,
Suffolk County , Massachusetts.
v. Anna Amanda Donald, born April 10, 1841 in
Roxbury, Suffolk County , Massachusetts. She married M.
William Libby.
+ 2 vi.
Josephine Cecelia Donald, born September 26, 1843 in Roxbury,
Suffolk County , Massachusetts; died in Boston.
+ 3 vii.
Robert Thaxter Donald, born June 26, 1846 in Roxbury,
Massachusetts; died June 24, 1915 in St. James,
Charlotte County , New Brunswick.
+ 4 viii. Joseph
Donald Jr., born 1849 in Dufferin P. (New Brunswick); died
January 19, 1930 in Vancouver , British Columbia.
2. Josephine Cecelia2 Donald (Joseph1, WilliamA, JonathonB, JonathonC, WilliamD, WilliamE) was born September 26, 1843 in Roxbury, Suffolk County , Massachusetts, and died in Boston. She married Charles Edwin Lovely.
Children of Josephine Donald
and Charles Lovely are:
i. Zella
Victoria3 Lovely, born December 05, 1874.
ii.
Charles Alfred Lovely, born November 17, 1876.
+ 5 iii. Robert Burns
Lovely, born August 13, 1880.
3.. Robert Thaxter2
Donald (Joseph1, WilliamA, JonathonB, JonathonC, WilliamD,
WilliamE) was born June 26, 1846
in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and died June 24, 1915 in St. James,
Charlotte County , New Brunswick. He married
Mary Saunders Martin 1871, daughter of Daniel Martin and Agnes
Saunders. She was born April 04, 1858 in
Kouchibouguac, Kent Co., New Brunswick, and died December 14,
1926 in St. James, Charlotte County, NB.
Notes for Robert Thaxter Donald: Copy of Letter sent by Robert Thaxter Donald to H. W. Henniker, L.L.U. , Solicitor, No. 17 Tinbury Ranment, London, E. S. , England
My father, Joseph Donald, Esq. Ex. M.P. and (up until his death) Justice of the Peace and Commissioner for Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. He was the oldest son of William Donald, and Officer in the Cumberland Militia and Miss Bell, daughter of Robinson Bell of Ierby County of Cumberland. He was born in Sunderland Barracks October 22 1806 and left England at the age of 18 and settled at the Ledge in the County of Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada.
William Donald, my Grandfather was born in the Carse of Gowrie, Scotland and owned large Estates, in both Scotland and England, One place was called Brough a short distance from Carlisle in the North of England. The property should have gone to his son Jonathon Donald and at his death to William Donald but owing to Jonathon marrying the daughter of Walter Coulthard (the famous Blacksmith of Gretna Green) whom he met on a business trip connected with their Brough Estate, he was disinherited as the marriage was beneath according aristocratic notion of his father and the estate was willed to Mary Donald, Jonathon's sister. She in turn had some trouble with William Donald ( to whom it rightfully belonged) and willed it to his cousin David Donald.
Here the property passed out of our immediate family. The motto of our family is Eternal Justice ,
My father , Joseph Donald, married Mary Elizabeth Thornton, a granddaughter of Mathew Thornton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
Obituary - Saint Croix Courier - July 1, 1915
Robert T. Donald
The parish of Dufferin and the community at larges has suffered a loss in the death of Robert T. Donald, who died at his home on Thursday, June 24th 1915, at the age of sixty nine years, after an illness extending over several weeks . Mr Donald came to the Ledge in infancy and since reaching years of maturity has always been among the foremost in every activity for the moral or material welfare of the place. He was originator of the movement which brought to the front the natural advantages of the St. Croix Harbour, and his friends hoped that he might live to see a realization of his visions in this connection. The organization of the Dufferin board of trade was due to his initiative, and he continued as president of the board until quite recently. At the time of his death he held the offices of parish clerk and revisor. He might be called a pioneer in the fruit industry in this section and from his life-long experiences in such work he was always ready to to help those seeking assistance. He loved nature and all the beautiful things of field and forest. Tender hearted and gentle, upright and true, this world is a loser by the passing away of such a life. His body was laid to rest in the St. Stephen Rural Cemetery on Sunday last, and many friends from town and country assembled to pay a last tribute of regard to his memory. His widow , four sons and two daughters survive him.
More About Robert Thaxter Donald:
Occupation: December 01, 1892, Appointed- Postmaster, Ledge
Charlotte, N.B.
Retirement: September 01, 1896, Resigned - Postmaster, Ledge
Charlotte, N.B.
Notes for Mary Saunders Martin: Obituary - Saint Croix Courier - December 30, 1926
Mrs Robert T. Donald
Mary S Donald, widow of the late Robert T. Donald passed away at her home in the Parish of Dufferin on December 14, 1926, and her body was laid to rest in the St. Stephen Rural Cemetery on the 17th. Mrs Donald was born at Hillsboro, Albert County, N.B. seventy years ago, and in over fifty years of married life found her greatest happiness with her family, to whom she was devoted. Her loving care, however, reached beyond the family circle and many a suffer had reason to bless her skillful ministrations. During her last ten years , Mrs. Donald had been an invalid and suffered much, being helpless during her later years. This affliction she bore with Christian Resignation. Six Children survive her. Of the four sons, Ernest W., Robert W., and Willard T. reside in Dufferin and J. Clifford in Vancouver , B.C. Of the the two daughters, Cora is at home, where during the years she has given to her mother such care as is fostered only by duty and affection. Elizabeth, now Mrs. William Ferrester, resides at Morewood , Ont. Darius L. Mertin of Dear Island is a brather of the deceased and the only remaining one of the family.
Children of Robert Donald and
Mary Martin are:
i. Ernest
Wilbur3 Donald, born March 16, 1874 in Dufferin Parish,Charlotte,
New Brunswick; died 1945. He married
Coral A Hill July 23, 1902; born May 27, 1879 in Calais, Maine.
+6 ii. Joseph Clifton
Donald, born October 27, 1876 in Dufferin Parish, County of
Charlotte, New Brunswick; died October
24, 1956 in Vancouver , British Columbia.
iii.Cora Helena
Donald, born September 06, 1879 in Dufferin , Charlotte County;
died June 17, 1947 in St. Stephen,
Charlotte County. Burial: St Stephen Rual Cementary
iv. Robert Wilfred
Donald, born November 12, 1883 in Duffering, Charlotte County.
Notes for Robert Wilfred Donald:
Obituary - September 4, 1958 Saint Croix Courier Dufferin
Resident Passes In Hospital
Many friends will be sorry to hear of the death of Robert W. Donald of Dufferin recently at Charlotte County Hospital. Mr. Donald was the last surviving member of his immediate family and was born in Dufferin where he resided all of his life.
A retired motor mechanic, he was the son of the late Robert Donald and Mary Martin Donald of Dufferin.
Funeral Services were held August 24 conducted by Rev. B. D. Earle with burial in the family lot in the St. Stephen Rural Cemetery. Survivors were his Neice, Mrs Lorin Anthony and several nephews and nieces in Vancouver , B.C.
Pallbearers were Lenard Bateman, Herman Hoppe, James Purdy, Lawson Nixon, Arthur Mears and Kenneth Mc Caffery. The many beautiful floral tributes from relatives and friends paid silent tribute to the esteem in which the deceased was held by all.
v. Mary Elizabeth Donald, born September 03, 1887 in Dufferin ,
Charlotte County. She married William Ferrester.
vi. Willard
Thornton Donald, born November 29, 1889 in Dufferin , Charlotte
County. He married Mary G. Boyd
September 16, 1914; born 1886; died 1916 in St. Stephen.
4. Joseph Donald2 Jr. (Joseph1 Donald, WilliamA, JonathonB, JonathonC, WilliamD, WilliamE) was born 1849 in Dufferin P. (New Brunswick), and died January 19, 1930 in Vancouver , British Columbia. He married Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzy' Hannan October 04, 1871 in Ledge, St Stephen, Charlotte County , New Brunswick, daughter of Thomas Hannan and Mahitable Sinclair. She was born February 08, 1856 in Pomeroy Ridge, and died May 20, 1905 in Vancouver, B.C..
