Donald Robert Menzies

Male Abt 1898 - 1976  (~ 78 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Donald Robert Menzies was born about 1898 in Ontario, Canada (son of Robert Menzies and Maude Nethena Bicknell); died on 18 Oct 1976 in Fort MacLeod, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Union Cemetery, Fort Macleod, Charesholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 116311071
    • _UID: ABA3BABED9684D1B9BDC61EBBB29F20F17BB

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116311071

    Died:
    MENZIES - Passed away Monday October 18, 1976 Donald Robert Menzies, aged 78 years, beloved husband of Mrs. Burnes Menzies of Fort Macleod.

    Born in Purth, Ontario, he came west to Botha Alberta in 1916.

    He married Burnes Richardson at Botha in 1921 and they farmed there until 1949 when they sold their farm and purchased another at Stettler. He retired in 1965 and moved to Fort Macleod.

    During his years in the Stettler district, he was an active and avid curler.

    Besides his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. F. Eunice Lemire of Fort Macleod; four grandchildren, one brother, Alfred Menzies of Purth, Ontario, two sisters, Mrs. Doris Robinson of Toronto, Ontario, and Mrs. Amy Scott of Dundas, Ontario.

    Predeceased by one son, Jim, in 1944.

    Donald married Margaret Burns Richardson in 1921. Margaret (daughter of Richard Thomas Richardson and Patience Marriott) was born in 1899 in Hebron, Thayer County, Nebraska, United States; died on 12 Mar 1977; was buried in Union Cemetery, Fort Macleod, Charesholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Menzies was born in 1867 (son of John Menzies and Susan Ritchie); died in 1925; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 151041793
    • _UID: C89A888DB60047D598CC7384142F8575E1E0

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151041793

    Robert married Maude Nethena Bicknell. Maude was born about 1872; died about 1971; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Maude Nethena Bicknell was born about 1872; died about 1971; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 150832645
    • _UID: A715B2D8BE3E4653AAE11C6E2604DD170E52

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150832645

    Children:
    1. 1. Donald Robert Menzies was born about 1898 in Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Oct 1976 in Fort MacLeod, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Union Cemetery, Fort Macleod, Charesholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada.
    2. Alfred L. Menzies was born on 14 Aug 1900 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Jan 1980; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Grace Maude Menzies was born about 1903; died about 1905.
    4. Flora Doris Menzies was born about 1907; died about 1994.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Menzies was born in 1820 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of Cpl. John Menzies and Mary Gibson); died in 1895 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 151041792
    • _UID: 79265AC2F0AE4E8A80FF34E5E2267EB0FF80

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151041792

    John married Susan Ritchie on 27 Jan 1860 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Susan (daughter of John Ritchie and Mary Blair Wilson) was born about 1837 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Oct 1890 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Susan Ritchie was born about 1837 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Ritchie and Mary Blair Wilson); died on 20 Oct 1890 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 151041924
    • _UID: E5A396C008DD4FD9A13EC1D73C1A10EAB222

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151041924

    Children:
    1. John Menzies was born in 1861; and died.
    2. Jane "Jennie" Menzies was born in 1863; and died.
    3. Catherine Annie "Kate" Menzies was born on 8 May 1863 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Nov 1954 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint John's Parish Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 2. Robert Menzies was born in 1867; died in 1925; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Mary Menzies was born in 1869; and died.
    6. William James Menzies was born in 1872 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    7. George Menzies was born in 1874; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Cpl. John Menzies was born in 1788 in Vuissens, Switzerland; died on 15 Mar 1862 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 157675622
    • Name: Jean Menzy
    • Name: Johan Menzi
    • Name: John Menzy
    • _UID: 861AFD35BDFC4CD7989CF499495F26114EFB
    • Location: 1819, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 1 Lot 7

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157675622

    John married Mary Gibson on 27 Jan 1820 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Gibson

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 219994A608524AC3B40AE00A38430E43CF92

    Notes:

    Married:
    Perth, Johnstown Dist., Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada
    In the House of Mr. Cameron; Rev. William Bell (Presbyterian) [see: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJD-M9F7-L ]

    27 Jan 1820

    Children:
    1. 4. John Menzies was born in 1820 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1895 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Jane Mentry Menzies was born in 1823 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Dec 1897 in Althorpe, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 16 Dec 1897 in Bollingbroke Cemetery, Bolingbrooke, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Catherine Menzies was born on 25 Dec 1826 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Nov 1904 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Alexander Menzies was born in 1830; died about 1907.
    5. William Menzies was born on 21 Jun 1832 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Jan 1913 in Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  John Ritchie was born on 22 Dec 1793 in Stirling Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland (son of John Ritchie and Janet Luke); died on 31 Oct 1864 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: John Ritchy
    • _UID: 8FD3F3C7F3544B579635E88EF2E7D2E4D50D
    • Religion: May 1844, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; joined Perth Baptist Church

    Notes:

    John and Janet had 11 children

    (Research):9 children.

    John married Mary Blair Wilson on 7 Nov 1920 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of George Wilson and Isabella Wilson) was born in 1796 in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; was christened on 27 Jan 1796 in Colvend Parish, Kirkcudbright, Scotland; died in 1857 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Blair Wilson was born in 1796 in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; was christened on 27 Jan 1796 in Colvend Parish, Kirkcudbright, Scotland (daughter of George Wilson and Isabella Wilson); died in 1857 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: EFD75A6A8D1D4C1A8A4B777A8C268D66053F

    Notes:

    Christened:
    Name:?tab?Mary Blair Wilson
    Gender: Female
    Baptism Date: 27 Jan 1796
    Baptism Place: Colvend, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
    Father: George Wilson
    Mother: Isobella Wilson
    FHL Film Number: 1067973, 0102337

    WILSON
    MARY BLAIR
    GEORGE WILSON/ISOBELLA WILSON FR164 (FR164)
    F
    27/01/1796
    861/
    10 9
    Colvend

    Children:
    1. Mary Ritchie was born on 14 Nov 1821 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1917 in Proton Twp, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. John Ritchie was born on 3 Mar 1823 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 15 Jun 1823 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Apr 1906 in Althorpe, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Bollingbroke Cemetery, Bolingbrooke, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Samuel Ritchie was born on 5 Mar 1825 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 17 May 1914 in St Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, United States.
    4. Elizabeth Ritchie was born in 1827 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    5. Janet "Jessie" Ritchie was born on 3 Apr 1827; was buried on 28 Oct 1880 in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. William Ritchie was born on 20 Sep 1829 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Feb 1862 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. George Ritchie was born on 3 Apr 1832 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Feb 1895 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Robert George Ritchie was born on 29 Nov 1833 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Aug 1888 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    9. James Ritchie was born on 2 Oct 1835 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Feb 1911 in Douglas, Bromley Twp, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
    10. 5. Susan Ritchie was born about 1837 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Oct 1890 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Ann Ritchie was born on 24 May 1840 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Jan 1884 in Brockville, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada.
    12. John Ritchie was born about 1844; and died.




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