Chapter 9,4
(gen. iv) Martha Jane (Jen)
Hedley (1875-1953)
and William John
McDonald (1868-1942)
Martha
Jane Hedley, born January 11, 1875 in
Kinloss Township (6th Concession), Bruce County, Ontario, was
the fourth child of John Henry Hedley and Margaret Johnston. Jen was
five years old when her
family moved from Kinloss Twp. to Greenock Twp., seven years old when
her mother Margaret
Florence died, and eight years old when her father was remarried to Ann
Alexander. Jen was
married April 5, 1903 at age 28 to 35-year-old William John McDonald:
Marriage - St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Kingarf, Greenock
Twp.- April 15, 1903
Martha J. Hedley, age 28 Farmer’s daughter Residence: 6th of Greenock Church of England Parents: Jno. Hedley and Ann (Young) Alexander |
William John McDonald, age 35 Farmer Residence: 7th of Greenock Presbyterian Alex McDonald and Mary McCrae |
[1] Dorothea
Alice McDonald (gen.vi) was born in 1935 in Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
She earned a B.S.in Elementary Education at North Texas University,
Denton,
Texas.
m1 Norman Elmer Eiting in
1956 in El Paso, Texas. Norman, an electrical engineer, was
born in
1932 in Douglas,
Arizona. He earned his BS in Electrical Engineering at Texas
Western
University in El Paso,
Texas.Dorothea and
Norman were divorced in 1991 in
Bountiful, Utah. Dorothea and Norman
Eiting had six sons.
m2 Charles
Leonard Denton in 1997. Charles, a senior rocket
scientist, was born in
1935 in Saginaw, Michigan. He earned a BS in Geology at Mich. State
University in East
Lansing, MI and a BS in Chemical Engineering at Indiana
Inst. of Technology in Fort Wayne,
Indiana. Dorothea and Norman Denton
live in Bountiful, Utah.
The six sons of Dorothea (McDonald) and Norman
Eiting (gen.vii):
{1} Stephen Norman Eiting b.1958 in El Paso, Texas,
earned his BS MBA at the
University
of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Stephen married Ronda Opheikens
in
1989
in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ronda, born in 1964 in Ogden, Utah, has an
Associate
Degree,
Salt
Lake City College, Salt Lake City, Utah. Stephen and Ronda had three
children (gen.viii):
1-
Austin Stephen Eiting b. 1992, Salt Lake City, Utah
2-
Mackenzie Jo Eiting b. 1995, Salt Lake City, Utah
3-
Spencer Howard Eiting b. 1998, Salt Lake City, Utah
{2} Michael Norman Eiting (twin) was b.1961 in El
Paso, Texas; BS from Utah State
University
in Logan, Utah; Welding Engineer; Michael married
Diane Arbanas in 1984
in
Bountiful, Utah. Diane was b. in 1962 in Bountiful, Utah; BS University of Utah;
Computer
Software Engineer. Michael and Diane had three children (gen.
viii):
1- Anthony Michael Eiting b. 1991
in Diamond Bar, CA
2-
Alayna Diane Eiting b. 1992 in Diamond Bar, CA
3-
Nicole Ann Eiting b. 1994 in Diamond Bar, CA
{3} Mitchell Norman Eiting (twin) b.1961 in El Paso, Texas; BS
Westminster University,
Salt Lake City, Utah; MBA Weber University, Ogden, Utah.
Mitchell m. Annett
Alexander in 1988 in Boutiful, Utah. Annett was b.1965 in Sacramento, MS from
Weber State
University, Ogden, Utah. Mitchell and Annett had three children (gen.
viii):
1-
Alexander Mitchell Eiting b. 1993 in Bountiful, Utah.
2-
Lucas James Eiting b.1996 in Bountiful, Utah.
3-
Max William Eiting b. 2002 Salt Lake City, Utah.
{4} Matthew Norman Eiting b.1962 in El Paso, Texas; BS
Electrical Engineer University
of Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah. Matthew married Shirle Terry,
an attorney, in 1990 at
Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City, CA. Shirl was born in 1963 in La
Jolla, CA; BS, Law
Degree
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Matthew and Shirle had
one child
(gen.viii):
1-
Jessie Eileen Eiting b. 1992 in Reno, Nevada
{5} Joseph Norman Eiting b.1966 in Bountiful, Utah; BS
Engineering Sciences, US
Air
Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO (1989); Graduate of jet pilot
training,
1990
(pilot F-16);
MBA Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2000
m1
Starlet Rae Mathews in 1991 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Starlet was born in
1963
in Artiesia, New Mexico; divorced 1998 in Maricopa County,
Phoenix,
Arizona.
Starlet
kept her Eiting name.
m2
Sherri Burke in 2000 in Clay County, West Point,
Mississippi. Sherri was born
in
1968 in Red Oak, Iowa; BSN (Nursing) Clarkson College, Omaha,
Nebraska
1991);
MBA Emery-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2002. Joseph and
Sherri had
two
children
(gen.viii):
1-
Cassidy Ann Eiting b. 2000 in Columbus, Mississippi
2-
Sadie Jo Eiting b. 2002 Salt Lake City, Utah
{6} Eric Norman Eiting b.1968 in Bountiful, Utah; BS
Weber University, Ogden, Utah;
PA (Masters) Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Eric married
Debra
Partridge in 1989 in Elko, Nevada. Debra was born in 1968 in Panguitch, Utah; BS
(Nursing) Ogden,
Utah. Eric and Debra had two children (gen.viii):
1-
Jeffery Eric Eiting b. 1991 Salt Lake City, Utah
2-
Jacob Eric Eiting b. 1995 Salt Lake City, Utah
[2] JoAnn McDonald
(gen.vi) was born in 1937 in El Paso, Texas. Jo Ann married
Dr. Robert LaCosta (b.1934), a dentist from New Market, Ont. They were
married in
1961 in Plainfield, New Jersey and now reside in Homedale, New Jersey.