More About Joseph Donald Jr.: Fact
1: Owned Grocery Store
Notes for Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzy' Hannan: Obituary - Saint Croix
Courier - June 15m 1905
" The Work of the Reaper"
From the World, published at
Vancouver, B.C. on May 25th we clip the following:
The sad death occurred on Saturday evening of Mary Elizabeth
Donald wife of Mr . Joseph Donald, formerly proprietor of a
grocery store on Westminster Avenue. Mr. Donald left two weeks
ago for Mexico. It is uncertain where he is now, and all attempts
to locate him by telegraph have so far proved unavailing. The
cause of death was heart failure. The deceased was forty nine
years of age and a native of St. Stephen, N.B. Mrs. Donald
resided in Boston Mass., and then at El Cajou, Cal.. before
coming to Vancouver nearly seven years ago. She was greatly
beloved and respected. She leaves two sons and four daughters.
Mrs. Donald, whose maiden name was Mary Elizabeth Hannah, was born at Pomeroy Ridge, February 8th 1856. On October 4th 1871, she married Joseph Donald Jr., of Ledge, Dufferin. Eight children came to them, six of whom, four daughters and two sons, with her husband survive her.
About twenty years ago, Mr. and Mrs, Donald moved to El Cajou, California, where they resided until moving to Vancouver, B.C., in 1898.
In the past five or six years Mrs Donald suffered greatly with her heart and the death of her youngest daughter, Fay, more than two years ago, proved a great shock from which she never recovered. Of late months she had seemed much better and was talking about making a trip home to New Brunswick to visit her mother who still resides at the Ridge.
The night of her death she had been shopping with her daughter and on her return home was her usual bright, happy self, chatting with her children, and even walking to the gate with her married daughters and their children, who had been to see her. About eleven o'clock she retired , and had apparently just fallen asleep when her daughters heard her moan, went to her bedside and found the Master had said 'Come home.' With a smile on her lips she obeyed the call breathing her last about eleven twenty without waking from sleep. Peaceful and sweet, indeed was the the end.
An ideal wife and mother. placing her home first of all, a true and faithful friend, ever a helping hand and helpful word for those who crossed her pathway, her place is one that cannot be filled. -Com.
Children of
Joseph Jr. and Mary Hannan are:
+7 i. Mary Elizabeth3
Donald, born January 29, 1880 in New Brunswick; died February 07,
1932 in Vancouver ,
British Columbia.
ii. Henry
Donald.
iii.Chester Donald.
+8 iv.Mabel Mahitable
Donald, born December 18, 1881 in Boston, Massachusets.
v. Fay
Donald, died 1903.
vi.Joseph
Clifton Donald.
5. Robert Burns3
Lovely (Josephine Cecelia2 Donald, Joseph1, WilliamA, JonathonB,
JonathonC, WilliamD, WilliamE)
was born
August 13, 1880.
Child of Robert Burns Lovely is:
i. Roberta4
Lovely. She married Halligan.
6.. Joseph Clifton3
Donald (Robert Thaxter2, Joseph1, WilliamA, JonathonB, JonathonC,
WilliamD, WilliamE) was
born October 27, 1876 in Dufferin Parish, County of Charlotte,
New Brunswick, and died October 24, 1956 in
Vancouver, British Columbia. He married Mary Elizabeth
Donald October 04, 1898 in San Diego County , California,
daughter of Joseph Jr. and Mary Hannan. She was born
January 29, 1880 in New Brunswick, and died February
07, 1932 in Vancouver , British Columbia.
Notes for Joseph Clifton Donald:Obituary
J. C. Donald's Funeral on 80th Birthday
Funeral service of Joseph
Clifton Donald was conducted at Mount Pleasant Chapel today.
Mr Donald , who would have been 80 today, died at the Vancouver
General Hospital Wednesday. Burial was in the family plot,
Mountain View Cemetery. Born at St Stephen, N.B., Mr Donald came
to Vancouver in 1898. He retired form the B.C. Electric as
foreman carpenter at the Kitsilano shops in 1949.
He leaves his daughter, Mrs. Jack Barringer, White Rock and
his sons Cliff and Phil in Vancouver and Ernest in Nanaimo.
More About Joseph Clifton
Donald:Moved: 1898, Moved to Vancouver, B.C.
