Macdonell, Donald Greenfield (1849-1916)

Donald Greenfield Macdonell, detail from “The Field Trials of 1908-09,” The Amateur Sportsman, July 1909, page 13; https://strideaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hochwalt_Field-Trials-1908-09.pdf.
Henderson’s City of Vancouver Directory, 1907, page 614.
Henderson’s City of Vancouver Directory, 1907, page 614.

Donald Greenfield Macdonell was a lawyer who lived at 1906 Nelson Street from 1907 to 1916.

Early Life

Donald Greenfield Macdonell was born in Morrisburg, Ontario, on July 2, 1849. His parents were Alexander Greenfield Macdonell (1817-1889) and Helen Sophia (“Ellen”) Doran (1826-1871). Alexander Macdonell was a lawyer.

Donald became a lawyer in 1874. He lived for a time in Almonte, Ontario, a town of textile mills on Canada’s Mississippi River, about 20 kilometres southwest of Ottawa.

Marriage to Margaret Rosamond

On June 30, 1875, in Almonte, Ontario, Donald married Margaret Rosamond. She was born about 1858 in Carleton Place, Ontario. Her parents were Bennett Rosamond (1833-1910) and Adair Mary Roy. Bennett Rosamond was a prominent manufacturer and politician in Almonte.

Margaret died in Almonte on August 28, 1877.

Business in Ontario

In January 1878, Donald was elected reeve of Almonte by acclamation.

On January 22, 1880, he became the member of the House of Commons for North Lanark, Ontario. (He served until 1882, but he was unsuccessful in his attempts to get re-elected.)

Marriage to Edith Rose

On June 15, 1880, in Morrisburg, Donald married Edith Rose. She was born in Ontario about 1858. Her parents were Isaac Newton Rose (1811-1874) and Ruth Doren (1831-1908).

To Vancouver

Donald first appeared in the Vancouver directories in 1897. He was living at 1270 Nelson Street.

Henderson’s BC Gazetteer and Directory, 1897, page 646 [edited image].
Henderson’s BC Gazetteer and Directory, 1897, page 646 [edited image].

He lived at the following addresses in Vancouver.

1897 to 19001270 Nelson Street (listed as D.J. Macdonell in 1898;
as 1072 Nelson Street under names in 1899)
1901 to 19051370 Davie Street (“13XX Davie” under names in 1900-1901 directory;
“Davie, cor. Broughton” in 1901 directory)
1906 to 19161906 Nelson Street (listed as 1900 Nelson Street in 1906)
View of Vancouver’s West End and English Bay, 1919; Vancouver Public Library; VPL Accession Number 13815.
1370 Davie Street, detail from Goad’s Atlas of Vancouver, plate 66; Vancouver City Archives, 1972-582; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-66-bute-street-to-comox-street-to-broughton-street-to-burnaby-street. Legal Description: District Lot 185, Block 38, Lots 11, 12 and 13.

It appears that Edith was the actual owner of 1370 Davie Street. In 1901, the B.C. Electric Railway and the City of Vancouver had made improvements to the grade of the hill, causing a cave-in and other damages to the Macdonell property. A proposed settlement would have had each party pay one-third of the cost of a retaining wall.

Vancouver Daily World, December 14, 1901, page 14, column 4.
Vancouver Daily World, December 14, 1901, page 14, column 4.

The settlement did not work out, and Edith sued the railway company, complaining of trespass and damages. However, the court dismissed Edith’s action, because the railway company had not actually gone onto the Macdonell property, and the city had a statutory right to grade and maintain the city streets.

Vancouver Province, March 21, 1902, page 1, column 4.

To 1906 Nelson Street

In 1905, Donald and Edith built a new house at 1906 Nelson Street.

While they were waiting for the new house to be ready, they stayed briefly at “the residence of Captain Archibald on Jervis Street.”

Vancouver Province, June 24, 1905, page 12, column 3.

They moved into the Nelson Street house in November 1905. (As with the house at 1370 Davie Street, Edith was the owner of the Nelson Street house.)

Legal Practice

Donald had an active legal practice in Vancouver.

Vancouver Daily World, October 29, 1898, page 5, column 2.
Vancouver Daily World, October 29, 1898, page 5, column 2.

He sometimes acted for the federal government, especially in cases involving immigration.

Vancouver Daily World, March 24, 1908, page 8, column 6 [portion of article].
Vancouver Daily World, March 24, 1908, page 8, column 6 [portion of article].

Social Life and Recreation

Donald and Edith appeared in the Vancouver society directory in 1908 and 1914. (Their son, Geoffrey, and his wife were also in the directory in 1914.)

Elite Directory of Vancouver, 1908, page 53.
Elite Directory of Vancouver, 1908, page 53.
Vancouver Social Register and Club Directory, 1914, page 40.
Vancouver Social Register and Club Directory, 1914, page 40.

Donald was an avid dog breeder. From time to time his dogs wandered from home.

Vancouver Daily World, October 29, 1906, page 9, column 1.
Vancouver Daily World, October 29, 1906, page 9, column 1.

He acquired a dog named “Spots Rip Rap,” formerly owned by Edward Lyman Denison (1870-1952), who was a Chicago physician.

The Asheville Weekly Citizen, Asheville, North Carolina, December 14, 1906, page 6, column 7.
The Asheville Weekly Citizen, Asheville, North Carolina, December 14, 1906, page 6, column 7.

In 1908, Spots Rip Rap went missing in Vancouver.

Vancouver Daily World, November 5, 1908, page 16, column 4.
Vancouver Daily World, November 5, 1908, page 16, column 4.

In 1909, Donald and Spots Rip Rap were featured in an article about a dog show in Tennessee.

D.G. Macdonell and Spot’s [sic] Rip Rap, The Field Trials of 1908-1909, by A. F. Hochwalt, The Amateur Sportsman, July 1909, page 13; http://strideaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hochwalt_Field-Trials-1908-09.pdf. [Note: the article refers to D.G. Macdonell as “the judge,” although Donald was not actually a judge.]
D.G. Macdonell and Spot’s [sic] Rip Rap, The Field Trials of 1908-1909, by A. F. Hochwalt, The Amateur Sportsman, July 1909, page 13; http://strideaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hochwalt_Field-Trials-1908-09.pdf. [Note: the article refers to D.G. Macdonell as “the judge,” although Donald was not actually a judge.]

Donald was a member of the Vancouver Club.

Later Life

In 1909 there was speculation that Donald might become a judge in the new British Columbia Court of Appeal. However, he remained a lawyer and he did not become a member of the court.

Edith died in Vancouver on December 13, 1910. She did not leave a will, and Donald became the administrator of her estate, which was worth about $40,000.

Donald died in Vancouver on November 11, 1916. Although the assets of his estate were about $24,300; the liabilities were $23,985.

Donald and Edith had the following children.

Adele Rose Macdonell

Adele Rose Macdonell was born in Morrisburg, Ontario, on March 16, 1881.

On December 2, 1902, in Vancouver, she married Edward John Ridgway, who was an importer of goods. He was born in England in 1870. His parents were Henry Akroyd Ridgway (1840-1878) and Mary Gertrude Huish (1842-1924).

Henry Akroyd Ridgway and Mary Gertrude Huish, wedding notice; Yorkshire Gazette (York, England), Issue 2505, September 7, 1867, page 3.
Henry Akroyd Ridgway and Mary Gertrude Huish, wedding notice; Yorkshire Gazette (York, England), Issue 2505, September 7, 1867, page 3.
Henry Ackroyd Ridgway, death notice, Leeds Times (Leeds, England), Issue 2372, September 28, 1878, page 3.
Henry Ackroyd Ridgway, death notice, Leeds Times (Leeds, England), Issue 2372, September 28, 1878, page 3.
Mary Gertrude Ridgway, death notice, The Times (London, England), Issue 43540, January 4, 1924; page 1.
Mary Gertrude Ridgway, death notice, The Times (London, England), Issue 43540, January 4, 1924; page 1.

Edward and Rose went to live in Hempstead, New York. Edward imported goods from England. He also obtained a series of patents for designs of plates and other ceramic tableware.

Edward John Ridgway, US Patent D66878 S [indexed as Edward John Bidgway]; https://www.google.com/patents/USD66878: “Be it known that I, Edward John Ridgway, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Hempstead, Long Island, in the county of Nassau, State of New York, have invented a new, original, and ornamental Design for a Plate or Similar Article, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part thereof.”
Edward John Ridgway, US Patent D66878 S [indexed as Edward John Bidgway]; https://www.google.com/patents/USD66878: “Be it known that I, Edward John Ridgway, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Hempstead, Long Island, in the county of Nassau, State of New York, have invented a new, original, and ornamental Design for a Plate or Similar Article, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part thereof.”

Edward often sailed from New York to England; many of these trips were related to his importing work.

Rose died on September 8, 1951.

Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 [database on-line], Provo UT., USA; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original date: Principal Probate Registry, Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright; Adele Rose Ridgway; death date: 8 Sep 1951; death place: USA; Probate date: 22 Jul 1954; registry: London, England.
Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 [database on-line], Provo UT., USA; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original date: Principal Probate Registry, Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright; Adele Rose Ridgway; death date: 8 Sep 1951; death place: USA; Probate date: 22 Jul 1954; registry: London, England.

Edward died in 1954.

Geoffrey Greenfield Macdonell

Geoff Macdonell, The Chilliwack Progress, September 24, 1941, page 10; http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/43153511/.
Geoff Macdonell, The Chilliwack Progress, September 24, 1941, page 10; http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/43153511/.

Geoffrey Greenfield Macdonell was born in Almonte, Ontario, on July 19, 1882.

In 1891 and 1901 he was living with his parents.

About 1903 he bought a farm near Chilliwack, British Columbia, although he also spent some time in Telkwa, in the Bulkley Valley area of west-central British Columbia.

In 1919 he returned to Chilliwack.

He was a cattle breeder and he was the president of the B.C. Guernsey Breeders Association. He was also the British Columbia director of the Canadian Guernsey Breeders Association.

On November 18, 1913, in Vancouver, he married Aileen Allen. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on November 2, 1895. Her parents were Charles Herbert Allen (1857-1936) and Marion Brownlee (1861-1950). Charles Allen was a lawyer.

“Mrs. Geoffrey Macdonell and her two children, Marion and Donald, formerly of Vancouver, who have taken up their residence at Chilliwack.” Vancouver Sun, December 5, 1920, page 10; https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WiZlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iIgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4117%2C3897847 [link leads to story beneath this photograph].
“Mrs. Geoffrey Macdonell and her two children, Marion and Donald, formerly of Vancouver, who have taken up their residence at Chilliwack.” Vancouver Sun, December 5, 1920, page 10; https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WiZlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iIgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4117%2C3897847 [link leads to story beneath this photograph].

Aileen died in Chilliwack on December 28, 1952. She was buried in the Anglican cemetery in Chilliwack.

On June 15, 1953, in Chilliwack, Geoffrey married Mary Louise Lyle.

Geoffrey Macdonell and Mary Louise Lyle, engagement announcement, The Chilliwack Progress, May 27, 1953, page 4; http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/77105514/.
Geoffrey Macdonell and Mary Louise Lyle, engagement announcement, The Chilliwack Progress, May 27, 1953, page 4; http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/77105514/.

Geoffrey sold his farm in 1958.

The Chilliwack Progress, May 21, 1958, page 1, http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/77115634/.
The Chilliwack Progress, May 21, 1958, page 1, http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/77115634/.

Geoffrey died in Chilliwack on May 29, 1958.

Geoffrey Greenfield Macdonell, obituary, The Chilliwack Progress, June 4, 1958, page 5; http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/77115680/.
Geoffrey Greenfield Macdonell, obituary, The Chilliwack Progress, June 4, 1958, page 5; http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/77115680/.

Mary died in 2003.

Phyllis Greenfield Macdonell

Phyllis Greenfield Macdonell was born in Vancouver on August 30, 1896.

In 1901 she was living with her parents. In 1911 she was living with her father.

For a short time she lived with her brother, Geoffrey, in Telkwa, British Columbia.

In 1917 she travelled to Berkeley, California.

By the time of the 1920 United States census, she was a nurse in New York City.

On September 5, 1922, in Guildford, Surrey, England, she married Bradley Lancaster Coley, who was a medical doctor.

The New York Times, Sunday, September 24, 1922, page 27, column 6.
The New York Times, Sunday, September 24, 1922, page 27, column 6.

Bradley was born in Manhattan, New York, on December 23, 1892. His parents were William Bradley Coley (1862-1936) and Alice Lancaster (1867-1936).

Bradley L. Coley, about 1922, passport application, "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-PXSM.
Bradley L. Coley, about 1922, passport application, “United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-PXSM.

Bradley had been married before. His first wife was Laura Jay Wurts, who was a member of a well-connected family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Laura was born in Pittsburgh on September 16, 1895. Her father was Alexander Jay Wurts (1862-1932). The marriage was in Pittsburgh on June 1, 1918.

Laura Jay Wurts and Bradley Lancaster Coley, wedding description, New York Sun, June 2, 1918, page 9, column 4; http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1918-06-02/ed-1/seq-9/.
Laura Jay Wurts and Bradley Lancaster Coley, wedding description, New York Sun, June 2, 1918, page 9, column 4; http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1918-06-02/ed-1/seq-9/.

Bradley’s and Laura’s marriage ended by 1922. On August 21, 1924, in Bar Harbor, Maine, Laura married Douglas Chandler.

The Baltimore Sun, August 31, 1924, page 62, column 3.
The Baltimore Sun, August 31, 1924, page 62, column 3.

Douglas was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 26, 1892. He and Laura lived in New York in the 1920s and early 1930s. After Douglas lost badly during the stock market crash in 1929, he and Laura went to live in Europe. During the Second World War, Douglas broadcast Nazi propaganda. Laura died in Germany about 1941. She was buried in Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh. In 1947 Douglas was convicted of treason, and he was sentenced to life in prison. He was released in 1963, and he went to live in Europe, possibly in the Canary Islands.

The Philadelphia Inquirer; August 10, 1963, page 32, column 1.
The Philadelphia Inquirer; August 10, 1963, page 32, column 1.

Bradley Coley worked as a physician and surgeon and served as a colonel in the United States Army during the Second World War. He died on June 1, 1961. He was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Sharon, Connecticut.

Phyllis died in West Hartford, Connecticut on June 16, 1981.

Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut; June 19, 1981, page 99, column 1.
Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut; June 19, 1981, page 99, column 1.

Sources

Alexander Greenfield Macdonell (father of Donald Greenfield Macdonell)

“Ontario Census, 1861,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQF-8CP : 8 November 2014), Alex G Mcdonell, Morrisburgh, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 15, line 3; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1014, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 349,255; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4107390_00274.pdf.

“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47V-G8P : 2 April 2016), Alexander Mc Donell, Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 52, line 7; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10006, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,691; http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/pdf/4396691_00375.pdf.

“Canada Census, 1881,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXW-YC3 : 30 June 2017), Alex McDonell, Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 60; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13228, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,864.

“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDYR-L6T : 11 December 2014), Alex Greenfield Mcdonell, 27 Jan 1889; citing Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario, yr 1889 cn 22448, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,494.

Helen Sophia (“Ellen”) Doran (mother of Donald Greenfield Macdonell)

“Ontario Census, 1861,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQF-8X3 : 8 November 2014), Hellen L Mcdonell, Morrisburgh, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 15, line 4; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1014, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 349,255; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4107390_00274.pdf.

“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47V-G85 : 2 April 2016), Helen S Mc Donell in household of Alexander Mc Donell, Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 52, line 8; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10006, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,691; http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/pdf/4396691_00375.pdf

“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK7R-7YH : 11 December 2014), Helen Sophias Mcdonell, 28 Sep 1871; citing Morrisburgh, Stormont D & G, Ontario, Canada, p 139 cn 018453, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,466.

Donald Greenfield Macdonell

Donald Greenfield MacDonell, Wikipedia article; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Greenfield_MacDonell.

Macdonell, Donald Greenfield; Parliament of Canada; http://www.res.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=4152f4da-030f-4d2c-b63d-0b1e75388e66&Language=E.

Donald Greenfield Macdonell, Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register, 1881; Ottawa, Citizen Printing and Publishing Company, 1881, page 174; https://archive.org/stream/cihm_32955#page/n183/mode/1up.

Donald Greenfield Macdonell, The Canadian Men and Women of the Time, second edition; by Henry James Morgan; Toronto, William Briggs, 1912, page 686.

A Brief History of Almonte; http://almonte.com/our-history/.

“Ontario Census, 1861,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQF-8C5 : 8 November 2014), Donald Mcdonell, Morrisburgh, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 15, line 6; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1014, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 349,255; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4107390_00274.pdf.

“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47V-G87 : 2 April 2016), Donald G Mc Donell, Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 52, line 9; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10006, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,691; http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/pdf/4396691_00375.pdf.

