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Donaldson and Simpson families fonds [textual record]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Fonds

Date :

1899-1935, 1962.

Référence :

R2701-0-1-E, MG30-E566

Genre de documents :

Documents textuels

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

106990

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Donaldson and Simpson families fonds
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Date(s) :

1899-1935, 1962.

Lieu de création :

Ontario

Étendue :

12.2 cm of textual records.

Langue du document :

anglais

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Fonds consists of materials collected by Anna Maria (Donaldson) Simpson and relates to the Donaldson and Simpson families. The fonds includes correspondence, clippings and diaries written by and about her brothers, Anson and Charles Donaldson, as well as her son, Vernon Simpson. Anson's diaries detailing his service in the South African War, Somaliland and World War I, and correspondence to his sister and niece, form the bulk of the collection. Included also are the correspondence of Charles Donaldson to his sister describing the conditions he encountered when he was serving in South Africa, as well as a battle with Boer forces, and the correspondence of Vernon Simpson to family members describing daily life and conditions at the front during World War I.

Included in horizontal storage: Daily Mail October 6, 1916, container 2.

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Donaldson and Simpson Families, 1876-1935
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Donaldson, Anson

Donaldson, Charles

Simpson, Vernon
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Donaldson and Simpson Families, 1876-1935 : The Donaldson family was an old family from Brockville, Ontario. Various members served with Canada's military forces or with imperial forces. Anson Donaldson was born in 1876, and was studying medicine at McGill University when the South African War broke out. He served as a trooper in the Lord Strathcona's Horse, receiving the Queen's Medal with five clasps. Anson returned to McGill, and was awarded his degree in medicine in 1901. He also carried out post-graduate studies in Edinburgh, after which, he returned for military service in the Somaliland expedition. He subsequently served as medical officer with a mining company in German West Africa. Returning from Africa, Anson settled in Calgary where he set up a private medical practice and real estate business. When World War I broke out, Anson volunteered and was immediately appointed to the rank of Captain in No. 3 Canadian Field Ambulance at Valcartier.

He sailed with the First Division in October 1914, and served the next five years in France, ultimately commanding No. 3 Field Ambulance. In May 1919, he returned to Canada and was placed in charge of the Canadian Military Hospital (Belcher Hospital) in Calgary. Anson later accepted an appointment to the Pacific fleet of Canadian Pacific Steamships, serving as surgeon aboard SS Empress of Russia and Empress of Japan, before being appointed Commodore Surgeon of the fleet. He died in 1935 in Hong Kong.

Charles Donaldson was born about 1879. He also served in South Africa from 1899 until April 1900, when he contracted Enteric Fever (typhoid) and was sent home. One of Brockville's top athletes at the turn of the century, Charles excelled in football, hockey, rowing, swimming and snowshoeing. He went west after the First World War, and settled at Sylvan Lake, Alberta. He was married to Emma Morency of Brockville and died in 1962.

Vernon Simpson was the son of Anna Maria (Donaldson) Simpson of Calgary. He served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force army from 1916 to 1919, and saw action as a machine gun officer in France during 1917-1918.

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Note générale :

A copy of the Daily Mail (Paris, France) dated 6 Oct. 1916 is in horizontal storage.
Received in 1993 from Mrs. H.G. Ott of Ottawa, Ont.
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South African War, 1899-1902

Guerre des Boers, 1899-1902

World War, 1914-1918

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918

Soldiers Canada

Soldats Canada
Source :

Privé

No de contrôle reliés :

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120-020181-7
1993/0020

Ancien no de référence archivistique :

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MG30-E566
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