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Donald Fortier Smith

Born 4 Apr 1902 in Mégantic, Québec, Canada

Ancestors

Son of William Thompson Smith and Edith Edwina (Warcup) Smith

Brother of Archie Douglas Smith, Dora Elizabeth Smith and Isabel Mary (Smith) Butler

Husband of Pauline Eunice (Fraser) Smith — married 24 Aug 1929 in Kinnear's Mills United Church, Kinnear's Mills, Québec, Canada

Descendants

Father of Donald Fraser Smith, Jean Lorraine (Smith) Codère, Kent Thompson Smith and Unnamed Smith

Died 6 Sep 1964 at age 62 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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Biography

Donald was born in 1902. He was a farmer in Leeds Township, most likely Lemesurier, since I know that is where his daughter Jean Lorraine, my Mom, was born, at home. He was an engineer at the time of his marriage. The details are unknown.

He moved to Sherbrooke on Jacques-Cartier Boulevard, and spent his last years on the second floor of the redbrick two doors south from the corner of Portland Blvd. My first memory is of seeing him (most likely) on Father's Day, 1964. He was smiling as we said goodbye. He passed away a few months later.

Sources

Oral history, family documents, direct knowledge.

"Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBH-CHZP : 16 March 2018), Donald Smith in entry for William Smith, 1911; citing Census, Mégantic Sub-Districts 1-49, Quebec, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,558.

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Bruce Codère

The first memory I have was almost certainly on Father's Day, 1964. I remember looking up at the smiling face and bald head of Mom's dad, Donald. I remember the layout of his apartment on the second floor of a redbrick duplex two doors down from the corner of Portland Blvd, and Jacques-Cartier Blvd. I remember the kitchen we were in and the stair on the east side. I remember also being in the parking lot on the way to mom's car, and I must have sat in front, because I remember the clear blue sky as we headed south on Jacques-Cartier. I was 3 years and 3 months old. Eternally grateful to remember because he died less than 3 months later.

posted 2 Nov 2017 by Bruce Codère [thank Bruce]

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Donald by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Donald: