Donald Peter Buchanan (1900 - 1972)

Born 29 Sep 1900 in Howick, South Africa

Husband of Caroline Alice (Daugherty) Buchanan — married 14 Mar 1923 in Durban, Natal, South Africa

Died 20 Nov 1972 at age 72 in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

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Biography

Donald was born in 1900. He was the son of James Buchanan and Mary Mckellar.

He married Caroline Alice Daugherty on 14 March 1923 at the Wesleyan Church in Malvern, Durban, Natal, after Banns^[1]. Donald was a farmer of Utrecth Division, Caroline was a spinster of Malvern. The witnesses were her parents Ellen Daugherty and T. E. Daugherty.

They went on to have four children.

His father died on 26 March 1948^[2].

His wife passed away on 26 December 1966 at the age of 66.

Donald passed away in 1972 at the age of 72.

Sources

1. ↑ "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDCB-GVX : accessed 3 September 2015), Donald Peter Buchanan and Caroline Alice Daugherty, 14 Mar 1923; citing Durban, Natal, South Africa; 02184; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,796,448.
2. ↑ "South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHY-4SKZ : 22 August 2019), Donald Peter Buchanan, ; citing Probate, Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.