William was the son of William Donaldson . He fought in the Great War as a lieutenant in the 7th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and carried the Regimental Colours home in May 1919. He was mentioned in Despatches 8 NOvember 1918.
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Hendry / Donaldson family photo 1928
This photograph is from the wedding of DD Hendry to MR Donaldson on 29 Nov 1928. Back: Annie Knight Hendry (née Doig) – Mary Donaldson (née Rennie) – Alfred Cumming (Uncle Alf) – Elizabeth Cumming (née Donaldson, Aunt Bet) Back / middle right: Agnes Donaldson (née Brown, Aunt Nan) – William Donaldson (Uncle Willie) Middle: Evan Hendry – Minnie Robertson – Douglas D Hendry – Marion R Donaldson – Jean Whiteford (née Donaldson, Aunt Jean) – William Donaldson Front: […]
Doig – James 1827-1898
James Doig (Charles, Robert, Robert, John) was born on 3 May 1827 in Douglastown, Kinnettles, Angus, Scotland. He was christened on 6 May 1827 in Kinnettles, Angus, Scotland. He died on 13 Nov 1898 in 59 Constitution Street, St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland. James was likely the father of an illegitimate son John Doig by Agnes Myles in 1853. This James is probably the father based on location and having left the area to join the army […]
Notebook with family dates
Note book from Annie Hendry (Annie Knight Doig) with dates relating to family members – and added to later. Bob is Robert Douglas Hendry. Mother is Mary Flemming Evans. Evan Is Evan Hendry. Uncle Charlie is Charles William Doig. He was born on 27 Feb 1871 in St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland. He died in 1938 in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland. In 1901 Charles was a linotype operator residing at 14 Loanhead Terrace, Rosemount, Aberdeen with his wife […]
Five Minutes with the Wilson Sisters
by Donald Lang Whether you are looking at photos, family trees, or other documents, every now and then you find it difficult to find a probable narrative that covers the reported facts. Somewhere there is, or was, a letter in which Dan Wilson informed Hector McKenzie that he, Hector, working as a tanner, did not meet [Dan’s] approval as his son in law. The existence of the letter was not in doubt, up to something […]
Letter 1960-08-28 Fanny Foote – Donald Lang
664A Mt Eden Rd 28.8.60 Dear Donald, Thank you for your interesting letter, which we all enjoyed. Your time at Canberra is drawing to an end. We are looking forward to seeing you before you take off for your next venture. We hear U.S.A., Israel, U.K. all mentioned. We hope it will be U.K. you go to. We like to think N.Z s best brains go to our own Kingdom for one thing, for another […]
Letter 1958-03-03 Fanny Foote – Donald Lang
664A Mt Eden Rd Monday Mar 3rd (1958) Dear Donald, First of all we all send our love & very best wishes for today. A bit late, but they are coming to you by the air as well. We thoroughly enjoyed your newsy letter with the description of your holiday doings. You certainly made the most of your time & managed to see some interesting spots. Now you will be settling down to some grind. […]
Letter 1957-12-23 Fanny Foote – Donald Lang
664A Mt Eden Rd 23.12.57 Dear Donald, Thank you for your Christmas message. We enjoyed it & Elizabeth says it is the best card we received. More to it, if you know what I mean. Hope you enjoyed your flight(Week in Sydney, tramping in Snowy, on to start PhD at ANU) & didn’t have any bumps. Reports of the heat in Sydney are not nice reading. I hope you haven’t melted to a grease spot. […]
Letter 1950-08-20 Fanny Foote- Donald Lang
Cheltenham Aug 20th 1950 Dear Donald, We have just spent four days in Oxford, & could have done with four more. However we hope to go back later in the year. Our Cousin Gilbert Wiblin a lad about my age (Aunt Fanny is 73), took us over many of the colleges, beautiful buildings many of them are, & they all have large quadrangles of perfect lawns & gardens. The finest one is Magdalen, where your […]
Letter 1960-12-16 Eva Wilson – Donald Lang
664A Mt Eden Rd Mt Eden S.1. 16.12.60 Dear Donald, Thank you for your fine letter of sympathy, it was much appreciated by us all. Truly Aunt Fanny has been a good example to us, she was sustained by her faith in God right through her illness, & her courage never failed. She was most thankful to Elizabeth(her unmarried daughter, a nurse) for her devoted care & attention, & to be nursed at home with […]