Retirement: April 30, 1949, Retired from B.C. Electric as Foreman
Carpenter after 48 years of Service
Children of Joseph Donald and
Mary Donald are:
i. Robert Joseph Clifton4 Donald, born
September 15, 1899 in Vancouver , British Columbia; died June 18,
1968
in Vancouver , British Columbia.
ii. Alfred Henry Donald, born September
13, 1904 in Vancouver , British Columbia; died January 08, 1938
in Vancouver,
British Columbia.
iii. Mary Elizabeth Donald, born April 13,
1909. She married Jack Barringer.
iv. Chester Boy Donald, born June 13, 1911 in
Vancouver , British Columbia; died October 03, 1920 in Vancouver,
British Columbia.
v. Ernest Wilbur Donald, born May 01,
1913. He married Elizabeth May Walters.
vi. Philip Martin Donald, born April 19, 1915
in Vancouver , British Columbia; died April 05, 1983 in Langley ,
British
Columbia. He married Elizabeth Bamford June 29, 1940 in St.
Michaels , Anglican Church , Vancouver B.C.; born
November 30, 1918 in Northumberland, England; died January 08,
1992 in North Vancouver, British Columbia.
Notes for Philip Martin Donald:Obituary
DONALD - Philip Martin, born in Vancouver April 19, 1915 passed away suddenly on Tuesday, April 5 1983. He is survived by his wife Betty; son Alan; grandsons Randall and Chad; brother Ernest; and Sister Bess both of Vancouver Island. He retired in 1976 from B.C. Hydro and B.C. Electric after 43 years service. A family memorial service was held at North Lonsdale United Church, on Saturday, April 19 at 1:00p.m. with Rev. C.R., Henning officiating. Flowers gratefully declined. Friends may make donations to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 3259 Heather St. Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 3k4. Arrangements through First Memorial Services.
More About Philip Martin
Donald:Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Retirement: 1975, Retired from B.C. Hydro after 43 years of
Service
Notes for Elizabeth Bamford:Obituary - Vancouver Sun
DONALD- Elizabeth (Betty) born in Tynemouth, England on November 30, 1918, Passed away after a lengthy illness on January 8, 1992 in North Vancouver, B.C. She is survived by her son Alan and his wife Maureen; grandsons, Randy and Chad;sisters, Nan Barringer, and Edna Heatherington; and brothers, Aaron and John Bamford. Memorial service will be held at First Memorial Services, in North Vancouver, on Monday, January 13, at 4:00pm. Flowers are gratefully declined. Friends may wish to make donations to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, 130 Younge Street., Suite 201, Toronto, Ont. M4t 1X2. Their family wish to express their appreciation for the care given by the staff at Cedar view Lodge and Evergreen House.
7.. Mary Elizabeth3
Donald (Joseph Donald2 Jr., Joseph1 Donald, WilliamA, JonathonB,
JonathonC, WilliamD, WilliamE)
was born January 29, 1880 in New Brunswick, and died February 07,
1932 in Vancouver , British Columbia. She
married Joseph Clifton Donald October 04, 1898 in San Diego
County , California, son of Robert Donald and Mary Martin.
He was born October 27, 1876 in Dufferin Parish, County of
Charlotte, New Brunswick, and died October 24, 1956 in
Vancouver , British Columbia.
Notes for Joseph Clifton Donald:Obituary
J. C. Donald's Funeral on 80th Birthday
Funeral service of Joseph
Clifton Donald was conducted at Mount Pleasant Chapel today.
Mr Donald , who would have been 80 today, died at the Vancouver
General Hospital Wednesday. Burial was in the family plot,
Mountain View Cemetery. Born at St Stephen, N.B., Mr Donald came
to Vancouver in 1898. He retired form the B.C. Electric as
foreman carpenter at the Kitsilano shops in 1949.
He leaves his daughter, Mrs. Jack Barringer, White Rock and
his sons Cliff and Phil in Vancouver and Ernest in Nanaimo.
More About Joseph Clifton
Donald:Moved: 1898, Moved to Vancouver, B.C.
Retirement: April 30, 1949, Retired from B.C. Electric as Foreman
Carpenter after 48 years of Service
Children are listed above under (14) Joseph Clifton Donald.
8..
Mabel Mahitable3 Donald (Joseph Donald2 Jr., Joseph1 Donald,
WilliamA, JonathonB, JonathonC, WilliamD, WilliamE)
was born December 18, 1881 in Boston, Massachusets. She
married Harry Ambrose Willis December 25, 1902 in
Vancouver, British Columbia.
Children of
Mabel Donald and Harry Willis are:
i. Grace4 Willis.
ii. Daisy Willis.
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