Hi list, I'm looking for information on the following family in Grey: John Alexander ("Sandy") McDonald b. abt 1850 d. abt 1934 in Durham his wife, Harriet McClocklin b. 11 Dec 1860 in Glenelg Twp. d. 24 Nov 1906 in Durham Their family: John Clark McDonald b. 5 Apr 1882 Thomas William McDonald b. 19 Aug 1883 Alexander H McDonald b. 18 Jul 1888 Norman C McDonald b. 5 Nov 1896 Martha Matilda McDonald b. 27 Dec 1898 I found them on the 1901 census in Durham, but am having a harder time in 1911. I know that Harriet passed in 1906 and Matilda passed away in 1907, but the males were still alive. I have the info on John Clark McDonald who was married and had a few children by the 1911 census, but I cannot find what happened to Alexander Sr. or Jr., Thomas or Norman. I've exhausted the 1911 census for Grey County. I thought perhaps someone on the list might either have cemetery transcripts for the Durham cemetery and might see that the family is there, or you may be somehow connected to McDonalds. If so, I would love to hear from you. Regards, Kim

Hi Kim: I found at www.archives.ca, Soldiers of WWI: Soldiers of the First World War Names: MCDONALD , NORMAN CHARLES Regimental number: 784115 Rank: DVR Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6756 - 7 Born: November 5, 1896 at Durham, Ontario Next of Kin: Father, Alexander McDonald Address of Next of Kin: Durham, Ontario Occupation: Teamster Married: No His attestation papers are online. Also: Soldiers of the First World War Names: MCDONALD , THOMAS WILLIAM Regimental number: 1345 Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6765 - 37 Born: Durham, Ontario Next of Kin: Alex E. McDonald, Durham, Ontario Occupation: Clerk Married: No Attestation papers online. You can look for Alexander in case he also signed up for the War. There are 213 of them and from the dates of birth for the other two, the ones you have may be a little different. Likely Alex, Jr stayed home to farm. From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site, deaths, it looks like Thomas died in the war: http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14 Casualty Details Name: McDONALD Initials: T W Nationality: Canadian Rank: Private Regiment: Canadian Army Medical Corps Unit Text: 4th Field Amb Date of Death: 09/12/1918 Service No: 1345 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. J. 4. Cemetery: BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Cemetery Details Cemetery: BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Country: United Kingdom Locality: Surrey Location Information: Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. There is a direct train service from Waterloo to Brookwood Station from which there is an entrance to the cemetery. Historical Information: BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY is owned by the Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War. There is a large Royal Air Forces section in the south-east corner of the cemetery (which also contains the graves of Czech and American airmen who served with the Royal Air Force) and the Air Forces shelter building nearby houses the register of the names of those buried in the section. A plot in the west corner of the cemetery contains approximately 2,400 Canadian graves of the Second World War including those of 43 men who died of wounds following the Dieppe Raid in August 1942. The Canadian Records building, which was a gift of the Canadian government, houses a reception room for visitors and other offices. In addition to the Commonwealth plots, the cemetery also contains French, Polish, Czech, Belgian and Italian sections, and a number of war graves of other nationalities all cared for by the Commission. The American Military Cemetery is the responsibility of the American Battle Monuments Commission. Brookwood Military Cemetery now contains 1,601 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 3,476 from the Second World War. Of the Second World War burials 5 are unidentified, 3 being members of the R.A.F. and 2 being members of the R.C.A.F. The war graves of other nationalities in the Commission's care number 786 including 28 unidentified French. As an agency service on behalf of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, the Commission also maintains a plot of the graves of Chelsea Pensioners, which is situated adjacent to the Military Cemetery, and a small plot containing the graves of 12 members of the nursing services in the adjoining Brookwood Cemetery is also in the Commission's care. The BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL stands at the southern end of the Canadian section of the cemetery and commemorates 3,500 men and women of the land forces of the Commonwealth who died during the Second World War and have no known grave, the circumstances of their death being such that they could not appropriately be commemorated on any of the campaign memorials in the various theatres of war. They died in the campaign in Norway in 1940, or in the various raids on enemy occupied territory in Europe such as Dieppe and St Nazaire. Others were special agents who died as prisoners or while working with Allied underground movements. Some died at sea, in hospital ships and troop transports, in waters not associated with the major campaigns, and a few were killed in flying accidents or in aerial combat. The BROOKWOOD (UNITED KINGDOM 1914-18) MEMORIAL was created in 2004. It commemorates more than 200 Commonwealth casualties who died in the United Kingdom during the First World War but for whom no graves could be found. No. of Identified Casualties: 6976 Hope this helps, Marg in Sunny Alberta Kim Watson wrote: >Hi list, > >I'm looking for information on the following family in >Grey: > >John Alexander ("Sandy") McDonald b. abt 1850 d. abt >1934 in Durham >his wife, Harriet McClocklin b. 11 Dec 1860 in Glenelg >Twp. d. 24 Nov 1906 in Durham >Their family: >John Clark McDonald b. 5 Apr 1882 >Thomas William McDonald b. 19 Aug 1883 >Alexander H McDonald b. 18 Jul 1888 >Norman C McDonald b. 5 Nov 1896 >Martha Matilda McDonald b. 27 Dec 1898 > >I found them on the 1901 census in Durham, but am >having a harder time in 1911. I know that Harriet >passed in 1906 and Matilda passed away in 1907, but >the males were still alive. I have the info on John >Clark McDonald who was married and had a few children >by the 1911 census, but I cannot find what happened to >Alexander Sr. or Jr., Thomas or Norman. > >I've exhausted the 1911 census for Grey County. I >thought perhaps someone on the list might either have >cemetery transcripts for the Durham cemetery and might >see that the family is there, or you may be somehow >connected to McDonalds. If so, I would love to hear >from you. > >Regards, >Kim > > > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > >