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Descendants
of
David Don  & Jean (Jane) Gordon

Generation No. 1

1. DAVID³ DON (HERCULES², HERCULES¹) was born July 07, 1846 in Garvock, Kincardine,Scotland^1,2, and died in Scotland.  He married JEAN (JANE) GORDON December 10, 1869 in Marykirk, Kincardine, Scotland³, daughter of WILLIAM GORDON and JANE COWIESON. She was born May 04, 1849 in Marykirk, Kincardine, St Cyrus,Scotland^4,5, and died in Scotland.

Children of DAVID DON and JEAN GORDON are:

• i. DAVID⁴ DON, b. October 02, 1874, Brechin, Forfar Co., Scotland^6,7; d. August 11, 1949, Portland, Oregon⁸; m. HELEN (NELLIE) LEIPER, January 12, 1900, St. James Episcopal Church, Stonehaven, Scotland⁹; b. May 29, 1874, Muchalls, Scotland^10,11; d. February 03, 1961, Fossil, Oregon¹².
• ii. JANE DON, b. Abt. 1878¹³.
• iii. ANNA BELLA NICOL DON, b. 1879, Logie Pert, Forfar, Scotland¹³; d. March 30, 1903, Edinburgh, Scotland¹⁴; m. JOHN SIMPSON.
• iv. JAMES DON, b. 1880, Logie Pert, Forfar, Scotland¹⁵.
• v. ALEXANDER DON, b. Abt. 1882; d. August 20, 1902, Edinburgh, Scotland¹⁶; m. JANE MELVIN; d. Abt. 1954.
• vi. MARGARET DON, b. Abt. 1884; m. ?? HUTCHESON.
• vii. CHARLES MARTIN DON, b. June 15, 1888; d. September 10, 1954, Alemeda Co., California¹⁷; m. JEAN BLACK; b. October 18, 1884, Scotland¹⁷; d. , Alameda County, California, USA¹⁷.
• viii. WILLIAM DON, m. ??.
• Endnotes
  1. Census of Logie Pert, Kincardineshire.
  2. 1881 British Census, St. Cyrus, Kincardine
  3. Civil Marriage Register. Marykirk. 1869, Entry # 10.
  4. Census of Logie Pert, Kincardineshire
  5. Marriage and Baptism Records for the Parish of Marykirk.
  6. Ellis Island Form, lines 7-11 of ship manifest of the "California".
  7. 1881 British Census, April 3, FHL Film 0203471  
  8. "Fossil Journal," Fossil, Oregon.
  9. Register of Marriages,District of Cookney, Kincardine, Scotland.
  10.  Ellis Island Form, lines 7-11 and the ship manifest of the "California".
  11.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and           Marriages, CD ROM, Page 129
  12.  "Fossil Journal," Fossil, Oregon.
  13.  1881 British Census, April 3, FHL Film 0203471
  14.  Funeral Card,
  15.  1881 British Census, April 3, FHL Film 0203471
  16.  Funeral Card
  17.  California Death Index.
   

NOTE: There are names of spouses on this family tree that have been supplied by Don family members.  Memories tend to fade however and though they are presumed to be correct, further research must be done to find the given names, the dates and positive verification.

Notes for DAVID DON
1881 British Census
Dwelling: Stone Of Morphie Cotter Ho
Census Place: St Cyrus, Kincardine, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203471     GRO Ref   Volume 267   EnumDist 3   Page 9

•                 Marr Age Sex            Birthplace
  David DON M    34  M         Bervie, Kincardine, Scotland
   Rel: Head
   Occ: Cattleman Farm Serv
  Jane DON   M   32 F          Marykirk, Kincardine, Scotland
   Rel: Wife
  David DON        6  M          Logie Pert, Forfar, Scotland
   Rel: Son
   Occ: Scholar
  Annabella DON  4    F         Logie Pert, Forfar, Scotland
   Rel: Dau
  Jane DON           3     F         Logie Pert, Forfar, Scotland
   Rel: Dau
• James DON        1   M          Logie Pert, Forfar, Scotland
   Rel: S
  
  1891 British Census.During the 1891 census, the family lived at #32 West Ballochy, Logie-Pert in a house with two rooms with one or more windows.
   A 61 year old widower named William Littlejohn Boarded with them. He was also employed as a farm servant and he was born in Forfarshire, Montrose.
  
   NOTE:As recorded in the Register of Marriage in Marykirk, when David Don married 20 year old Jane Gordon, he was 23, was a quarry labourer, living at Carmyllie, parish of St. Vigeans (near Arbroath in Angus County)