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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: LockeLad on Wednesday 10 February 10 13:08 GMT (UK)
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I am trying to trace the later history of my aunt, Ethel May Don (nee Locke), who was raised in Kingweston, Somerset, daughter of George Locke(1873-1949) and Lucy Ann Penny (1882-1955).
Born 1900, she was married in 1918 in Weymouth, Dorset, England to James Lever Don, born Oct 1894 in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. James was an Australian soldier, a sergent in 2nd div. sig.c. and I have his attestation papers. He signed up in 18/8/1914 and was killed in france, possibly 7/6/1918. Widowed, Ethel emigrated to Australia in November 1926 on the SS Bendigo together with her 5(?) year old son, Gordon McDonald Don, presumably to visit her husband's family. I have a copy of the passenger listing.
She was accompanied by her unmarried sister, Beatrice Maud Locke. On the same boat was Harold Heslop Underhill whom Beatrice later married in Australia and whose descendents I have made contact with.
However what happened subsequently to Ethel and her son Gordon is not known although they almost certainly remained in Australia and she may have married a man called Johnson. Help please to locate them.
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I think this man survived the war and returned to Sydney in 1918. There is a death entry in NSW BDM records for death of James Lever Don at Wollongong 1962, son of Amy and James.
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Indeed National Recordsearch ( http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/recordsearch/index.aspx ) shows a Gordon McDonald Don's WWII files with next of kin Ethel Johnson - b. NSW, enlisted QLD. His birth date is such that he couldn't be the son of a man who died in WWI. Also James Lever Don's full file; it doesn't appear to me that he died; he is listed as being discharged in 1918 due to medical unfitness (he had been previously injured).
As I can't see Gordon's birth in England, it's possible that she went to Australia soon after the marriage, and later returned to England to visit family, along with her son.
http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/
show records 1929/1930/1931 of a divorce, Ethel May Don (formerly Locke) against James Lever Don, for desertion.
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Gordon MacDonald DON appears on the Electoral Rolls to 1954 living in Northern Queensland. So, that matches with his Army reference on the NAA that he was in QLD.
An Ethel May JOHNSON also appears on the Electoral Rolls to 1954 living in Northern QLD areas also.
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Thank you all for your research which has shed much light on my aunt's life! Your findings fit in with one family story which contracticted another source. There is a story that Ethel did indeed come back to England from Australia and try to persuade her brother, Stanley, to go to Australia with her. He declined as he was courting a local girl whom he later married. But sister Beatrice agreed to accompany Ethel.
The existence of Ethel's son, Gordon McDonald Don, was unknown to me until I saw the passenger listing going out to Australia in 1926. It did'nt quite fit the supposed death of his father in WW1 with his age on the 1926 boat journey given as 5 - but now it makes sense.
I am impressed by the ready availability of so many Australian records.
One remaining thing about Beatrice Maud Barbara Locke (born 1902) who married Harold Heslop Underwood. I believe that they married 19 Mar 1924 but don't know where. Can you see if there is a record in Australia please?
Many Thanks again,
LockeLad
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Hi LockeLad,
If an unmarried Beatrice accompanied her sister to Australia in 1926, she could not have married Harold Underwood in 1924.
They appear to be married by 1930 and appear at Wandoo Wandong Station Obley NSW Harold is a groom and Beatrice a Cook
By 1936 they are in Queensland living at Kybong Via Gympie where Harold is a Dairy Hand and Beatrice Home Duties. They remain in Queensland.
No sign of the marriage in NSW or Queensland or England that I can see.
Maybe this is why
There is a Harold Heslep UNDERWOOD marries in Canada in 1915 aged 37
Harold Heslop UNDERWOOD aged 37 bachelor b Oldham England, a soldier, C/E, father Percy Heslop UNDERWOOD mother Helena Waldron COOPER He was a resident of London Ontario.
He married Lulu FISHER aged 21 spinster b Mount Bridges Ontario, Presbyterian, father Benjamin FISHER, mother Agnes CUDNEY. She was a resident of London Ontario.
The marriage took place at St Thomas Presbyterian Elgin on the 2 Oct 1915 witnesses Matthew WHYTE of St Thomas and Kathleen NORSWORTHY of St Thomas
Looks like age is wrong. He appears in 1901 UK census with his named parents at 23 Lumley Road Shegness Lincolnshire aged 12 b Oldham Lancashire (at school) Dad Percy is a carpenter (parents full names as provided at marriage are listed in the census so certainly the same chap.) RG13/3078 Folio 29 Page 3
also Harold Heslop UNDERWOOD arrives in Southampton 8 Sep 1926 aboard the EMPRESS OF FRANCE He is aged 38 a butcher travelling from Canada
Cheers Kris :)
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20 Sep 1913 aboard the CANADA from Southampton to Quebec Canada
UNDERWOOD Harold 25 Horse Breaker - intended permanent residence in Canada
Harold is also found listed from Southampton to Saint John Nb Canada aboard the MINNEDOSA 19 Feb 1923 although it is crossed out
UNDERWOOD Harry H 34, a volcaniser, country of last permanent residence British Possessions, intended permanent residence in Canada. Address in UK Saville House Stegness
looks like he cancelled and actually travelled aboard the MELITA which departed from Liverpool 2 March 1923
UNDERWOOD Harold was aged 34, a volcaniser, Country of last permanent residence British Possessions. Intended permanent residence in Canada. Address in UK Saville House Stegness Lincolnshire
I do note his 1926 immigration aboard the BENDIGO departing London 11 Nov to Melbourne he lists the UK address as Saville House Stegness also but country of last permanent residence England, occ Farming aged 35. He seems to be alone. Perhaps he met the girls on the ship. Looks like he had only been in the UK a couple of months.
Cheers Kris :)
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and here we have Ethel travelling to Canada in 1918
Ethel May DON travelled from london to Canada aboard the MAURETANIA arriving NY 23 Aug 1918 as a tourist
She was married aged 22 could read and write was british last resided London. nearest Relative in UK Mother - Mrs G LOCKE Orchard View King Weston Somersetshire
Cheers Kris :)
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re James Lever Don's War record
1 He received a Gold Medal, issued by the King of Serbia.
There are also a couple of letters from his mother, querying his rank. Official conclusion - he had been Sergeant early in war, but was returned to sapper and then rose to Corporal.
2. He returned to Australia, suffering neurasthenia ( =? battle fatigue or worse ) on the HMAT Essex, leaving England on the 1/8/1918. However, he had been transferred to 2nd Div signals from the 1st Division .
3. He appears to have been discharged as UNFIT for further service on 15/10/1918.
4. On 20/2/1918, he appears to have been at Weymouth ( you may see the significance of this, as I do not)
5. One thing I do not understand. On Page 5 of the Digital images ( record I viewed ) there appears to be a notation, dated 20.10.'19 and hand-written " Emb = embarked? Melb = Melbourne and the word Karroo ( HMAT Karroo had been used, but does not appear to have been in Commonwealth control at this time???). This could suggest that he was receiving medical treatment ongoing - one might have to remember?? that Australia did not have its capital city at this time, government operated out of Melbourne and war services might also have been there.
raveon
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Fascinating! Some facts about Ethel May Locke:
a) Together with her sister, Beatrice, she was brought up at the family home at Orchard View, Kingweston, Somerset. Their mother was Mrs G (husband was George) Locke.
b) Significance of Weymouth: She married James Lever Don in the Weymouth area in 1918 and had an aunt living there at the time of the 1911 census: Mary Jane White (nee Rowland).
JL Don's medical condition, 'neurasthenia', could have accounted for his later desertion of his wife and son.
