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Record #8109
Name :
: David DONALDSON (1911 - 2002)


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Date of Birth
: 25 Feb 1911

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 11 Jun 2002
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Edinburgh
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Athens
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 3 Apr 1927
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Athenia

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Quarriers
NotesPassenger List states that he was aged 16, born in Edinburgh, destination - Fairknowe Home, Brockville, Ontario, next of kin West of Scotland Orphan Homes, intended occupation - farming........Passenger List states that he was aged 16, born in Edinburgh, destination - Fairknowe Home, Brockville, Ontario, next of kin West of Scotland Orphan Homes, intended occupation - farming.....................
Surname: DONALDSON Given Name: David Age: 16 Sex: M Ship: Athenia Year of Arrival: 1927 Departure
Port: Glasgow Departure Date: 1927-03-25 Arrival Port: Halifax Arrival Date: 1927-04-03 Destination:
Quarrier's Home, Fairknowe, Brockville, Ontario Comments: Group of boys Notes: Vol. 5, p. 164 Source:Library and Archives Canada Reference: RG 76 C1b Microfilm: -14809..................................................................................................................................................................................................This obit came from the Lois Stanford British Home Child Collection.................................. David Donaldson,91....David Donaldson,91, along time resident of Fairfield,died June 11 at Maple View Lodge,where he had lived since 2000.He was born February 25,1911 at Edinburgh,Scotland to James Donaldson and the former Mary Calder. His parents died before he was four years old and he lived with his uncle and aunt for some time.Then he went to live at the Quarrier home near Glasgow,Scotland,a home for orphans and the children of destitute parents.There he had a good if Spartan upbringing.In 1927 he came to Canada,stopped at he Fairknowe Home in Brockville,along with numerous other Quarrier children,and worked on several farms in the area,including Ashton,the sixth Concession of Elizabethtown,Nash Road and Fairfield. He had many tales both funny and sad to tell of those hard days. He also went to work in lumber camps in the winters and joined the grain harvests out west. While working for the Fairfield farmer,Harry Tristram,he first met Muriel Emma Pyke,of that hamlet,whom he eventually married on March 23,1940 in Christ Church,Gananoque.Mr.Donaldson worked at the Phillips Cables plant in Brockville from 1938-1945.He held a few odd jobs after that,then began helping to build the plant at the Maitland site of DuPont Canada Inc.On July 23,1953 he began working for DuPont Canada Inc,itself at the Maitland site. He worked there as a labourer until he retired in 1975. He was an active member of Manhard United Church and helped maintain the church building.He was also on the Manhard Cemetery board at one time and used to sing in the choir.He had played soccer in his younger years and was an avid sports fan all his life.He like to read and also enjoyed crafts such as leather work and weaving dollies. He lived for 60 years with his wife in their little home on the southwest cornor of North Augusta Road and Fairfield Road. He loved to work in the vegetable garden and mow his lawn,keeping it as neat and trim as a golf green.Friends called at the Barclay Funeral Home,Brockville,where on June 14 the funeral was held,with Pastor Linda Winton officiating.Burial follwed at Manhard Cemetery. The pallbearers were Raymond Slack,Victor Johnston,Austin Collet,Lorne Thompson, Albert Steenwyk and Arnie King.Memorial donations were directed to the Lung Association. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
7315 DONALDSON, A. William1869ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
7927 DONALDSON, Andrew1912ENG,    , Edinburgh Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
8109 DONALDSON, David1911SCT,    , Edinburgh Apr 1927 : Athenia CAN Quarriers  
24936 DONALDSON, James1898 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
27406 DONALDSON, James1932ENG,     Jan 1949 : Ormonde AUS Big Brother Movement  
19057 DONALDSON, John1909ENG,     Mar 1927 : Melita CAN Salvation Army  
25351 DONALDSON, Marion1886SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
24937 DONALDSON, Thomas1899 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos