Hilda Heath Macdonald

(1909 - 1929)
Father*Percy Blomfield Macdonald b. 1875, d. 1944
Mother*Henrietta Eliza (Etta) Traill b. 1879, d. 1963
Hilda Heath Macdonald was born in Invercargill, Southland, on 6 January 1909.1

Hilda died on 28 July 1929 in Invercargill, Southland, at age 20.2 She was buried on 31 July 1929 at the Invercargill Eastern Cemetery in Invercargill.3
ChartsAlexander Macdonald (1813-1888) descendancy
Samuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy
Stephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1909/15966.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1929/4549, aged 20.
  3. [S586] Invercargill City Cemetery database, at https://www.icc.govt.nz/cemeteries/cemetery-search/, Block 9, plot 24.

Hugh Beverley Macdonald

(1907 - 1967)
Father*Herbert Alexander Macdonald b. 1868, d. 1937
Mother*Beatrice Isabel Ayton b. 1872
Hugh Beverley Macdonald was born in Invercargill, Southland, on 13 October 1907.1

He married Marna Varcoe Service in England on 15 May 1937.

Hugh died on 14 June 1967 in London, Middlesex, at age 59.

Family

Marna Varcoe Service (1906 - 2006)
ChartsAlexander Macdonald (1813-1888) descendancy
Samuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy
Stephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1907/24540.

Hugh Roy Macdonald

(1883 - 1947)
Father*Thomas Morell Macdonald b. 1840, d. 1909
Mother*Charlotte Clements Forsaith b. 1843, d. 1894
Hugh Roy Macdonald was born in Invercargill, Southland, on 5 December 1883.1

He married Florence Mary Foote in Auckland on 22 November 1915.2,3

Hugh died on 20 June 1947 in Auckland at age 63.4

Family

Florence Mary Foote (1884 - 1965)
Child
ChartsAlexander Macdonald (1813-1888) descendancy
Samuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy
Stephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1884/10459.
  2. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 7780.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1915/5511.
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1947/20097, aged 64.

Ian Gordon Macdonald

(1915 - 2014)
Father*Alexander Gordon Macdonald b. 1885, d. 1959
Mother*Flora Macdonald b. 1882, d. 1964
Ian Gordon Macdonald was born in Kuala Lumpur on 13 May 1915.1

He arrived in Southampton on 27 February 1938 having left from Singapore, travelling 2nd Class on the Baloeran. He claimed his last permanent residence was England and gave his address as c/o Lloyds Bank, Ashford, Kent.2

He was listed in the 1939 Register at Winchet Hall in Cranbrook, Kent; he was living with a large group of unrelated people and was single, working as a farmer.3

He married Margaret Helen Frances Walton in Brenchley, Kent, on 8 June 1944.1,4

Ian's second marriage was to Eirene Alison Hepburn Whyte on 2 October 1971 in Uckfield, Sussex.5,6

Ian's death was registered between October 2014 and December 2014 in Cambridgeshire.7

Family 1

Margaret Helen Frances Walton (1911 - 2000)

Family 2

Eirene Alison Hepburn Whyte (1911 - 2002)
ChartsAlexander Macdonald (1813-1888) descendancy
Samuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy
Stephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S355] Email - Mary (Macdonald) Khanna, email to D Ferguson, 3 Feb 2004, Details taken from Ian Macdonald's mother's address book during interview with Ian by Mary Khanna (Macdonald), Jan 2004.
  2. [S720] UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at https://www.ancestry.com
  3. [S1044] Census - 29 Sep 1939, UK Register, RG101/1807D/027/33, Letter Code: DJCR, Schedule 264.
  4. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Tonbridge, Vol 2a, p2245.
  5. [S355] Email - Mary (Macdonald) Khanna, email to D Ferguson, 3 Feb 2004, Details taken from Ian Macdonald's mother's address book during interview by M Khanna, Jan 2004.
  6. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Uckfield, Vol 5h, p899.
  7. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: Cambridgeshire, 339-1A, entry 510942735, born 1915.

Isabel Maud Eliza (Isa) Macdonald1

(1877 - 1921)
Father*Thomas Morell Macdonald1 b. 1840, d. 1909
Mother*Charlotte Clements Forsaith1 b. 1843, d. 1894
Isabel Maud Eliza (Isa) Macdonald was born in Invercargill, Southland, on 8 July 1877.1,2

Isabel died on 28 April 1921 in Oamaru, Otago, at age 43. Family oral history records her death as suicide by drowning, reputedly as her older sister May had stolen her boy-friend Bill (William Quinn).3,4 She was buried on 30 April 1921 at the Invercargill Eastern Cemetery in Invercargill.5
ChartsAlexander Macdonald (1813-1888) descendancy
Samuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy
Stephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S922] BDM Registrar of New Zealand, birth record, Reg. No. 1877/14047.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1877/14047.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1921/2780, aged 44.
  4. [S1020] Newspaper - Ashburton Guardian, issue of 28 Apr 1921, Vol XLI, issue 9502, p5, Found in the Sea.
  5. [S586] Invercargill City Cemetery database, at https://www.icc.govt.nz/cemeteries/cemetery-search/, Block 9, plot 23.