Ethel's trip to Canada so soon after her marriage came as a surprise to me, but it must be her. Was she going out to Australia via Panama while her husband went home by troopship? She had relatives in Canada, an Uncle in Ontario and maybe an aunt also in Ontario.
I am still puzzling out the movements of Beatrice and Harold Heslop UNDERWOOD. In the 1911 UK census a Harold Heslop Underwood, b 1889, age 22, is listed at a Military Establishment in Windsor, Berkshire, England. I was told that he married Lulu Fisher in Canada in 1915. I had presumed that she had died.
Please can you explain the National Archives of Australia item 4463256?
Title UNDERWOOD HAROLD HESLOP : Service Number - Q141386 : Date of birth - 04 Jun 1891 : Place of birth - OLDHAM ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - NAMBOUR QLD : Next of Kin - UNDERWOOD BEATRICE
Thanks,
LockeLad
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The National Archives record is a record of his WW2 service.
The item appears to be "Citizen's Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947"
You can request a copy. Follow the link.
I presume he put his age down a little to get in. He was born Sep 1/4 1888 Oldham 8d 496 which fits well with the 1891,1901 1nd 1911 entries. (though the marriage entry in Canada he appears to be listed as 10 years older ???
Cheers Kris :)
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Have found record of Harold Heslop UNDERWOOD as part of Canadian Expeditionary Force
http://www.archive.org/stream/CEF_33rdBattalion_1916#page/n17/mode/2up
CEF 33rd Battalian Nominal Roll, 1916, page 17
Regimental number:400847 Rank: R.S.M. Underwood,Heslop Harold. Former Corps. Imp.forces Next of Kin: Mrs E Underwood, Saville House Skegness Country of birth:England Taken on Strength, Place/date Toronto Dec 9 1914
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Harolds death is listed in 1956, but looking at Burial he died Dec 1955 in Esk which is where they appeared - Somerset Dam Esk in 1954 (harold had gone from farming to Concretor in 1954.
http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/justice-services/births-deaths-and-marriages/family-history-research/
I don't see Beatrice but 1964 is the cutoff for deaths yet she does not appear to be buried with Harold.
http://www.interment.net/data/aus/qld/esk/esk_gen/esk_nz.htm
Cheers Kris :)
Good Find with the Canadian Forces :) Seems he was rather partial to the military
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Hi there,
At the online Ryerson index
Ethel May JOHNSON aged 91, late of Turramurra (northern Sydney Suburb) .... notice in SMH 13 Oct 1984 http://www.ryersonindex.org/ .... there's others by that name on that index.
Cheers, JM
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This only supports the information you have already received on Harry and Beatrice Underwood.
In 1954, both Harold and Beatrice are enrolled in the Oxley electorate just east of Brisbane. A major city in this zone is Ipswich, but the Esk area and cemeteries, which have been referred to, are just a few miles north of Ipswich.
I would like to issue a warning on Ethel May Johnson and New South Wales. Ethel May Johnson died 15 times in NSW between 1930 and 1979. The names of husband's are given, but no George and Lucy exists. Only one, with a father named Steven?? looks as though it could be a mistake, or misrecorded entry, but she would have been born in 1897. Information on her son suggests a Queensland link and, after her separation and divorce, there is little to hold her in New South Wales. As well, it would appear that her sister also spent years in Queensland. I acknowledge the distance between Ipswich in the south and Mossman in Northern Queensland, where Gordon Don enlisted. His service records have not yet been digitised, so they are of no more advantage.
Another sidetrack, as I do not maintain membership, but "Somerset Fields" appears to have a date for Ethel May Locke's death in Australia on ANcestry family trees, but this may just be an unknown date, I guess.
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I am grateful for your further interest in the plot!