“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMND-M23 : 10 April 2015), Donald Greenfield Mcdonnell and Margaret Adair Rosamond, 30 Jun 1875; citing registration , Almonte, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,895.

“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNR-NQT : 10 April 2015), Donald G Macdonell and Edith Rose, 15 Jun 1880; citing registration , Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,508.

“Canada Census, 1881,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXX-K4L : 30 June 2017), Donald G. McDonell, Almonte, Lanark North, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 46; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13233, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,869; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e327/e008172770.pdf.

“Canada Census, 1891,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWL8-V89 : 3 August 2016), Donald Macdonell, Almonte Town, Lanark North, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148150; http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=pdf&id=30953_148150-00345.

B.C. Voters List 1898 – Ma to Maq; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/vote1898/votem.htm: “Macdonell, Donald Greenfield, 1270 Nelson St, Barrister-at-law, Van.”

“Fined Three Dollars,” Vancouver Province, September 10, 1898, page 8:

“D.G. Macdonell!” called the chief of police, in his gruffest tones, at this afternoon’s session of the police court.

No one answered.

“D.G. Macdonell!” he called again, and once more silence brooded.

“Your worship,” explained the chief, “this man is accused of riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. He has put up $3 bail.”

“Forfeit the bail by way of fine,” said the P.M. [police magistrate], and just the suspicion of a smile played about his lips.

“Canada Census, 1901,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVN-LGY : 27 April 2017), Donald G Mcdonnell, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 14, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=18417&highlight=32&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Donald+G+McDonnell.

Society, Vancouver Province, May 5, 1902, page 5: “Mr. D.G. Macdonell, who had been seriously ill for some time, hopes to be up in about a fortnight.”

Social and Personal, Vancouver Province, November 25, 1905, page 13: “Mr. and Mrs. D.G. Macdonell are installed in their new residence at the corner of Nelson and Gilford street. During the summer and while waiting for the completion of their house Mr. and Mrs. Macdonell have been occupying the residence of Captain Archibald on Jervis street.”

“Considine Cup is Won by Gleeboy; D.G. Macdonell’s Fine Dog Captured Coveted Trophy at Field Trials Yesterday,” Vancouver Province, September 29, 1906, page 1.

“Appellate Court,” Mail Herald (Revelstoke, British Columbia); August 7, 1909, page 3, column 5; https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers/mherald/items/1.0310958#p2z-2r0f:

“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-MGWB : 16 July 2016), Donald Macdonell, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.

Social and Personal, Vancouver Province, February 1, 1911, page 5: “Mr. D.G. Macdonell is spending a few weeks in Tennessee.”

“Legal Firm Dissolves,” Vancouver Province, December 30, 1911, page 20: Mr. J.W. deB. Farris, well known through his having practised law in Vancouver for nearly nine years, is retiring fromt eh firm of Macdonell, Killam & Farris. . . .”

Society, Vancouver Province, December 28, 1915, page 8: “Mr. D.G. Macdonell with his daughter, Miss Phyllis Macdonell, left on Monday night for Los Angeles, where they will spend about six weeks.”

“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLKZ-2HK : 13 April 2017), Donald Greenfield Macdonell, 1916.

Donald Greenfield Macdonell, death notice, Vancouver Province, November 11, 1916, page 25: “Macdonell—At Sylvia Court, on the 11th inst., Donald Greenfield, barrister, native of Glengarry, Ontario, in his 57th year. Funeral from Center & Hanna’s chapel, Monday afternoon, November 13, at 2 o’clock. No flowers by request.”

Donald Greenfield Macdonell, death notice, Vancouver Sun, November 13, 1916, page 13: “Macdonnell [sic]—The funeral of the late Donald Greenfield Macdonnell will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock from Center & Hanna’s Ltd., 1049 Georgia street west. The Rev. McGaffin will officiate. Interment Mountain View cemetery.”

“Death of D.G. Macdonell; Was Lawyer, Politician and Breeder of Bird Dogs,” Vancouver Province, November 13, 1916, page 20:

“Although the notice was short the funeral this afternoon of Mr. D.G. Macdonell was very well attended by personal, political and professional friends. While Mr. Macdonell has been il for some time, his death came somewhat suddenly on Saturday evening. Mr. Macdonell came to Vancouver in 1896. He was born at Morrisburg, Ont., on July 2, 1849, and was educated at Upper Canada College. He was called as a barrister in 1874, and practised almost continuously at Almonte, Ont., until he came to Vancouver. He was reeve of Almonte and was also a member of the Canadian House of Commons for South Lanark, 1880-02. In early days he was prominent in athletic circles and at one time held the mile-and-a-half championship of Ontario. He was a great fancier and breeder of field dogs and won the American Derby for field dogs in Tennessee with Spots Rip Rap. During his illness his dogs have been kept at Ladner but they will now likely be disposed of. He was a widower. One daughter is married in New York and the other, Miss Phyllis, lived at home with him here. One son, Jeffrey, resides in the Bulkley Valley.

The late Mr. Macdonell was hereditary chieftain of the Macdonells of Glengarry. He was an able lawyer and though his voice was harsh was a very effective public speaker. He first came into prominence in Vancouver in the federal election campaign of 1896. The late Rev. G.R. Maxwell was the Liberal candidate. On a certain evening when billed to speak in the old market hall Mr. Maxwell was taken ill. A large audience beheld a stranger appear to speak in Mr. Maxwell’s stead. The speech was one of the best efforts of the campaign which ended in the election of Mr. Maxwell. One notable near-speech of the same campaign was by the late E. King Dodds in the interests of the Conservatives. During the entire evening he delivered only ten words of his address; the crowd refused to hear more and Dodds refused to leave the platform.”

“Is Laid to Rest; Funeral of Law D.G. Macdonell Largely Attended,” Vancouver Daily World, November 14, 1916, page 9, column 7. [image unclear on microfilm].

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-QNHR : 13 December 2015), Donald Greenfield Macdonnell, 1916; Burial, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Mountain View Cemetery; citing record ID 26301724, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26301724.

Donald Greenfield Macdonell; probate file; British Columbia. Supreme Court (Vancouver); accession number(s): 91-4202; File location: microfilm reel B08416; Probate P – 04807: first page of probate file: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97Z-KFNG?i=1341&wc=M69N-BP8%3A332530701%2C332530502%2C333078001&cc=2014768; last page of probate file: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997Z-KXLD?i=1379&wc=M69N-BP8%3A332530701%2C332530502%2C333078001&cc=2014768.

Eliza Ann Jane Macdonell (sister of Donald Greenfield Macdonell)

“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKWJ-7L3 : 11 December 2014), Eliza Ann Jane Mcdonnell Rosamond, 06 Feb 1927; citing Lanark, Ontario, Canada, 19283, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,131,241.

Bennett Rosamond (father of Margaret Adair Rosamond)

Bennett Rosamond, Wikipedia article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_Rosamond: “Bennett Rosamond (May 10, 1833 – May 18, 1910) was a Canadian manufacturer and politician.”

Richard M. Reid, “Rosamond, Bennett,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 13, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed August 12, 2017, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/rosamond_bennett_13E.html.

Rosamond Family in Ontario Canada-Descendants of James Rosamond of Almonte; by Jimmy Rosamond, 22 Jan 2009; http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAN-ONT-CARLETON/2009-01/1232637165.

Margaret Adair Rosamond (wife of Donald Greenfield Macdonell)

“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMND-M2W : 10 April 2015), Donald Greenfield Mcdonnell and Margaret Adair Rosamond, 30 Jun 1875; citing registration , Almonte, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,895.

Perth Courier Obituaries, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onlanark/NewspaperClippings/Spencer/PerthCourierFifteen.htm: Perth Courier, Sept. 7, 1877, McDonnell—Died, at Almonte on Monday, 27th (?) Aug., Margaret Adair Rosamond (McDonnell), beloved wife of Mr. Donald G. McDonnell, Esq., barrister, and only daughter of Mr. B. (?) McDonnell, Esq.”

Isaac Newton Rose (father of Edith Rose)

“Ontario Marriages, 1800-1910,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2PT-G9D : 5 December 2014), Isaac N. Rose and Ruth Doren, 1849; citing Eastern District,Ontario; FHL microfilm 928,968.

“Ontario Census, 1861,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQF-8FB : 8 November 2014), Isaac N Rose, Morrisburgh, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 31, line 24; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1014, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 349,255.

“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47V-7HV : 2 April 2016), Isaac N Rose, Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 56, line 5; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10006, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,691.

