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Donald Edwin Ponceby

1902 – • Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

High Mixed
Birth 28 August 1902 • Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death Not recorded
Canonical ID person-donald-edwin-ponceby-1902

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Birth 28 August 1902 • Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death Not recorded
Alternate names None recorded
Archive file 01_people/person-donald-edwin-ponceby-1902.md

Record notes

  • Accepted Boston birth register and birth return records document Donald Edwin Ponceby's 28 August 1902 birth at 142 Blue Hill Ave, Boston, and name Walter G Ponceby and Margaret McKinnon as parents.
  • Father Walter George Ponceby now has a person record at person-walter-george-ponceby-1873.md.
  • Mother Margaret Mac Kennon Ponceby now has a person record at person-margaret-mac-kennon-ponceby-1869.md; her name appears as Margaret McKinnon in Donald's birth records.
  • Donald Edwin Ponceby's first wife is cataloged as Catherine Mackie Horne from a user identification note, with the accepted 1948 Gordon F Ponceby marriage record recording her as Kathy Horn.
  • The accepted 1984 Ohio death certificate for Gordon F Ponceby names Donald Ponceby as Gordon's father.
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  • Catherine Mackie Horne died 7 May 1927 in Edson, Alberta (source-alberta-death-index-catherine-mckay-ponceby-1927).
  • The accepted 1941 NARA naturalization petition for Jane Nevin Ponceby records her marriage to Donald Ponceby at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 15 June 1936 and identifies Donald as born 28 August 1902 in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • A 1957 US passenger manifest (S.S. Santa Rosa, source-immigration-passenger-list-donald-helen-ponceby-1957) lists "Donald E. Ponceby" (Massachusetts) and "Helen M. Ponceby" (Ohio) as first-class passengers on a Caribbean cruise. Helen M. Ponceby is not documented elsewhere in the archive and is a likely second wife; no marriage record for a second marriage has been found. Donald was approximately 54 years old in 1957.

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Evidence ledger

Source-backed claims

Birth date

28 August 1902

2 checked · 0 still checking · 2 source-backed claims

Birth place

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

2 checked · 0 still checking · 2 source-backed claims

Death date

26 July 1969

0 checked · 1 still checking · 1 source-backed claim

Death place

Coshocton County, Ohio, USA

0 checked · 1 still checking · 1 source-backed claim

Marriage date

Conflict
17 April 1924

1 checked · 2 still checking · 3 source-backed claims

15 June 1936

1 checked · 0 still checking · 1 source-backed claim

Marriage place

Conflict
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1 checked · 2 still checking · 3 source-backed claims

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

1 checked · 0 still checking · 1 source-backed claim

Residence

Conflict
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

0 checked · 1 still checking · 1 source-backed claim

Edson Town, Peace River South Electoral District, Alberta, Canada

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Census presence

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1 June 1926

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1916

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Timeline

Life moments

9 items

Checked

  1. 28 August 1902

    birth event

    Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

  2. 28 August 1902

    birth record fact

    Donald Edwin Ponceby

  3. 28 August 1902

    birth register fact

    Donald Edwin Ponceby

  4. 19 June-14 November 1941

    naturalization record fact

    Jane Nevin Ponceby

  5. 24 April 1948

    marriage event

    Wood County, Ohio, USA

  6. 24 April 1948

    marriage record fact

    groom name: Gordon F Ponceby • bride name: Shirley Armstrong • groom age on 1 january 1948: 22

  7. 28 February 1950

    immigration record fact

    principal name as recorded: Catherine (Kathrya) Margaret Ponceby • surname as recorded: Ponceby • given names as recorded: Catherine (Kathrya) Margaret

  8. 23 January 1957

    passenger manifest fact

    ship name: S.S. Santa Rosa • arrival date: 23 January 1957 • arrival port: Port of New York, New York, USA

  9. 9 April 1984

    death certificate fact

    Gordon Francis Ponceby

22 items

Still checking

  1. 1916

    census event

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  2. 1916

    census record fact

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

  3. 17 April 1924

    marriage event

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  4. 1924

    vital statistics index fact

    PONCEBY DONALD E.

  5. 1 June 1926

    census event

    Edson Town, Peace River South Electoral District, Alberta, Canada

  6. 1 June 1926

    census record fact

    Donald Edwin Ponceby

  7. 7 June 1927

    birth event

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  8. 15 June 1936

    marriage event

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  9. 1938-1939

    city directory fact

    donald name as recorded: Donald E Ponceby • residence as recorded: 1702 Martin Av • residence place: Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA

  10. 1940

    city directory fact

    donald name as recorded: Donald D Ponceby • spouse or household name as recorded: Jane N • residence as recorded: 1890 E 97th apt 2

  11. 6 November 1942

    immigration event

    Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

  12. 6 November 1942

    immigration record fact

    principal name as recorded: Margaret Jean Ponceby • surname as recorded: Ponceby • given names as recorded: Margaret Jean

  13. 1942

    city directory fact

    donald name as recorded: Donald E Ponceby • spouse or household name as recorded: Jane N • donald occupation as recorded: teleg opr

  14. 28 February 1950

    immigration event

    Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

  15. 26 July 1969

    death event

    Coshocton County, Ohio, USA

  16. July 1969

    online index fact

    principal name as recorded: D PONCEBY • catalog title: Pension Claim File For D PONCEBY • record type: Railroad Retirement Board pension claim file catalog record

  17. 26 July 1969

    death index fact

    Donald Edwin Ponceby

  18. 9 April 2026

    identity note fact

    subject name: Catherine Mackie Horne • note text: Catherine Mackie Horne is identified as Kathy Horn, wife of Donald Edwin Ponceby and mother of Gordon Francis Ponceby. • identified person name: Catherine Mackie Horne

  19. 9 April 2026

    online summary fact

    Catherine Mackie Horne

  20. Date not stated

    military service index fact

    Donald Edwin Ponceby

  21. Date not stated

    online index fact

    event type as indexed: marriage • groom name as recorded: DONALD E PONCEBY • bride name as recorded: DOROTHY PASTIS

  22. Date not stated

    online index fact

    event type as indexed: marriage • groom name as recorded: DONALD E PONCEBY • bride name as recorded: HELEN L MCDONALD

At a glance

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Records

Public records linked to this person

Passenger Manifest

US Immigration Passenger List — Donald E. and Helen M. Ponceby, S.S. Santa Rosa, 1957

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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 records Helen M. Ponceby as a same-list passenger, while leaving Helen's identity, spouse status, and marriage sequence unresolved.

Donald Edwin Ponceby 3 files

Online Index

NARA Catalog Railroad Retirement Pension Claim File for D PONCEBY, 1969

Still checking Medium

July 1969

NARA Catalog record for a Railroad Retirement Board pension claim file titled "Pension Claim File For D PONCEBY," NAID 343653059. The catalog record gives pension claim number A893590, birth month August 1902, and death month July 1969, aligning with Donald Edwin Ponceby while leaving spouse, residence, informant, parents, and exact death details to the underlying file or death certificate.

Donald Edwin Ponceby 1 file

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