I became aware that there were multiple individuals named Ethel May Johnson so very difficult to sort out a death date. I did get sight of 'Somerset Fields' when I had membership of Ancestry. I contacted the owner who was very helpful but she had made errors in parts of her tree that related to people nearer to me than to her so I didn't take the death date too seriously. I was also told, by a descendant of Beatrice that James Lever Don was killed in France on the 7/6/1918. Definitely not true - so I treat unverified information with caution!
JL Don's War Papers made interesting and useful reading. It is possible that Ethel met James when he was in the military hospital at Weymouth, as a nurse?) and married him soon afterwards.
Thanks for your observations.
LockeLad
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Lockelad
meant to say that war records page 5 were checked. The date at the bottom could easily have been 1914, not 1919 - poorly-written "4". Therefore, no ongoing medical treatment.
You were correct!!??!!
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Lockie,
My last posting appears to have been lost to the ether world. I will repeat.
1919 date on Page 5 of JLDON's war service could easily be '1914 - poorly written "4".
One other interesting note : while Harry Underwood is buried in Esk cemetery, he apparently is very hard to find on Queensland's online index - in fact, you would say he is not listed.
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One other interesting note : while Harry Underwood is buried in Esk cemetery, he apparently is very hard to find on Queensland's online index - in fact, you would say he is not listed.
Harold is clearly listed in the QLD BDM index as per Kris's post #12, as he died in Dec 1955 his registration would not have reached the registy office until the new year which is nothing unusual.
UNDERWOOD Harold Heslop 1956/470
Father: Percy Heslop
Mother: Helena Waldron Cooper
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I have just discovered James Don is on my husband's tree. Two sisters migrated to Australia from Scotland. My husband is descended from one (Mary Barr nee Simpson) and James Lever Don is descended from the other (Margaret Don nee Simpson). I too found his WWI papers online also what I think is his death in Wollongong, NSW in 1962. I did not have any UK information other than he married (WWI papers). I was intending to follow up his death records and if they are of interest to you I will send information.
Maree McKinley
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information deleted as it was allready supplied
whoooooooops sorry
Jenn
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Hi,
Library and Archives Canada have a copy of the WW1 Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force attestation papers (front and back) for a Harold Heslop Underwood born in Oldham.
400847 Harold joined on Dec 9th 1914 and I see that RSM (Regimental Seargent Major) has been hand written at the top of the form which may indicate that they made him a Warrant Officer on enlistment because of his 8 years service in the Royal Horse Guards!
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=620501&interval=20&&PHPSESSID=05t0dneh16e9e752bikh7arie2
Regards
Gerry
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Hi again,
Further to Harold,
The 1891 UK census has a Harold H Underwood (3) son born Oldham Lancashire with his mother Helena W Underwood (23) married and sister Maude W Underwood (1) but no father on the census. They were living at 15 Stanley St Leicester.
Harold's census YoB 1888 is a little bit out compared to his WW1 attestation papers 9th June 1883 but I think he is the same man.
His mother Helena off the census matches his death notice details.
Harold's NoK on his WW1 attestation papers was Mrs E Underwood of Saville House Skegness Lincolnshire
Regards
Gerry
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Hi all,
Gordon don is my half uncle. He lived in canon hill for many years and has moved to Cairns. My sister might know his current adress. He visited me last when i was 16 in wollongong. He has oodles of kids by many marriages.
James lever don is my grandfather and was stationed at randwick australia in the army. He couldn't cope with being a high rank, so was a naughty boy and got demoted a few times on purpose. We have copies of his demotions and all his war medals.
James Lever don bought a house in Wollongong Australia in a town called primbee and died there.
james lever don's children- Gordon don and daughter Inez Telechea /don by another marriage. james didn't give his surname to my mother, but is listed as father- tho many of the facts of the birth certificate are incorrect.