“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK7X-BXW : 11 December 2014), Isaac Newton Rose, 12 Sep 1874; citing Stormont & Dundas & Glengarry, Ontario, yr 1874 cn 6549, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,471.

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK18-W8CD : 15 December 2015), Isaac Newton Rose, 1874; Burial, Mariatown, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada, Hanes Cemetery; citing record ID 138975624, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=138975624.

Ruth Doren (mother of Edith Rose)

“Ontario Marriages, 1800-1910,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2PT-G98 : 5 December 2014), Isaac N. Rose and Ruth Doren, 1849; citing Eastern District,Ontario; FHL microfilm 928,968.

“Ontario Census, 1861,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQF-8X5 : 8 November 2014), Ruth Rose, Morrisburgh, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 31, line 25; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1014, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 349,255.

“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47V-7HK : 2 April 2016), Ruth Rose in household of Isaac N Rose, Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 56, line 6; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10006, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,691.

“Canada Census, 1881,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVX4-Q44 : 30 June 2017), Ruth Rose, Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 66; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13228, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,864.

“Canada Census, 1891,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW22-QMB : 3 August 2016), Ruth Rose, Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148133.

“Canada Census, 1901,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH2N-HYV : 27 April 2017), Ruth Rose, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 1, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDPZ-N22 : 24 June 2015), Ruth Rose, 26 Apr 1908; citing Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario, yr 1908 cn 27951, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,484; second page of death record: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q93-C9YJ-ZXMQ?i=853&cc=1307826.

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK18-W8XS : 11 July 2016), Ruth Doren Rose, 1908; Burial, Mariatown, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada, Hanes Cemetery; citing record ID 138975622, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=138975622.

Edith Rose (wife of Donald Greenfield Macdonell)

“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNR-NQ1 : 10 April 2015), Donald G Macdonell and Edith Rose, 15 Jun 1880; citing registration , Morrisburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,508.

“Canada Census, 1881,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXX-K4G : 30 June 2017), Edith McDonell in household of Donald G. McDonell, Almonte, Lanark North, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 46; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13233, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,869; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e327/e008172770.pdf.

“Canada Census, 1891,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWL8-V8S : 3 August 2016), Edith Macdonell, Almonte Town, Lanark North, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148150; http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=pdf&id=30953_148150-00345.

“Canada Census, 1901,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVN-LGB : 27 April 2017), Edith Mcdonnell, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 14, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=18417&highlight=33&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Edith+McDonnell

“B.C. Elec. Ry. Wins Davie Street Suit; Action Brought for Lowering of Street Grade is Dismissed With Costs,” Vancouver Province, March 21, 1902, page 1:

“Mr. Justice Drake this morning handed down judgment in the case of Macdonell vs. British Columbia Electric Railway Company for damages. Judgment is given to the defendant with costs.

The action was brought by Mrs. D.G. Macdonell, as owner of a large property on Davie street, below Jervis, which was alleged to have been damaged by the cutting down of the Davie street hill by the tram company, thus causing a cave-in and other injuries to the property. It was alleged that the defendants wrongfully excavated without leaving any support to the soil.

After reviewing the evidence the judge decides that the weight of evidence preponderates in the defendant’s favor. There is no direct evidence of trespass. It is a mere matter of surmise. The portion of the street between the lot line and the defendant’s track was left in its natural state until the city took charge and by ploughing and blasting cut the rest of the street down to its correct grade. With regard to the street having been graded below the level of the plaintiff’s lots, the evidence of the defendants showed that this was not the work of the defendants, but was done by the corporation and the right of the company to grade the streets is a statutory right and is not in question in these actions. The action is therefore dismissed with costs.”

Society, B.C. Saturday Sunset, January 23, 1909, page 8: “Mrs. D.G. Macdonell entertained at a small bridge on Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Temple of Toronto.”

“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLKB-B68 : 13 April 2017), Edith Macdonell, 1910.

Obituary, Macdonell, Vancouver Province, December 14, 1910, page 10: “The news of the death yesterday of Mrs. Edith Macdonell, the wife of Mr. D.G. Macdonell, a well-known Vancouver lawyer, came as a blow to a large circle of friends of the deceased and her husband. Passing away after a very short illness, those who loved her were not prepared for the sudden news of bereavement. Many expressions of sympathy with those who are left to mourn her loss are today heard around the city. The funeral will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock from the family residence, 1906 Nelson street, to Christ Church. Rev. C.C. Owen will officiate both at the church ant at the committal service at the graveside.”

“Mrs. D.G. Macdonell,” obituary, Vancouver World, December 14, 1910, page 23: “Great regret will be felt in the city at the news of the death of Edith Macdonell, beloved wife of Mr. D.G. Macdonell, of the firm of Macdonell, Killam & Farris, who passed away yesterday at the family residence, 1906 Nelson street. Besides her husband, the deceased lady is survived by two daughters and one son, one of the former being married and a resident of New York. The late Mrs. Macdonell was well known in Vancouver society circles, where she will be greatly missed. The funeral will take place on Thursday at 2 p.m. from the above residence to Christ Church, where service will be held at 2:20 p.m.”

Edith Macdonell, death notice, Vancouver World, December 14, 1910, page 23: “Macdonell—On the 12th inst. At the family residence, 1906 Nelson street, Edith, beloved wife of D.G. Macdonell. Funeral on Thursday, Dec. 15, at 2 p.m., from residence to Christ church.”

Edith Macdonell, obituary, Vancouver Province, Decembretr 15, 1910, page 8: “There was a large attendance this afternoon at the funeral of Mrs. Edith Macdonell, wife of Mr. D.G. Macdonell. A private service was first conducted at the family residence, 1906 Nelson street, by Rev. C.C. Owen, the cortege then leaving the house and proceeding to Christ Church, where a public service was held, Rev. Mr. Owen again officiating. The casket bearing the remains of the deceased lady was surrounded by banks of flowers, the tributes of loving remembrance sent by a host of friends. Interment was made at the Masonic cemetery.”

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-QNCY : 13 December 2015), Edith Macdonnell, 1910; Burial, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Mountain View Cemetery; citing record ID 26262077, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26262077.

Edith Macdonell; probate file; British Columbia Supreme Court (Vancouver); accession number: 91-4202; File location: microfilm reel B02553; Probate P – 01892: first page of probate file: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97Z-D3RF?i=61&wc=M69N-G29%3A332530701%2C332530502%2C332711701&cc=2014768; last page of probate file: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97Z-D3P8?i=89&wc=M69N-G29%3A332530701%2C332530502%2C332711701&cc=2014768.

Adele Rose Macdonell (daughter of Donald Greenfield Macdonell)

“Canada Census, 1881,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXX-K4P : 30 June 2017), McDonell in household of Donald G. McDonell, Almonte, Lanark North, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 46; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13233, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,869; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e327/e008172770.pdf.

“Canada Census, 1891,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWL8-V83 : 3 August 2016), Rose Macdonell, Almonte Town, Lanark North, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148150; http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=pdf&id=30953_148150-00345.

“Canada Census, 1901,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVN-LG1 : 27 April 2017), Rose Mcdonnell in household of Edith Mcdonnell, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 14, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=18417&highlight=34&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Rose+McDonnell.

“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD8B-TVL : 21 January 2016), Edward John Ridgway and Adele Rose Macdonnell, 03 Dec 1902; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11373, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,530.

“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD8B-TV5 : 21 January 2016), Edward John Ridgway and Adele Rose Macdonnell, 03 Dec 1902; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11373, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,530.

“New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNMJ-WZ2 : 6 December 2014), Rose Ridgway, 24 Jul 1904; citing departure port Liverpool, arrival port New York, ship name Arabic, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“New York State Census, 1915,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9G1-NQ4 : 8 November 2014), Rose Redgeway, New York, Richmond, New York, United States; from “New York, State Census, 1915,” database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 24, line 16, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.

Society, Vancouver Province, July 6, 1916, page 8: “Mrs. Ridgway, who has been visiting her father, Mr. D.G. Macdonell, left yesterday for her home in New York,”

“New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23C-MB6C : 20 May 2016), Rose Ridgeway, 1917; citing  NARA microfilm publication M1480 and M1482 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 00120, FHL microfilm 1,283,782.

“United States Census, 1920,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVMX-YLK : accessed 13 August 2017), Rose Ridgeway in household of John Ridgeway, Richmond Assembly District 1, Richmond, New York, United States; citing  ED 1557, sheet 1B, line 82, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1238; FHL microfilm 1,821,238.

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X782-9M8 : accessed 13 August 2017), Rose Ridgway in household of D John Ridgway, Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 6B, line 61, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1457; FHL microfilm 2,341,192.

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24VX-Q1P : 2 October 2015), Adele Rose Ridgway, 1935; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQT1-XZQ : accessed 13 August 2017), Rose Ridgway in household of John E Ridgway, Hempstead, Hempstead Town, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-67, sheet 5B, line 61, family 287, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627.  Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2685.

Henry Akroyd Ridgway (father of Edward John Ridgway)

Henry Ackroyd Ridgway, my tree; http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3253359&id=I2741: “Name: Henry Ackroyd Ridgway; Sex: M; Birth: 1840; Death: 1878.”

“England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NS7-BMJ : 1 October 2014), Henry Akroyd Ridgway, 1840; from “England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

“England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB6H-XWL : 24 July 2017), Henry Akroyd Ridgway and Mary Gertrude Huish, 05 Sep 1867; citing Marriage, Duffield, Duffield, Derbyshire, England, Record Office, Matlock; FHL microfilm 1,041,433.

“England and Wales Census, 1841,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQT3-5MR : 3 August 2016), Henry A Ridgway in household of Richard Orrell, Alton, Staffordshire, England; from “1841 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

“England and Wales Census, 1851,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGLB-32L : 29 July 2017), Henry Ridgway in household of Edward J Ridgway, Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England; citing Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, p. 7, from “1851 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

“England and Wales Census, 1861,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M75D-68X : 28 September 2016), Henry A Ridgway in household of Hugh Weightman, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England; from “1861 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

“England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DKX-GSH : 13 December 2014), Henry Akroyd Ridgway, 1867; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1867, quarter 3, vol. 7B, p. 610, Belper, Derbyshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

“England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JG8-YHT : 31 December 2014), Henry Akroyd Ridgway, 1878; from “England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

Mary Gertrude Huish (mother of Edward John Ridgway)

“England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB6H-XWP : 24 July 2017), Henry Akroyd Ridgway and Mary Gertrude Huish, 05 Sep 1867; citing Marriage, Duffield, Duffield, Derbyshire, England, Record Office, Matlock; FHL microfilm 1,041,433.

“England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DK6-5MY : 13 December 2014), Mary Gertrude Huish, 1867; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1867, quarter 3, vol. 7B, p. 610, Belper, Derbyshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

Huish of Smalley Hall, Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 1881, pages 828-829; https://books.google.ca/books?id=SrVCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA828&lpg=PA828&dq=%22huish+of+smalley+hall%22#v=onepage&q=%22huish%20of%20smalley%20hall%22&f=false: “Marcus, b. 19 July, 1915, m. 1st. 29 Oct. 1840, Margaret Jane, dau. of Titus Bourne, Esq., and by her (who d. 24 Dec. 1847) had issue . . . 1 Mary Gertrude, b. 1841; m. 1866, Henry Ackroyd Ridgway, Esq., J.P. of Rownall Hall, co. Stafford. . . .

Edward John Ridgway (husband of Adele Rose Macdonell)

Edward John Ridgway; my tree; http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3253359&id=I2742: “Name: Edward John Ridgway; Sex: M; Birth: 1870; Death: 1954.

“England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XW8-5JZ : 1 October 2014), Edward John Ridgway, 1870; from “England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD8B-TV5 : 21 January 2016), Edward John Ridgway and Adele Rose Macdonnell, 03 Dec 1902; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11373, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,530.

“New York State Census, 1915,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9G1-NQ7 : 8 November 2014), Edward Redgeway, New York, Richmond, New York, United States; from “New York, State Census, 1915,” database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 24, line 15, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.

“United States Census, 1920,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVMX-YLV : accessed 13 August 2017), John Ridgeway, Richmond Assembly District 1, Richmond, New York, United States; citing  ED 1557, sheet 1B, line 81, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1238; FHL microfilm 1,821,238.

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXM1-29V : 2 October 2015), Edward John Ridgway, 1925; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X782-9MZ : accessed 13 August 2017), D John Ridgway, Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 6B, line 60, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1457; FHL microfilm 2,341,192.

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24N3-FJY : 2 October 2015), Edward John Ridgway, 1930; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24NP-2R8 : 2 October 2015), Edward John Ridgway, 1933; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24KV-1Q2 : 2 October 2015), Edward John Ridgway, 1937; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQT1-XZ3 : accessed 13 August 2017), John E Ridgway, Hempstead, Hempstead Town, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-67, sheet 5B, line 60, family 287, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627.  Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2685.

Donald Ridgway (son of Adele Rose Macdonell)

“New York State Census, 1915,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9G1-NQH : 8 November 2014), Donald Redgeway, New York, Richmond, New York, United States; from “New York, State Census, 1915,” database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 24, line 17, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.

“United States Census, 1920,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVMX-YL2 : accessed 13 August 2017), William Ridgeway in household of John Ridgeway, Richmond Assembly District 1, Richmond, New York, United States; citing  ED 1557, sheet 1B, line 83, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1238; FHL microfilm 1,821,238.

“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQT1-XZ7 : accessed 13 August 2017), Donald Ridgway in household of John E Ridgway, Hempstead, Hempstead Town, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-67, sheet 5B, line 62, family 287, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627.  Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2685.

Kenneth John Ridgway (son of Adele Rose Macdonell)

Kenneth John RIDGWAY; my tree; http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3253359&id=I2744: “Name: Kenneth John RIDGWAY; Sex: M.”

“New York State Census, 1915,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9G1-NQZ : 8 November 2014), Kenneth Redgeway, New York, Richmond, New York, United States; from “New York, State Census, 1915,” database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 24, line 18, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.

“United States Census, 1920,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVMX-YLL : accessed 13 August 2017), Kenneth Ridgeway in household of John Ridgeway, Richmond Assembly District 1, Richmond, New York, United States; citing  ED 1557, sheet 1B, line 84, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1238; FHL microfilm 1,821,238.

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X782-9MD : accessed 13 August 2017), Kenneth Ridgway in household of D John Ridgway, Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 6B, line 62, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1457; FHL microfilm 2,341,192.

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24KV-1QL : 2 October 2015), Kenneth John Ridgway, 1937; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQT1-XZW : accessed 13 August 2017), Kenneth Ridgway in household of John E Ridgway, Hempstead, Hempstead Town, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-67, sheet 5B, line 63, family 287, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627.  Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2685.

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP8-HZ2V : 3 October 2015), Kenneth Ridgway, 1948; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Bruce Macdonell Ridgway (son of Adele Rose Macdonell)

Bruce Macdonnell RIDGWAY; my tree; http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3253359&id=I2745: “Bruce Macdonnell RIDGWAY; Sex: M.”

“United States Census, 1920,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVMX-YLG : accessed 13 August 2017), Bruce Ridgeway in household of John Ridgeway, Richmond Assembly District 1, Richmond, New York, United States; citing  ED 1557, sheet 1B, line 85, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1238; FHL microfilm 1,821,238.

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X782-9M6 : accessed 13 August 2017), Bruce Ridgway in household of D John Ridgway, Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 6B, line 63, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1457; FHL microfilm 2,341,192.

“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQT1-XZ4 : accessed 13 August 2017), Bruce Ridgway in household of John E Ridgway, Hempstead, Hempstead Town, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-67, sheet 5B, line 64, family 287, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627.  Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2685.

Ian Ridgway (son of Adele Rose Macdonell)

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X782-9MX : accessed 13 August 2017), Ian Ridgway in household of D John Ridgway, Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 6B, line 64, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1457; FHL microfilm 2,341,192.

“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQT1-XZH : accessed 13 August 2017), Ian Ridgway in household of John E Ridgway, Hempstead, Hempstead Town, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-67, sheet 5B, line 65, family 287, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627.  Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2685.

Geoffrey Greenfield Macdonell (son of Donald Greenfield Macdonell)

“Canada Census, 1901,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVN-LPM : 27 April 2017), Jeffrey Mcdonnell in household of Edith Mcdonnell, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 14, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=18417&highlight=35&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Jeffrey+McDonnell.

Social and Personal, Vancouver Province, October 14, 1905, page 4: “Mr. Geoffrey Macdonell came down from his Chilliwack ranch last week, and spent some time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.G. Macdonell.”

British Columbia Marriage Registrations; Registration Number: 1913-09-072971; Geoffry MacDonell and Aileen Allen; date of marriage: November 18, 1913; place of marriage: Vancouver.

Aileen Ellen and Geoffrey Greenfield Macdonell, wedding description, Vancouver Sun, November 19, 1913, page 8.

