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Midlothian / DONALDSON family from Edinburgh
« on: Friday 20 January 12 07:51 GMT (UK) »
I need some help with a pathetic dead end of my family tree. My father cannot even remember the names of his grandparents. To be fair, he was the youngest child of an old couple: Cecil Brady Medder & Jean/Jane Donaldson.
Jean was born Jane, but all her legal documents in New Zealand say Jean. I think Jean was the eldest child. Her father's name was John Donaldson, and she was born in Edinburgh. Could that be anymore common or ambiguous lol? Soon after she was born, her family moved to New Zealand. I am not sure of the year, but Jean was born in 1909, and attended Port Chalmers primary school after they moved to Otago, so I'm guessing between 1909-1915. She has at least one sister named Rita, who was not born in Scotland. I am uncertain as to whether there were more siblings.
Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, but I cannot find even a record of Jean's birth, nor her parents' marriage.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Jean was born Jane, but all her legal documents in New Zealand say Jean. I think Jean was the eldest child. Her father's name was John Donaldson, and she was born in Edinburgh. Could that be anymore common or ambiguous lol? Soon after she was born, her family moved to New Zealand. I am not sure of the year, but Jean was born in 1909, and attended Port Chalmers primary school after they moved to Otago, so I'm guessing between 1909-1915. She has at least one sister named Rita, who was not born in Scotland. I am uncertain as to whether there were more siblings.
Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, but I cannot find even a record of Jean's birth, nor her parents' marriage.
Any help is greatly appreciated!