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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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28 August 1902
birth event
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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28 August 1902
birth record fact
Donald Edwin Ponceby
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28 August 1902
birth register fact
Donald Edwin Ponceby
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19 June-14 November 1941
naturalization record fact
Jane Nevin Ponceby
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24 April 1948
marriage event
Wood County, Ohio, USA
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24 April 1948
marriage record fact
groom name: Gordon F Ponceby • bride name: Shirley Armstrong • groom age on 1 january 1948: 22
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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
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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
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9 April 1984
death certificate fact
Gordon Francis Ponceby
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1916
census event
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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1916
census record fact
1916 census page for Edmonton, Alberta, recording Walter Ponceby, wife Margaret, and son Donald in the same household.
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17 April 1924
marriage event
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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1924
vital statistics index fact
PONCEBY DONALD E.
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1 June 1926
census event
Edson Town, Peace River South Electoral District, Alberta, Canada
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1 June 1926
census record fact
Donald Edwin Ponceby
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7 June 1927
birth event
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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15 June 1936
marriage event
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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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
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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
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6 November 1942
immigration event
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
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6 November 1942
immigration record fact
principal name as recorded: Margaret Jean Ponceby • surname as recorded: Ponceby • given names as recorded: Margaret Jean
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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
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28 February 1950
immigration event
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
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26 July 1969
death event
Coshocton County, Ohio, USA
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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
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26 July 1969
death index fact
Donald Edwin Ponceby
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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
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9 April 2026
online summary fact
Catherine Mackie Horne
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Date not stated
military service index fact
Donald Edwin Ponceby
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Date not stated
online index fact
event type as indexed: marriage • groom name as recorded: DONALD E PONCEBY • bride name as recorded: DOROTHY PASTIS
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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