Aileen Ellen and Geoffrey Greenfield Macdonell, wedding description, Vancouver Province, November 18, 1913, page 8.

“Geoff Macdonell New Director,” The Chilliwack Progress, October 30, 1940, page 6; http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/43172225/.

“Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Macdonell who came to Chilliwack in 1919 . . .” The Chilliwack Progress, November 19, 1952, page 6; http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/77104332/.

“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRM-M1Z : 13 April 2017), Geoffrey Greenfield Macdonell, 1958.

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-QN8Y : 13 December 2015), Geoffrey G. Macdonell, 1958; Burial, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Mountain View Cemetery; citing record ID 26303033, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26303033.

Charles Herbert Allen (father of Aileen Allen)

Charles Herbert Allen, Who’s Who in Western Canada, 1911, page 93, http://ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=643087&qryID=70bde7fd-7887-4393-9acf-a53c45ca7f0e.

“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-9M96 : 15 July 2016), Charles H Allan, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.

“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5K-DD8 : 13 April 2017), Charles Herbert Allen, 1936.

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-SC3Y : 13 December 2015), Charles Herbert Allen, 1936; Burial, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Mountain View Cemetery; citing record ID 25396474, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25396474.

Marion Brown Lee (mother of Aileen Allen)

“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-9M9X : 15 July 2016), Maria Allan in entry for Charles H Allan, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.

“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLPS-DQR : 13 April 2017), Marion Allen, 1950: http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/77d484be-ab54-4d4f-ba76-fa9017b307dc.

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-SCHY : 11 July 2016), Marion Brownlee Allen, 1950; Burial, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Mountain View Cemetery; citing record ID 25396550, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25396550.

Aileen Allen (wife of Geoffrey Greenfield Macdonell)

“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-9M9N : 15 July 2016), Aileen Allan in entry for Charles H Allan, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.

British Columbia Marriage Registrations; Registration Number: 1913-09-072971; Geoffry MacDonell and Aileen Allen; date of marriage: November 18, 1913; place of marriage: Vancouver.

“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRH-1VQ : 13 April 2017), Aileen Macdonell, 1952.

Marion Macdonell (daughter of Geoffrey Greenfield Macdonell)

Society, “Tea for Daughter,” The Chilliwack Progress, Thursday, September 5, 1935, page 2; http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/43176894/

Mrs. Geoffrey Macdonell was a tea hostess of Wednesday for her daughter, Miss Marian, who left on Monday to enter the Vancouver General Hospital as nurse-in-training. Presiding over the attractive tea table centred with colorful zinnias were Countess van Rechteren and Mrs. R.E. Carter.”

The Chilliwack Progress, Wednesday, February 28, 1945, page 7; http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/43340208/: “Miss Marion Macdonell, RN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Macdonell, has joined the army nursing service and has been posted to Nanaimo.”

Women’s Page, The Chilliwack Progress, July 23, 1947, page 16; http://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/43155409/: “Miss Marion Macdonell has arrived from New York and will make her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Macdonell, 526 Trans Canada highway west.”

Mary Louise Lyle (wife of Geoffrey Greenfield Macdonell)

Mary Louise Macdonell, https://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Louise-Macdonell/6000000025723227779: “Mary Louise Macdonell (Lyle); Birthdate: 1908 (95); Death: October 3, 2003 (95); Immediate Family: Daughter of Frank Bussel Lyle and Jessie McNaughton Lyle; Wife of Geoffrey Greenfield Macdonell; Sister of Lena Margaret Cornwall; Donald Frank Harper Frank Harper Lyle and Ethyl Jane Bartle; Occupation: Nurse Retired.”

Phyllis Greenfield Macdonell (daughter of Donald Greenfield Macdonell)

“Canada Census, 1901,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVN-LP9 : 27 April 2017), Phyllis Mcdonnell in household of Edith Mcdonnell, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 14, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=18417&highlight=36&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Phyllis+McDonnell.

“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-MGW1 : 16 July 2016), Phyllis Macdonell in entry for Donald Macdonell, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.

“Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQS-HV8P : 9 October 2015), Phyllis Mac Donell, 1917; citing M1464, Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924, 333, NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, publication year); FHL microfilm 1,561,419.

“Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQM-7BNW : 9 October 2015), Phyllis Mac Donell, 1895-1924; citing M1461, Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924, 256, NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, publication year); FHL microfilm 1,473,056.

“United States Census, 1920,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV3P-C9V : accessed 13 August 2017), Phyllis G Mc Donell, Manhattan Assembly District 11, New York, New York, United States; citing  ED 828, sheet 1A, line 47, family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1205; FHL microfilm 1,821,205.

“England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZL-FJXN : 8 October 2014), Phyllis G Macdonell and null, 1922; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1922, quarter 3, vol. 2A, p. 453, Hambledon, Surrey, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

New York Times, September 24, 1922, page 27: “Coley-Macdonell. At Guildford, Surrey, England, Phyllis Greenfield Macdonell to Bradley Lancaster Coley on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1922. Vancouver. B. C. papers please copy.”

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXMJ-4CZ : 2 October 2015), Phyllis Coley, 1926; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X42R-QNR : accessed 13 August 2017), Phyllis Mc Coley in household of Dr. Bradley L Coley, Manhattan (Districts 0501-0750), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 739, sheet 4B, line 88, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1569; FHL microfilm 2,341,304.

“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQTF-3JK : accessed 13 August 2017), Phyllis Coley in household of Bradley L Coley, Assembly District 15, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-1317, sheet 2B, line 61, family 37, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627.  Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2655.

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H4M-8ZZ : 3 October 2015), Phyllis Mcd Coley, 1954; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZGX-67L : 9 December 2014), Phyllis Coley, 16 Jun 1981; from “Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001,” database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing West Hartford, , Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Health, Hartfort.

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGT-4SRM : 13 December 2015), Phyllis Coley, 1981; Burial, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Hillside Cemetery; citing record ID 134330405, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134330405.

William Bradley Coley (father of Bradley Lancaster Coley)

Coley, William Bradley, in American National Biography Online; http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1201253 [excerpt available without subscription]: “surgeon, was born in Westport, Connecticut, the son of Horace Bradley Coley and Clarine Bradley Wakeman, farmers. After completing his undergraduate studies at Yale University in 1884, Coley taught Latin and Greek at Bishop Scott Government School in Portland, Oregon. In 1886 he entered Harvard Medical School, where he completed the three-year program early, graduating in 1888. Coley interned at the New York Hospital until 1890 and remained in New York City for his entire career. In 1891 he married Alice Lancaster of Newton, Massachusetts; they had three children, the eldest of whom was the surgeon Bradley Lancaster Coley.”

“Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCZL-NX9 : 4 December 2014), William Bradley Coley and Alice Lancaster, 04 Jun 1891; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 745,086.

“Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHSN-NJW : 13 July 2016), William Bradley Coley and Alice Lancaster, 04 Jun 1891; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,086.

“New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WKR-27W : 20 March 2015), William Bradley Coley, 16 Apr 1936; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,079,285.

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGT-4SR9 : 13 December 2015), William Bradley Coley, 1936; Burial, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Hillside Cemetery; citing record ID 134330406, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134330406.

Alice Lancaster (mother of Bradley Lancaster Coley)

“United States Census, 1900,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSKD-571 : accessed 23 August 2017), Alice L Coley in household of William Coley, Borough of Manhattan, Election District 21 New York City Ward 25, New York County, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 689, sheet 12A, family 291, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,111.

“United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M53K-RJK : accessed 23 August 2017), Alice L Coley in household of William B Coley, Manhattan Ward 21, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1260, sheet 10B, family 192, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1037; FHL microfilm 1,375,050.

“United States Census, 1920,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJBL-3Z4 : accessed 23 August 2017), Alice Coley in household of William B Coley, Manhattan Assembly District 15, New York, New York, United States; citing ED 1050, sheet 2A, line 20, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1212; FHL microfilm 1,821,212.

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X42L-4GQ : accessed 23 August 2017), Alice L Coley in household of William B Coley, Manhattan (Districts 0501-0750), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 560, sheet 27A, line 34, family 459, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1567; FHL microfilm 2,341,302.

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGT-4S5T : 11 July 2016), Alice Lancaster Coley, 1936; Burial, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Hillside Cemetery; citing record ID 134330404, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134330404.

Bradley Lancaster Coley (husband of Phyllis Greenfield Macdonell)

Bradley Lancaster Coley; http://prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=1113048.

