Ancestry of Mary Donaldson

The Ancestry of Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (b. 1972)

The following material on the immediate ancestry of Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, Crown Princess of Denmark, should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

William Addams Reitwiesner wargs@wargs.com

Ancestry of Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
1	Mary Elizabeth Donaldson * Hobart, Tasmania, 5 II 1972 m. København 14 V 2004 Frederik André Henrik Christian, Prins af Danmark, from 14 Jan. 1972 Kronprins af Danmark, * København 26 V 1968 son of Henri de Laborde de Monpezat and of Margarethe II, Konge af Danmark Issue: 1. Christian Valdemar Henri John, * København 15 X 2005
PARENTS
2	John Dalgleish Donaldson, professor of applied mathematics * Port Seton, near Edinburgh, Scotland, 5 IX 1941 emigrated to Tasmania Nov. 1963, naturalized in Australia in 1975 [he later m. (2) Oxford 5 IX 2001, Susan Horwood, novelist (under the name "Susan Moody"), b. Oxford ... ] m. Chalmers Memorial Church, Port Seton, near Edinburgh, Scotland, 31 VIII 1963
3	Henrietta "Etta" Clark Horne, Executive Assistant to the Vice Chancellor of The University of Tasmania * Port Seton, near Edinburgh, Scotland, 12 May 1942 emigrated to Tasmania Nov. 1963, naturalized in Australia in 1975 + ... 20 Nov. 1997
GRANDPARENTS
4	Peter Donaldson * ... [ca. 1911] + during an airplane flight from Scotland to Tasmania, ... [ca. 1978, ae. 67] m. Edinburgh 3 VIII 1938
5	Mary "May" Dalgleish * ... 1914 + Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 28 VI 2002
6	Archibald Horne * ... 1911 + ... 14 XII 1974 m. Gladsmuir, East Lothian, 14 VI 1941
7	Elizabeth Gibson Melrose * ... 1917 + ... 25 X 1958
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8	Alexander Donaldson * + m. Cokenzie, East Lothian, 18 IX 1907
9	Jean Stevenson * +
10	John Dalgleish * + m.
11	Barbara McDonald Baisley * + ... [before 1938]
12	John Thomas Tait Horne * ... 1886 + m.
13	Henrietta Clark * ... 1887 +
14	William Melrose * ... 1890 + m.
15	Catherine Smith * ... 1893 + ... [before 1941]
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16	Peter Donaldson * + m. Tranent, East Lothian, 2 June 1871
17	Annie Horn * +
18	John Stevenson * + m.
19	Roy Ritchie * +
20	Charles Dalgleish * + m.
21	Jane Hay * +
22	Andrew Baisley * + m.
23	Jessie Sutherland * +
24	Archibald Horne * + m.
25	Mary Anna Tait * +
26	Henry Clarke * + m.
27	Helen Currie * +
28	Thomas Melrose * + m.
29	Janet Dickson * +
30	Robert Smith * + m.
31	Elizabeth Gibson * +
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32	John Donaldson * + m.
33	Margaret Dickson * +
34	John Horn * + m.
35	Jane Jones * +
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NOTES

16 -- Presumably the Peter Donaldson enumerated in the 1861 Scotland Census in Tranent, East Lothian, ED 11, Household 90:

John Donaldson        46    Head   Fisherman   Tranent, Haddington
Margaret Donaldson    47    Wife               Tranent, Haddington
John Donaldson        21    Son    Fisherman   Tranent, Haddington
Peter Donaldson       19    Son    Fisherman   Tranent, Haddington
George Donaldson       9    Son    Scholar     Tranent, Haddington

and presumably the Peter Donaldson enumerated in the 1851 Scotland Census in Tranent, Cockenzie, East Lothian, ED 12, Household 31:

John Donaldson        36    Head       Fisherman       Tranent, Haddington
Margret Donaldson     37    Wife                       Botto, England
John Donaldson        12    Son        Fisherman Son   Tranent, Haddington
Peter Donaldson        9    Son        Scholar         Tranent, Haddington
Margret Donaldson      5    Daughter   Scholar         Tranent, Haddington

17 -- Presumably the Ann Horne enumerated in the 1861 Scotland Census in Tranent, East Lothian, ED 11, Household 91:

Marion Horne      40    Head            Pauper     Tranent, Haddington
Ann Horne         17    Stepdaughter               Tranent, Haddington
Marion Blackie    14    Niece                      Tranent, Haddington
John Horne         7    Son             Scholar    Tranent, Haddington
Charles Horne      1    Son                        Tranent, Haddington

and presumably the Ann Horn enumerated in the 1851 Scotland Census in Tranent, Cockenzie, East Lothian, ED 12, Household 30:

John Horn       36    Head       Fisherman     Tranent, Haddington
Marrion Horn    30    Wife                     Tranent, Haddington
Jane Horn        6    Daughter                 Tranent, Haddington
Ann Horn         6    Daughter                 Tranent, Haddington

19 -- Presumably the Roy Ritchie enumerated in the 1861 Scotland Census in Prestonpans, East Lothian, ED 1, Household 29:

Alexander Ritchie    40        Head        Fisherman     Prestonpans
Margret Ritchie      39        Wife                      Prestonpans
John Ritchie         20        Son         Fisherman     Prestonpans
James Ritchie        12        Son         Scholar       Prestonpans
Roy Ritchie           7        Daughter    Scholar       Prestonpans
Margaret Ritchie      5        Daughter                  Prestonpans
Agness Ritchie        3        Daughter                  Prestonpans
Alexander Ritchie       8 Mo   Son                       Prestonpans

and her family was presumably the one enumerated in the 1851 Scotland Census in Prestonpans, East Lothian, ED 3, Household 13:

Alexr Ritchie      29         Head     Fisherman     Prestonpans, Haddington
Margt Ritchie      28         Wife                   Prestonpans, Haddington
John Ritchie        9         Son      Scholar       Prestonpans, Haddington
James Ritchie       3         Son                    Prestonpans, Haddington
Alexr Ritchie         3 Mo    Son                    Prestonpans, Haddington

SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED

The material above was extracted primarily from http://www.royalsportal.de/biographies/females-18a.php which, unfortunately, does not provide usable source citations.

William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com