David Colville Easson

[gordonrgw]

Hi,
 
I'm looking for a David Colville Easson, b 1883 Kirkden, Friokheim, Angus.
I had thought he had died at sea - family story from some now misplaced documents - but I noticed that there is a David Colville Easson buried in Hamilton, Ontario. I know his brother and sister-in-law, Robert Easson and Jane Green, emigrated to Canada in 1912 so there might be a chance this could be him and that another family member died at sea.

Can anyone confirm whether his birth details tie in with the MI for the Hamilton David Colville Easson?

best wishes

gordon

[cosmac]

On the Cassandra sailing from Glasgow to quebec arriving 8 May 1920 is this family of Easson
going to brother-in-law William Anderson of 240 Belmont Ave. Hamilton
Easson - all born Scotland
Robert (59),  stone mason, Jeannie Millar (39) his wife and children
Robert (15), David Colville (8 ), Andrew (11)

The Form 30As associated with this family show David Colville, age 8 b. Freakham.  Gives his grandfather as Scottish contact Robert Easson 27 Leonard St. Arbruth(?)
Jeannie Millar's Form 30 shows her birth in Glasgow and gives her brother William Green as contact with address 97 Middleton St., Glasgow

I would imagine that the David Colville buried in Ontario is the son of Robert and Jeannie. 

Debbie

[J.J.]

Good find debbie...In case you are searching for other Easson family members: also listed with him in CEM356 are, Andy, Henrietta, Jeannie, Josephine-Julia, Lizzie, Robert, Velma, the extra names may also be Andrew's children as Robert & David aren't listed here
http://www.hwcn.org/link/HBOGS/surname_E.pdf

[gordonrgw]

I'll have to check back the details I have - looks like I may have picked up the wrong eassons in 1912.

A quick check on Scotland's people confirms the children you've found were born in Friokheim, unfortunately there's no image of DC's birth certificate. It looks like the original DC may have been the death at sea after all.

I'll also have to check back photographs I have as there is the occasional one named andy, velma afaicr.

thanks and best wishes.

gordon

[gordonrgw]

Many thanks Debbie + jj, that has given me more stuff to track down over here, it has already answered some questions over the un-named photographs I have - I'll also have to go back to looking at WW1 records.

I'll pick back up on the Canadian side of the family later as I've no experience of researching Canadian ancestry.

Many thanks again.

Gordon.

[JCee]

Hi Gordon,
The Easson family you are researching is my family. Send me a PM with your queries. I go back to William christened Mar 1785. Don't have much on Canada. You should look at Easson/Wallace posts on Aberdeenshire page.
Jim.