Donald Edwin Ponceby

1916

1916 census page for Edmonton, Alberta, recording Walter Ponceby, wife Margaret, and son Donald in the same household.

Date not stated

AirHistory RFC/RAF rank-and-file index entry listing Ponceby, D.E., Donald Edwin, with service number 171884 and pointing researchers to the AIR 79 service-record series at The National Archives.

1924

Alberta vital statistics bridegrooms index entry recording Donald E. Ponceby (or Poncely) as a groom in Edmonton in 1924, index number 242. The matching brides index entry for Catherine M. Horne uses the same place, year, and index number.

28 August 1902

Boston return of birth form no. 10399 recording the birth of Donald Edwin Ponceby on 28 August 1902 at 142 Blue Hill Ave in Boston, with parents Walter G Ponceby and Margaret McKinnon.

28 February 1950

U.S. border crossing manifest card for Catherine (Kathrya) Margaret Ponceby, a Canadian-born nurse admitted at Detroit, Michigan, on 28 February 1950 to reside permanently. The card records her father as Donald Ponceby at 9715 Logan Court, Cleveland, Ohio, and a brother Peter Cook in Cranbrook, British Columbia.

6 November 1942

U.S. border crossing manifest card for Margaret Jean Ponceby, admitted at Detroit, Michigan, on 6 November 1942. The card records a 15 March 1868 birth in Prince Edward Island and names son Donald Ponceby at 9715 Logan Court, Cleveland, Ohio, as her destination contact.

28 August 1902

Boston birth register entry no. 10399 recording the birth of Donald Edwin Ponceby on 28 August 1902 at 142 Blue Hill Ave in Boston, with parents Walter G Ponceby and Margaret McKinnon.

1 June 1926

1926 Alberta census page for Peace River South showing Donald Edwin Ponceby, wife Catharine McKay, and sons Donald Stuart and Gordon Francis in the same household.

1940

Cleveland City Directory 1940 printed page 897 lists Donald D. Ponceby, with Jane N. in parentheses, residing at 1890 E. 97th, apartment 2.

1942

Cleveland City Directory 1942 page 923 lists Donald E. Ponceby with Jane N. at 9715 Logan Ct, Donald as a telegraph operator for "NYO System," and Jane as a nurse at University Hospital.

Date not stated

Cuyahoga County Probate Court web docket historical marriage index entry for Donald E. Ponceby as groom and Dorothy Pastis as bride, case 1900ML947317, volume 474, page 0358. The docket uses 1900 as a historical placeholder and does not state the actual marriage date.

Date not stated

Cuyahoga County Probate Court web docket historical marriage index entry for Donald E. Ponceby as groom and Helen L. McDonald as bride, case 1900ML1056660, volume 530, page 0235. The docket uses 1900 as a historical placeholder and does not state the actual marriage date.

9 April 1984

Ohio death certificate for Gorden F. Ponceby, a married car salesman and veteran, who died at St. Lukes Hospital in Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio, on 9 April 1984. The certificate names surviving spouse Shirley Armstrong, father Donald Ponceby, and mother Catherine McKayhorne.

9 April 2026

User identification note linking Catherine Mackie Horne to the 1948 Gordon F Ponceby marriage record entry that records the groom's mother's maiden name as Kathy Horn, and identifying her as Donald Edwin Ponceby's wife and Gordon Francis Ponceby's mother.

23 January 1957

US immigration passenger manifest for the S.S. Santa Rosa arriving New York 23 January 1957, listing Donald E. Ponceby (Massachusetts) on line 7 and Helen M. Ponceby (Ohio) on line 8 as first-class passengers returning from a ~12-day cruise departing New York 11 January 1957. Identifies Donald E. Ponceby as alive in 1957 and suggests Helen M. as a likely second wife, as his first wife Catherine Mackie Horne died in 1927.

24 April 1948

Wood County, Ohio marriage record no. 1035 for Gordon F Ponceby and Shirley Armstrong, with the application sworn on 22 April 1948, the marriage solemnized on 24 April 1948, and the certificate filed on 27 April 1948.

26 July 1969

Ohio History Connection death index result for Donald Edwin Ponceby recording death on 26 July 1969 in Coshocton County, Ohio, with source code ODC and certificate identification 1969-BATCH-004-1969100464-1969100465.

9 April 2026

User-pasted online life summary stating that Catherine Mackie Horne was born in 1902 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, married Donald Edwin Ponceby on 17 April 1924 in Edmonton, Alberta, and died on 2 May 1927 in Edson, Alberta.

1938-1939

Port Huron city directory street listing for Martin Av, printed page 57, listing Donald E. Ponceby at 1702 Martin Av in Port Huron, Michigan, in the 1938-1939 directory.