Donaldson Bros born in Edinburgh

[MonicaL]

Jessie, were Anna and Winifred still living with parents in 1911? Hard to find anything for them isn't it!

Monica

[Jessie 46]

Monica ,
            No they weren't Monica I haven't been able to find them at all . In one census Anna is under her middle name of Laura .


Jessie

[MonicaL]

There is an online tree on a/try here www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/28678799/person/12079210056/facts  You need a subs to access  They have no more details on the immediate family than you have mentioned. Just curious that they have daughter Winifred's name as 'Private'.

From this, did James and Robert have a sister called Depressa Messiah Donaldson? What a unique name.

Monica

[Jessie 46]

Yes they did -- the grandmother was born in Barbados and somehow arrived in Edinburgh and married

ended up living in the Leith area of the city

Jessie

[MonicaL]

There is only one relevant entry for a Winifred Donaldson in the right age range in 1911...in Aberdeen.

She was living with her sister and her husband, a David Brydon, a theatrical musician. Entry for Anna looks like Laurence  (I did think this might be her middle name as her paternal grandmother was Laurence?).

Cannot see a marriage for David Brydon and Anna L though. Their entry showed them as married 5 years and with one child alive (who doesn't show on the entry).

Monica

[Jessie 46]

I  looked at that last time I was in Edinburgh but run out of time to search for that marriage .

James Donaldson's mother's maiden name was Laurie Monica .She was Eliza Laurence Laurie .


Jessie

[MonicaL]

Have you got an actual date of birth for Anna Laura/ence Donaldson in 1887?

From his 1911 entry, David Brydon looks to have been born c. 1886 in Selkirk. There is a corresponding entry for his birth I think on SP.

Wondering about this gravestone in Canada...

http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/2806788

Monica

[MonicaL]

Could well be them 

From the Canadian Voters Lists:

David Brydon
1935
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Winnipeg South Centre
Occupation: Musician

In 1940, David shows as a tobacconist.

In both entries, there is a wife referred to as Mrs David Brydon  (always so helpful  ). 1935 also shows a Miss Betty Brydon, 1940 shows a Miss Mary Brydon.

Monica

[MonicaL]

See also http://libindx.moray.gov.uk/people/people_report_view.asp?REF_ID=NM014435

Added: Looks like David Brydon's sister also headed over to Canada http://libindx.moray.gov.uk/people/people_report_view.asp?REF_ID=NM125019

Monica