James lever don was first married and then ran away with my grandmother to hide from the govt as he was sure the govt would put him in jail for bigamy as divorce was illegal in those days- ( mum mother told me this)
My grandmother and james lever don -- ran into the bush to hide from the govt and ran a chicken farm in darra qld before buying a house in the same street as my mother.
always considered to have war neurosis as he was a 'crazy' guy fighting all issues of the law, but now we know it wasn't war neurosis but heriditary
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Hello there Evelyn
Welcome to rootschat
I hope I don't come across as a knowall but divorce was not illegal back then, it was just harder to obtain than it is nowdays.
Bigamy was most certainly agaisnst the law as it still is!!!
kind thoughts Jenn
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Hi jen,
just telling u what i have been told by my mum
he may have not known at the time-- why else would they go into hiding??
ev
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I have no idea but just maybe because he knew he had married illegally and if found out for it could have been jailed!
Unfortunately we have all encountered family stories that often have an element of truth in them but are not totally correct. Especially in stories handed down from generation to generation, with facts getting lost or embelished in some way or another.
You will find plenty of reference to divorces in newspaper and in NSW Divroces are online at The SRO ( State Records Office) upt to 1930
and as allready detailed the newspaper of the day caries the story of his wife divorcing him for desertion
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16672221?searchTerm=DON James lever&searchLimits=
Jenn
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When u consider that my mums birth certificate is full of lies- James trying to hide. Mum wasn't told she had a half brother Gordon don till many years into her adulthood.
it wouldn't surprise me. Lies or 'adjusted truth' for the benefit of the person telling the story - time will tell as to which it is
ev
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Note re Barr --- my mother met some of the Barr line years ago as we are related to them also.
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Welcome to Rootschat also Ev.
Thanks for sharing your info. It is great to hear further about some of the searches we've helped with and especially in this case when the information was not recorded properly in the first place, and there was so much secrecy.
Cheers, Judith
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Welcome to Rootschat from me too, Ev :D
I hope you don't think poorly of the oral history that has been passed to you. There's usually some sensible explanations that were significant to the people who first heard or passed these on.
Many families had secrets, sometimes because they were avoiding the possibility of being 'found out', either for apparent violation of an unwritten social rule, or for the more serious violation of the criminal code ...
As I understand it (I've got several 'bigamists' in my ancestors) Police officers did not go around specifically looking for proof that a person was or was not a bigamist even in the 19th Century they only acted on that particular violiation of the criminal code IF they were given valid information ... usually this would be at least a Stat Dec signed by one of the spouses (who needed funds/maintenance to continue to support the children of the marriage) ....
However, from around the late 1870's with changes to Divorce Laws (NSW c1875) there was the fear of being thought of being bigamous. This 'fear' was often the reason for couples moving to a different locality and thus "co-habitating" as though a married couple. The 'fear" was thus avoided : - often the couple would 'co-habitate' as opposed to having the earlier marriage dissolved, and thus they avoided being mentioned for listing in the Law Notices in the newspapers. If either party brought children of an earlier marriage to that new relationship, then the children's surnames became that of the new male partner... So they enrolled at their new school with their new surname, they grew up, with that new surname, married with that new surname ... It was (and still IS) LEGAL to change your name ... either simply by usage or by formally applying to change it.
Women of my generation who are/were married usually changed their surname simply by using their married surname. I know that I produced my marriage certificate to change my drivers licence, but the bank didn't need any documentation, a family member who attended my marriage also worked in the bank where our accounts were then held. In those days the "KTS" initals would have been good enough ! (KTS = Known To Staff)
You asked "why else would they go into hiding" .... Perhaps they were not 'hiding' but just getting on with their own lives ... The tyranny of distance, lack of communications, poor reading or writing skills by earlier generations, lack of good knowledge of the full (postal) address or current surname of a family member ...
Sorry for the long reply,
Cheers, JM
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Hi, my husbands dad is gordon macdonald don. He has had no contact with his dad in over 25 yrs. We wanted to find out some history about the don family as we now have kids of our own.
gordon was married in brisbane around 1975 ish. Had 2 boys, then moved away up north we think. Any info on gordon would be greatly appreciated. So excited that we found ethel may don, a grandmother we didn't know exsisted. Thankyou for posting the picture of her.