Isabella Macdonald1

(c 1877 - 1959)
Isabella Macdonald was born in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, circa 1877. She was the daughter of Angus Macdonald (seaman) and Isabella McNeil.1,2

She married Ewen Ferguson, son of Alexander Fergusson and Elizabeth Stewart, at 95 Kenfield St in Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 23 November 1899. He gave his occupation as cattle-dealer.3

She was listed in the 1921 census at 24a Glebe St in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, with her husband Ewen; he was a market keeper for Binnce Ltd, auctioneers. Their children Ewen, Isabella, Elizabeth and Maggie were listed as living with them.2

She was widowed on the death of her husband Ewen on 2 June 1951.4

Isabella died on 8 March 1959 at Melbourne House in Whiting Bay, Kilbride, Bute, of cardio-vascular degeneration.5
ChartsThomas Fergusson (c1758-1844) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S917] GRO Scotland, marriage record.
  2. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, Scottish GRO 479/00 1/ 5.
  3. [S917] GRO Scotland, marriage record, District of Blythswood, Statutory Marriages, GRO 644/07 1086.
  4. [S918] GRO Scotland, death record, District of Denny and Dunipace, Statutory Deaths, GRO 476/01 0039, aged 85.
  5. [S918] GRO Scotland, death record, District of Kilbride, Statutory Deaths, GRO 553/021 0006, aged 81.
  6. [S612] GRO Scotland, birth/bapt record, District of Camlachie, Statutory Births, GRO 644/2 1215.

Janice Nellie Macdonald1

(1935 - 1937)
Father*Eric Freeman Blomfield Macdonald1 b. 1897, d. 1978
Mother*Nellie Kathleen Buchanan1 b. 1898, d. 1981
Janice Nellie Macdonald was born in Paeroa on 6 November 1935.1

Janice died on 6 September 1937 in Auckland at age 1 of pneumonia during treatment of congenital hip displacement.1,2
ChartsAlexander Macdonald (1813-1888) descendancy
Stephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S354] Electronic Files - A Macdonald, and subsequent correspondence.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1937/18456, aged 1.

Kenneth Hugh Macdonald

(1916 - 1998)
Father*Hugh Roy Macdonald b. 1883, d. 1947
Mother*Florence Mary Foote b. 1884, d. 1965
Kenneth Hugh MACDONALD (1916-1998) Mar 1987
Kenneth Hugh Macdonald was born in Auckland on 25 November 1916.1

During WW2 he rose to be Lt-Colonel (#60379) of the 24th Infantry Battalion NZEF, and was 2IC from 25 Feb to 12 May 1945, then Commanding Officer until 5 Jul 1945. He was wounded on the 26 Mar 1943, and was also awarded the Military Cross.2

He married Margaret Frances Whittome in New Zealand on 29 September 1945.3

Kenneth died on 2 March 1998 in Wellington at age 81.4,5 He was cremated at the Karori Crematorium on 6 March 1998.5

Family

Margaret Frances Whittome (1918 - 2015)
ChartsAlexander Macdonald (1813-1888) descendancy
Samuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy
Stephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1998/3971 gives this birthdate.
  2. [S597] Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database, at https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph
  3. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 11254.
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1998/3971.
  5. [S570] Wellington City Cemeteries database, at https://wellington.govt.nz/cemeteries/…, Record no. 66540.

Madge Hazel Macdonald1

(1898 - 1966)
Father*Alexander Blomfield Macdonald1 b. 1869, d. 1934
Mother*Wilhelmina Wallis1 b. 1871, d. 1921
Madge Hazel Macdonald was born at 'Warwick', 28 Canonbury Grove, Dulwich Hill in Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, on 1 December 1898.1

She married William Buchanan, son of John Buchanan and Elizabeth Simpkin, at "Enmore" in Kaihere on 18 December 1923.2,3,4

Madge died on 28 February 1966 in Mangatarata at age 67.2,5

Family

William Buchanan (1893 - 1966)
Children
ChartsAlexander Macdonald (1813-1888) descendancy
Stephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S926] BDM NSW Registry, birth record, Reg. No. 4613/1899.
  2. [S354] Electronic Files - A Macdonald, and subsequent correspondence.
  3. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 9059.
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1923/6964.
  5. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1966/32404, aged 67.

Margaret Mamie (Peg) Macdonald

(1935 - 1999)
Father*Herbert Morell Macdonald b. 1897, d. 1961
Mother*Anne Gilroy McNair b. 1899, d. 1992
Margaret Mamie (Peg) Macdonald was born in Victoria on 15 November 1935.

Margaret died on 16 April 1999 in Victoria at age 63.1 She was buried at the Camperdown Cemetery in Camperdown.1
Grave - Herbert M MACDONALD (1897-1961), Anne G MACDONALD (nee MACNAIR)(c1900-1992), Margaret M MACDONALD (1935-1999), Camperdown, VIC
ChartsAlexander Macdonald (1813-1888) descendancy
Samuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy
Stephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S758] Cemetery Entry - Carol Judkins, Camperdown, Australian Cemetery photos.