This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DONALDSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gIT.2ACEB/582.610.725.727.729.1.2 Message Board Post: Thank you for replies. His name was probably WILLIAM PETER RAMSAY NICOL DONALDSON born 1888 in FIFE, Scotland.His father was a manager in a coal mine and was killed in a mine accident before William was born. Williams parents were GEORGE DONALDSON 1848-1888 and MARGARET NICOL 1854-1922. William had a brother and a sister who came to Australia and half sisters and half brother . William went to Canada or America.All letters are lost. We would dearly like to know what happened to him.