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Hi Nikkie,
I am Evelyn Essenberg Morrisson. My mother is Gordon dons' half sister Inez Don Tellecha (called Babs). My mum is 81 this year. Gordon would be older than that, being the 1st child of James lever don
I have met Gordon don on holiday when he used to live in cannon hill qld. the first time i visited, i think he was unmarried or between marriages ( i was about 10 years at the time), the 2nd time he had married a girl from the philipines (his last marriage that i heard of), i think sumi was her name. I remember her cooking me some amazing noodle dishes that i had never eaten before, a very young quiet lady. Sumi had 2 boys by Gordon before divorcing him.
i received a card from gordon about 20 years ago. at the time he lived in miles st cairns i think. sorry. i don't have a more than that. let me know if you want more information. I am sure my mother has more, although she also hasn't been in contact with him in decades either
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by the way Nikki, if you ever find gordon, can u let me know. I would like to contact him also. I was 16 when i last saw him, when he visited our house in wollongong.
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Hi Evelyn, Thankyou for replying so quickly. Yes James...my husbands mum is from Singapore. She has always spoke fondly of your mum babs. Lol she's still an amazing cook!!! Sheela is her name. James is her youngest son being 35 this year, and her eldest boy Ian, is 36. We knew Gordon married after sheela, and went on to have more kiddies. Any other info you have would begreatly appreciated. I think Ian did make contact with Gordon about 11 years ago. But nothing else after that.
Thanks again Evelyn
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Sorry Evelyn, do u have any pics of Gordon that you wouldn't mind sharing? So that makes you a cousin to my James? Or an aunty? Lol ....just thinking out loud..
Thankyou
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the 1972 to 1980 electoral rolls shows him living at 15 Armstrong Road Cannon Hill he is a cleaner
along with a Susheela Devi Don home duties
Jenn
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Hi jenn, Thankyou, yes that's James' mum sheela. ( susheela).
Do you happen to know who James lever don parents are? I found some info saying his father was James Simpson don. Not sure if this is correct.
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Hi again Evelyn, do u know Gordon's birthday at all? Have you been doing much of the don family tree at all? Sorry for the thousand questions.
Many thanks again
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wow. cousin? goodness me. bit weird thinking i have more relatives.
i have a few pictures, but will have to find them. cameras weren't used a lot in those days.
I am 47. I met both james and ian when they were little
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Birth of Gordon MacDonald DON is noted here:
http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=79741
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Thankyou Merlin. That's awesome!
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think we have to be carefull what we do post on this thread as it might contravene rootschat policy.
This man Gordon McDonald DON could be still alive as I don't think a death has been found for him as yet???
and NIKKI DON Please remove or adjust your email address to at instead of @ cause a moderator will remove it.
thanks Jenn
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Oops sorry. I didn't know. I'll remove it.
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james simpson don - father of james lever don was born in ayreshire scotland, somewhere near glascow in 18 ---perhaps 71
his ancestors came from the isle of mull where still stands duart castle. the last heard of relatives in scotland were some brother in laws or cousins by the name of burns.
relatives that came to australia were Barrs and more dons.
james simpson don and his mother, father and brothers (one who was named george) migrated to america on a sailing ship around the end of the 1870. James's mother did not like living in the backwoods and was a very nervous about 'indians' when her husband was absent and she was alone with the children.
In 1881 when james was ten years old the whole family made a fresh migration to sydney australia, where they lived by turn at randwick, and newtown, which in those day were bushland suburbs and cow paddocks. (james called himself a 'newtown lariken)
some dons and barrs went to live in maitland and lithgow, where they worked in the mines and steelworks.
James simpson don married amy Elizabeth lever – daughter of charles LeVer (ex France) and Eliza Chadwick (ex northern Ireland).
