Donald Swanson

[aphrodite]

Good morning from the sunny gold coast....i am wondering if anyone could provide me with any information on my great grandad, Donald Swanson - Donald was born in Thurso, Caithness 09th July 1882, his mother was Isabella (nee manson) & his dad was John - in the 1911 census Donald is down as being 29 living in St George & a manager of a ladies tailor shop. Donald married Lillian Edith Robinson (my great grandma) sometime in 1911 they seperated & subsequently divorced in 1919 - they had 1 child my grandad bill (horace swanson - 08th April 1917)....this is where the trail ends as far as being able to source any further information on Donald - i know he served in WW1 in 1916.
I'm living in australia makes it damn hard to source death certificates etc, any ideas/help or guidance would be most appreciated

[cuthill]

Hi Aphrodite welcome to the org,you will get birth death and marriage cert online at scotlandspeople that is register house in Edinburgh.I found Donalds birth but no marriage to lillian anywhere in Scotland between 1900 and 1919.

[Tricia]

Good morning from the sunny gold coast....i am wondering if anyone could provide me with any information on my great grandad, Donald Swanson - Donald was born in Thurso, Caithness 09th July 1882, his mother was Isabella (nee manson) & his dad was John - in the 1911 census Donald is down as being 29 living in St George & a manager of a ladies tailor shop. Donald married Lillian Edith Robinson (my great grandma) sometime in 1911 they seperated & subsequently divorced in 1919 - they had 1 child my grandad bill (horace swanson - 08th April 1917)....this is where the trail ends as far as being able to source any further information on Donald - i know he served in WW1 in 1916.
I'm living in australia makes it damn hard to source death certificates etc, any ideas/help or guidance would be most appreciated

Hi,
Do you have confirmation of your Donald's birth date and his parents names . There were several Donald's around at same time and I note in 1901 one was down in Ayrshire as a shop assistant!
Note also sometimes Donalds were Daniels and even Davids. My g'father was Donald on one cert but Daniel on everything else.

Interestingly a •David Swanson and Isabella Manson Married: 17 May 1860
had children 4 at least in Thurso Parish. They link to my family via Isabella Manson.

Happy to help if I can. As Cuthill said www.Scotlandspeople.gov.uk website is good.

[Tricia]

This is a list of all births in Caithness for D Swanson - Male - between 1877 - 1885

1 1882 SWANSON ALEXANDER DUNNE M BOWER /CAITHNESS 034/00 0037
2 1877 SWANSON DANIEL M THURSO /CAITHNESS 041/00 0144
3 1885 SWANSON DANIEL M THURSO /CAITHNESS 041/00 0166
4 1877 SWANSON DAVID M THURSO /CAITHNESS 041/00 0100
5 1878 SWANSON DAVID M THURSO /CAITHNESS 041/00 0062
6 1878 SWANSON DAVID M THURSO /CAITHNESS 041/00 0156
7 1878 SWANSON DAVID M WICK /CAITHNESS 043/00 0227
8 1879 SWANSON DAVID M OLRIG /CAITHNESS 039/00 0006
9 1882 SWANSON DAVID M THURSO /CAITHNESS 041/00 0044
10 1884 SWANSON DAVID M WICK /CAITHNESS 043/00 0154
11 1884 SWANSON DAVID TAYLOR M REAY /CAITHNESS 040/00 0014
12 1877 SWANSON DONALD M THURSO /CAITHNESS 041/00 0139
13 1879 SWANSON DONALD M THURSO /CAITHNESS 041/00 0029
14 1880 SWANSON DONALD M HALKIRK /CAITHNESS 037/00 0053
15 1881 SWANSON DONALD M BOWER /CAITHNESS 034/00 0029
16 1881 SWANSON DONALD M WATTEN /CAITHNESS 042/00 0010
17 1882 SWANSON DONALD M THURSO /CAITHNESS 041/00 0098
18 1882 SWANSON DONALD M WICK /CAITHNESS 043/00 0025
19 1880 SWANSON DONALD ALLAN M BOWER /CAITHNESS 034/00 0002
20 1882 SWANSON DONALD ANGUS M WICK /CAITHNESS 043/00 0197
21 1882 SWANSON DONALD HUGH M OLRIG /CAITHNESS 039/00 0001
22 1881 SWANSON DONALD JOHN M THURSO /CAITHNESS 041/00 0065
23 1882 SWANSON DONALD MURRAY M WICK /CAITHNESS 043/00 0371
24 1880 SWANSON JOHN DUNNET M DUNNET /CAITHNESS 036/00 0022

[aphrodite]

hi there, Donald's parents were John Swanson & Isabella Manson