“New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JX13-YZD : 6 December 2014), Bradley L. Coley, 30 Jul 1909; citing departure port Liverpool, arrival port New York, ship name Mauretania, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M53K-RJ2 : accessed 13 August 2017), Bradley L Coley in household of William B Coley, Manhattan Ward 21, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1260, sheet 10B, family 192, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1037; FHL microfilm 1,375,050.

“New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJLP-L25 : 6 December 2014), Bradley L. Coley, 29 Aug 1911; citing departure port Antwerp, arrival port New York, ship name Vaderland, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZF2-36K : 12 December 2014), Bradley Lancaster Coley, 1917-1918; citing Litchfield County no 19, Connecticut, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,570,498.

“United States Census, 1920,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV3P-CQJ : accessed 13 August 2017), Bradley L Coley, Manhattan Assembly District 11, New York, New York, United States; citing  ED 828, sheet 2A, line 36, family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1205; FHL microfilm 1,821,205.

“United States Census, 1920,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJBL-3ZH : accessed 13 August 2017), Bradley L Coley in household of William B Coley, Manhattan Assembly District 15, New York, New York, United States; citing  ED 1050, sheet 2A, line 21, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1212; FHL microfilm 1,821,212.

“United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-PXSM : 4 September 2015), Bradley Lancaster Coley, 1922; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #214272, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 – March 31, 1925, 2087, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,710,663.

“England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZL-ZMWW : 8 October 2014), Bradley L Coley and null, 1922; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1922, quarter 3, vol. 2A, p. 453, Hambledon, Surrey, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

“New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNK3-RYZ : 6 December 2014), Bradley L. Coley, 24 Sep 1922; citing departure port Liverpool, arrival port New York, ship name Baltic, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXMJ-4CC : 2 October 2015), Bradley Coley, 1926; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X42R-QN5 : accessed 13 August 2017), Dr. Bradley L Coley, Manhattan (Districts 0501-0750), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 739, sheet 4B, line 87, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1569; FHL microfilm 2,341,304.

“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQTF-3JV : accessed 13 August 2017), Bradley L Coley, Assembly District 15, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-1317, sheet 2B, line 60, family 37, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627.  Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2655.

“United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTMG-XYH : 7 April 2016), Doctor Bradley Lancaster Coley, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H4M-8ZC : 3 October 2015), Bradley L Coley, 1954; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGT-4S5Y : 13 December 2015), Bradley Lancaster Coley, 1961; Burial, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Hillside Cemetery; citing record ID 134330402, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134330402.

Geoffrey Macdonell Coley (son of Phyllis Greenfield Macdonell)

Geoffrey Macdonell Coley M.D. (1926 – 2016); obituary; Published in The Hartford Courant on Apr. 3, 2016; http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?pid=179501045: “Geoffrey Macdonell Coley, MD, died peacefully at home in Hartford on March 30, 2016 after a long illness. Dr. Coley was born in New York City on December 28, 1926 to Bradley Lancaster Coley, MD, an oncologic surgeon and his wife, Phyllis. His grandfather was William B. Coley, MD, a prominent surgeon who conducted early investigations that led to future understanding of the role of the immune system in cancer. Dr. Coley graduated from St. Paul’s School, Yale College and Harvard Medical School. He served in the US Navy medical corps. After completing his surgical training at Boston City Hospital and Peter Bent Brigham Hospitals, he was a highly regarded and beloved surgeon at the Hartford Hospital for over 35 years. He was a volunteer surgeon on the hospital ship HOPE during its stay in Conakry Guinea in West Africa. This experience shaped his belief in the potential for physicians and health care workers of all backgrounds to work harmoniously. Dr. Coley was a passionate fly fisherman who spent close to 50 years in pursuit of salmon in Canada. Another favorite locale was Block Island, RI where he had a home. He leaves his beloved wife Kathleen (McDermott) Coley, his three children, Christopher Coley, MD and his wife Diane, Susan Coley, and Peter Coley and wife Sandrine, and his three grandchildren, Alex, Sam and Juliette. He also leaves two brothers, Peter and William and their families and was dearly loved by his stepchildren and stepgrandchildren. He was predeceased by his late wife, Mary Smythe Coley, MD, and his daughter Elizabeth. A memorial service will be held in late spring. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Dr. Coley’s memory may be made to Christ Church Cathedral “Church Street Eats” program, 45 Church Street, Hartford, CT 06103 or churchstreeteats@cccathedral.org. Doolittle Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. To share memories or send condolences to the Coley family, please visit www.doolittlefuneralservice.com.”

Alexander Jay Wurts (father of Laura Jay Wurts)

“United States Census, 1880,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFCB-FX7 : 29 July 2017), Alexander Wurts in household of Charles P Wurts, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district ED 89, sheet 219C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0106; FHL microfilm 1,254,106.

“United States Census, 1900,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS1R-NMW : accessed 14 August 2017), Alexander Wurts in household of Mary H Childs, Precincts 3-4 Pittsburgh city Ward 22, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 263, sheet 1B, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,362.

“United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGCT-32R : accessed 14 August 2017), Ahpanan J Wurts, Pittsburgh Ward 14, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 467, sheet 17A, family 312, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1304; FHL microfilm 1,375,317.

“New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJT4-1T5 : 6 December 2014), Alexander J. Wurts, 08 Feb 1912; citing departure port Colon, Panama, arrival port New York, ship name Almirante, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“United States Census, 1920,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TV-D8F : accessed 14 August 2017), Alexander J Wurtz, Pittsburgh Ward 14, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing  ED 899, sheet 12A, line 2, family 212, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1522; FHL microfilm 1,821,522.

“United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR2-LLHS : 4 September 2015), Alexander J Wurts, 1921; citing Passport Application, Pennsylvania, United States, source certificate #6139, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 – March 31, 1925, 1532, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,666,632.

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXG4-97X : 2 October 2015), Alexander Jay Wurts, 1928; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCC9-YJ9 : accessed 14 August 2017), Alexander J Wurts, Pittsburgh (Districts 1-250), Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 1A, line 10, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1970; FHL microfilm 2,341,704.

“The Wurts Family,” The Scranton Republican, January 25, 1932, page 8.

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK4-PQ6H : 13 December 2015), Alexander Jay Wurts, ; Burial, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Allegheny Cemetery; citing record ID 33498528, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33498528.

Laura Jay Wurts (wife of Bradley Lancaster Coley)

Laura J Coley (born Wurts), born 1898; https://www.myheritage.com/names/laura_wurts: “Laura J Coley (born Wurts) was born in 1898, to Alex J Wurts. Laura married Bradley Lancaster Coley on month day 1918, at age 20 at marriage place, Pennsylvania. Bradley was born in 1892. Laura passed away.”

DuBoisHistory; https://jsdubois28.com/tag/jay-geneaology/: 4. Seventh Generation. Alexander Jay WURTS was born 03 Mar 1862 in Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA as the first child of Charles Pemberton WURTS and Laura JAY. He had three siblings, namely: Martha Haskins, Pierre Jay, and John. He died 21 Jan 1932 in Pittsburgh City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. When he was 28, He married Jeanie Lowrie CHILDS 30 Jun 1890. . . . EIGHTH GENERATION: Children of Alexander Jay WURTS and Jeanie Lowrie CHILDS. 1. Thomas Howe Childs WURTS was born 02 May 1891 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He died Dec 1964.; 2. Laura Jay WURTS was born 16 Sep 1895 in Pittsburg, Pa. She died 1941 in Germany. She married Douglas Chandler 27 Aug 1924 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA.

“United States Census, 1900,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS1R-NMH : accessed 14 August 2017), Laura J Wurts in household of Mary H Childs, Precincts 3-4 Pittsburgh city Ward 22, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 263, sheet 1B, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,362.

“United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGCT-32B : accessed 14 August 2017), Laura J Wurts in household of Ahpanan J Wurts, Pittsburgh Ward 14, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 467, sheet 17A, family 312, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1304; FHL microfilm 1,375,317.

Society, Pittsburgh Daily Post, May 15, 1917, page 7: “Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Jay Wurts of Shady Avenue Announce Daughter’s Engagement; June Wedding Planned. The engagement of Miss Laura Jay Wurts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Jay Wurts of Shady avenue, to Bradley Lancaster Coley son of Dr. and Mrs. William B. Coley of Park avenue, New York, was announced Saturday afternoon at the wedding of Miss Mary Wilson Spencer and Francis Bailey Nimick, the latter a cousin of Miss Wurts. She was presented to society at a large tea dance in the Pittsburgh Golf Club last winter, and, having a large circle of relatives and friends, was one of the most frequently entertained of the season’s debutantes. She is a Farmington girl, and her fiance was graduated from Yale in 1915 and is now studying at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. During the ceremonies attending the coronation of the present Japanese emperor she visited her uncle and aunt, at late George W. Guthrie and Mrs. Guthrie, at their residence in that country. No date has been set for the wedding.”