Nothing is known about charles LeVer. His granddaughter Amy Don would not say.
Another family Legend concerned lord LeVer-Hume, a relative and through him some relationship to the soap company, Lever and kitchen.
Children born at Randwick to James Simpson Don and his wife were James Lever don and Amy Elizabeth.
information from Inez Don Tellecha daughter of james lever don - now 81 years
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Hi my name is Dawn.
This is a new experience for me and I'm not sure how to use this wonderful service you offer.
I just happen to stumble upon it when I typed in my fathers name Gordon Macdonald Don.
To my surprise a new door had opened for me and my little family.
My Nana's name was Ethel May Don but she must have remarried to a Johnson. I was born in Cairns Q Australia in *.
I remember my mother taking me to visit Nana Johnson at her home in Cairns when I was a small child. She was a kind gentle old woman.
My father Gordon was married to a lovely lady *, I do not know of her maiden name, they had as far as I am aware 2 children *. I came on to the scene in *. I don't know the history between Dad, * and my Mum.
All I know is that throughout my childhood my big brother would turn up out of the blue, unbeknown to me that we had a connection and he was my kin. I guess it was best that way and I was way to young to understand. I didn't find out until I was in my teens that I had a father who still existed and his identity. I did however find out his where abouts.
In * after the birth of my first child *, I decided to go and visit Dad.
So we travelled by train from Cairns to Brisbane. I remember being so nervous but also determined to meet my daughters Grandfather. He welcomed us with opened arms, he was tall and wore glasses, just like in my dreams. Precious memories for me. Dad was married to a lovely lady I remember her pretty name *, I don't know if the spelling is correct, they had 2 gorgeous sons, * and *. I loved my little brothers at first sight, and have never forgotten them, and have been searching for them constantly on the net, but had no luck until last night, when I opened up a page on rootchar regarding my dad, Nana and granddad.
Dads house was on Armstrong Road, Cannon Hill, Brisbane Q Australia, and it was up hill to his place. My baby daughter and I stayed with Dad for almost 6 months, * was Christened there. I have photos of Dad and my little brothers. * and I returned to Cairns. I missed Dad, but it was long before he moved back to Cairns. Dad asked me if I would like to stay with him in Miles Street, Cairns. Well of course I didn't say no. When I went to work he watched over *, her would buckle her into her baby seat in his light blue bedford wagon an off they would go and return to pick me up when work was done. I know that my father Gordon Macdonald Don loved all his children including me. *, *, *, * including me.
I have 3 grown children of my own, * has 4 beautiful children *
My only son * I'm still waiting and hoping for children from him.
* has a beautiful little daughter * and son due any week soon.
I am * years old and connections are very important to myself and my family. I am a descendant of Ethel May Locke who married James Lever Don, I am the daughter of Gordon Macdonald Don.
* see next reply
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Hi Nikki, my family and countryman know me as Dawn.
I met my little brothers in 1981, * and *.
I travelled from Cairns to Brisbane to meet Dad for the first time in years, I was a toddler when we last saw each other. Dad lived Armstrong Road, Cannon Hill, Brisbane back then.
Iam only new at useing this rootschat system. So I hope this reaches you.
I have been searching for my little brothers for years on line.
I guess it just wasn't meant to happen until now. :-)
It was just by chance that I typed dads name into google search and came across conversations on rootschat re Nanna Ethel May Johnson/Don nee Locke.
Would love to make futher connections if you are also interested.
I live in Townsville. My email address is (*)
I wait eagerly for your reply
Sincerely Dawn
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hi Dawn,
i sent u an email.
my mother is * don, half sister of gordon don.
i used to go to gordons place in cannon hill for holidays and met sheela with * and * when they were little.
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Hello
There is a website for Kingweston in Somerset, England where you will see where Ethel grew up etc. There is also a facebook page Kingweston, Somerset.
Thought you might be interested :)
Angela