“United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-5Z3L : 4 September 2015), Laura Jay Wurts, 1922; citing Passport Application, Maine, United States, source certificate #215603, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 – March 31, 1925, 2091, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,710,769.

“New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JN8Z-KY4 : 6 December 2014), Laura Wurts, 14 Apr 1924; citing departure port Le Havre, arrival port New York, ship name Rochambeau, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X42G-WXD : accessed 14 August 2017), Laura Chandler in household of Douglas Chandler, Manhattan (Districts 0501-0750), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 568, sheet 7B, line 68, family 244, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1567; FHL microfilm 2,341,302.

Laura Wurts, https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/14960284860

Likely Laura Jay Wurts of Pittsburgh, the daughter of Professor Alexander Jay Wurts.

The Honolulu star-bulletin., April 27, 1915, 3:30 Edition, Page 2, col. 2 “GUTHRIE SILENT ON MISSION OR ORIENT AFFAIRS” (according to this article, the wife of A. J. Wurts was a niece of the wife of Ambassador Georges W. Guthrie) reported that Laura Wurts had been a favorite of the younger set during their stay in Hawaii.

An obituary of A. J. Wurts is in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – 22. Jan. 1932. It mentions his daughter, Mrs. Douglas Chandler.

According to the German entry of Douglas Chandler (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Chandler, he has an English one as well (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Chandler), but less extensive), Laura Wurts married Douglas Chandler in 1924. She died in 1942 (according to http://www.whoislog.info/profile/douglas-chandler.html, she died in 1941).

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Douglas Chandler was apparently not her first husband, in 1917 Laura Jay Wurts was engaged to Bradley Lancaster Coley. (The Evening World., May 15, 1917, Final Edition, Page 9, col. 1.) They married in June 1918 (The Pittsburgh Press – June 20, 1918, p. 23, col. 1 ).

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” Laura Jay WURTS was born 16 Sep 1895 in Pittsburg, Pa. She died 1941 in Germany. She married Douglas Chandler 27 Aug 1924 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA.”

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The Sunday Oregonian, November 12, 1916, SECTION FIVE, Image 60 [http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1916-11-12/ed-1/seq-60/] used this photo with the caption: “LAURA WURTS is the niece of George W. Guthrie, the Ambassador to Japan, and a well-known society girl of Pittsburg. She appeared in some tableaux at Bar Harbor for charity.”

Laura Jay Wurts Chandler letter to Mary Rutherfurd Jay, 1934 March 20; Chandler, Laura Jay Wurts, -1941; New-York Historical Society; https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/903052799: “Letter from Laura Chandler to her relative Mary Rutherfurd Jay, dated Sankt Wolfgang, Salzkammergut, Austria, March 20, 1934. She has been investigating “peasant customs and peasant lore.” Describes the advantages of living in Austria and how she and her family came to reside there. Also included are a list of dates: her marriage to Douglas Chandler and his and their daughters’ birthdays.”

The Evening World., May 15, 1917, Final Edition, Page 9, Image 9, New York; http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1917-05-15/ed-1/seq-9/: “Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Jay Wurts of Pittsburgh announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Laura Jay Wurts, to Bradley Lancaster Coley, son of Dr. and Mrs. William Bradley Coley at No. 340 Park Avenue.”

Peter Augustus Jay Descendants; https://jsdubois28.com/2014/07/27/peter-augustus-jay-descendants/: “Alexander Jay WURTS and Jeanie Lowrie CHILDS had the following children: . . .  2. Laura Jay WURTS was born 16 Sep 1895 in Pittsburg, Pa. She died 1941 in Germany. She married Douglas Chandler 27 Aug 1924 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA.”

“Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJC-XLY : 27 November 2014), Douglas Chandler and Laura J Wurts, 21 Aug 1924; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

Laurette Chandler (daughter of Laura Jay Wurts)

“Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHNS-BW6 : 24 June 2016), Laura J Wurts in entry for Armin V Samson-Himmelstjerna and Laurette Chandler, 1950.

Douglas Chandler (husband of Laura Jay Wurts)

Douglas Chandler, Wikipedia article; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Chandler: “Douglas Chandler (May 26, 1889 [1] – unknown) was an American broadcaster of Nazi propaganda during World War II. He was convicted of treason in 1947, sentenced to life imprisonment and released in 1963.”

“Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJC-XLB : 27 November 2014), Douglas Chandler and Laura J Wurts, 21 Aug 1924; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXLN-XYH : 2 October 2015), Douglas Chandler, 1926; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24FY-CQH : 2 October 2015), Douglas Chandler, 1930; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X42G-WX8 : accessed 14 August 2017), Douglas Chandler, Manhattan (Districts 0501-0750), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 568, sheet 7B, line 67, family 244, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1567; FHL microfilm 2,341,302.

“The Nazi Who Infiltrated National Geographic; Douglas Chandler, a WWII-era contributor to the magazine, harbored a treasonous secret,” http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/lost-found-douglas-chandler-nazi/. [includes photographs and biography].

On treason, by Bryant Durrell, http://popone.innocence.com/archives/2003/04/01/on_treason.php. Includes references on Douglas Chander and comments by anonymous readers that refer to Douglas Chandler’s later life.

Chandler v. United States, 171 F(2d) 921 (C. C. A. 1st. 1948), cert. den., 336 U. S. 918 (1949).

Chandler v. United States, 171 F. 2d 921 – Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit 1948; https://scholar.google.ca/scholar_case?case=14266193772742304577&q=Chandler+v.+United+States&hl=en&as_sdt=2006&as_vis=1; http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/171/921/1487677/

Chandler v. United States, 336 US 918 – Supreme Court 1949; https://www.ravellaw.com/opinions/b9be376b2b123325c252ec8f33f951a6

Edward Lyman Denison (physician and dog breeder in Chicago, Illinois)

Marion Illinois History Preservation; http://www.mihp.org/2014/06/denison-dr-edward-l-1835-1900-physician-legislator-and-marion-alderman/: “Edward Lyman Denison was born June 18, 1870 and died Apr. 29, 1952 at Fort Pierce, Florida. He married Margaret L. O’Grady of Chicago Oct. 18, 1893.  He was a physician.”

“Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V22W-P3K : 12 December 2014), Edward Lyman Denison, 18 Jun 1870; Birth, citing Marion, Williamson, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,992,138.

“Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7XK-14D : 26 December 2014), Edward L. Denison and Margaret L. O’Grady, 18 Oct 1893; citing Cook, Illinois, 788, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,030,232.

“Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2L5-F64 : 29 December 2014), Edward L. Denison and Margaret L. O’Grady, 18 Oct 1893; citing , Cook, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,030,232.

“United States Census, 1900,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSQB-8R9 : accessed 24 August 2017), Edw D Denison, Precinct 63 Lake town Chicago city Ward 30, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 953, sheet 7A, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,283.

Classified advertisements, Chicago Tribune, Sunday, February 17, 1901, page 24; For Sale—Pointer puppies by “Jingo” and “Rip Ratt” [sic]. Dr. Dennison 5860 State.”

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XST3-Z29 : accessed 24 August 2017), Edward L Dennison, Chicago (Districts 0001-0250), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 9B, line 91, family 282, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 420; FHL microfilm 2,340,155.

“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWW9-JQ7 : accessed 24 August 2017), Edward Dennison, Marblehead, Fall Creek Township, Adams, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-11, sheet 5A, line 37, family 97, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627.  Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 756.

“Florida Death Index, 1877-1998,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVS8-1DW : 25 December 2014), Edward Lyman Denison, 1952; from “Florida Death Index, 1877-1998,” index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. 1526, certificate number 11031, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.

“Dr. Denison Dies at His Home at Eden,” The News Tribune, Fort Pierce, Florida, April 28, 1952, page 1, column 1.

“Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRN-31MX : 17 May 2016), Margaret L Denison, 03 Nov 1958; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .

“Illinois, Archdiocese of Chicago, Cemetery Records, 1864-1989,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HJ-M172 : 31 October 2016), Margaret L Denison, 05 Nov 1958; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, Mount Olivet, Archidiocese of Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,613,315.

“Mrs. Margaret Denison Dies in Chicago,” The News Tribune, Fort Pierce, Florida, November 4, 1958, page 2.