Jo Anne and
Robert LaCosta had four
daughters (gen.vii):
{1} Lauren Catherine LaCosta (b.1962) married Craig
Phillip Riddle.
They reside in Shrewsbury, New Jersey with their three children (gen.
viii):
1-
Ryan Phillip Riddle b.1990
2-
Colleen Catherine Riddle b.1992
3-
Connor Allister Riddle b. 1995
{2} Tracy Dorothea LaCosta, b.1963, married David
Bishop Back.
They
reside in Falls Church, Virginia and have three children:
1-
Casey Daniels Back b. 1991
2-
Tyler Bishop Back b. 1993
3- Reid Allister Back b. 1994
{3} Karen Helen LaCosta, b. 1965, a twin, married James
Victor Mather who was
born in Coventry, England. They now live in the area of Boston,
Mass. Three
children:
1-
Kendall Amy Mather
2-
Margot JoAnn Mather
3-
Lucy Maureen Mather
{4} Kim Frances LaCosta, b. 1965, a twin, married
Richard Mark Crosby.
The Crosby family resides in Manhattan, N.Y. Four children:
1-
Calvin Edmond Crosby
2-
Carolyn Rose Crosby
3-
Catherine JoAnn Crosby
4-
Nolan Robert Crosby
(2)
William Merrill (Bill) McDonald (gen.v) was born Dec.
16, 1907 in Granite Falls, Washington, USA., the second child of Jen and William John
McDonald. Bill
McDonald died March 30, 1969 in Detroit Michigan, where he resided for many years.
m1 Murdena Tuller (Deanie) McSween
in February 1937.
Murdena, born April15,1907 died August 14, 2000.
m2 Madeline Dunbar,
who died in Detroit in 1968.
Murdena and Bill McDonald had one child:
[2] Anne Marie McDonald born May 18,1937 in Kincardine Ontario was
married July 22, 1961 to
Bryce
Tanner, a Toronto school teacher (b. Feb, 3, 1935 in Toronto, Ont.)
Two children (gen.vii):
{1} Kimberley Anne (Kim) Tanner (b.Oct. 12, 1963 in Toronto) was
married July 13, 1991
to Peter Michael Harding (b.Nov. 6, 1964 in St.Neots, England). One child (gen.viii):
1-
Deanie Ivy Harding b. May 15, 2001 in Toronto.
{2} Gregory Bryce (Greg) Tanner (b.Jan.19,1970 in Toronto) was married on May 29,1999
to Angela Dianne Hewitt (b.Aug.21,1970 in Stratford, Ont.) Two children (gen.viii):
1. Georgia Kate Tanner b. Oct.17,2002 in Fergus, Ont.
2.
Ryan Robert Bryce Tanner b. April 20, 2004 in Owen Sound, Ont.
Madeline and Bill McDonald had one child:
[1] Courtland McDonald (by adoption)
(3)
Grant Daniel McDonald was born December 22, 1909 in
Kincardine, Ont., the third son of Jen Hedley and William John
McDonald. Grant was married on Jan. 9, 1943 to Mary Elizabeth Woodyard,
who was born in 1914 in Holstein, Ont. Grant worked in Kincardine as a
self-employed painter/decorator. He died of a heart attack May 20,
1990. Mary died six years
later in 1996. The graves of Mary and Grant McDonald are in Kincardine
Cemetery. Four sons:
[1] William Thomas (Bill)
McDonald (gen.vi) was b. in 1943 in Kincardine, the
eldest of the
four sons of Grant and Mary
McDonald. He married Josephine (Josie) Ernawine
in
Chepstow, Greenock Twp. in 1967. Josie was born in 1947 in Walkerton.
Bill works as a
painter/decorator in Kincardine. Bill, also a hobby gardener and
landscape designer, has
transformed the
backyard of their home into a park-like setting of flowers,
fountains and
waterfalls. Bill and Josie had three children:
{1} Paula Marie McDonald (gen. vii) born 1968
in Kitchener, married Timothy
James
Bross in 1989. Tim, b.1989, is a plumber in Mildmay.
Paula
Marie
and Tim Bross have three children (gen.viii):
1-
Scott Matthew Bross b.1989 in Kincardine
2-
Gregory Bross b.1991 in Walkerton
3-
Kayla Bross b.1992 in Walkerton
{2} Brian William McDonald b.1971 in Kincardine, was
married in 1996 to Kim
Surridge
(b.1969). Brian and Kim had one child:
1-
Kara Brianne McDonald b.1998 in Walkerton
{3} David Joseph
McDonald b.1979 in Kincardine. Three children:
1-
Austin McDonald b. 1997 (stepson)
2-
Rebecca Mae McDonald b. 2000
3-
Andrew Joseph McDonald b. 2002
[2] Douglas McDonald, b.1945 in Kincardine, lives in
Vancouver, B.C.
[3] Gordon McDonald
was born in 1946 in Kincardine. Gordon was severely injured in his
youth by
a kicking horse. He died at age 30 in Woodstock. Gordon's grave is in
Kincardine Cemetery.
[4] Jack David McDonald,
youngest son of Bill and Josie McDonald, was born in
Kincardine in 1948.
m1 Erma 'Lynn' Jaynes in 1970 Lynn was born in Windsor
in 1952.
Divorced 2004. Lynn now lives in London, Ont.
Jack and Lynn McDonald had three
children.
m2 Theresa Niccolls
of Rodney.
Jack has changed his name to Jack David Niccolls-McDonald.
The three children of Lynn
and Jack McDonald:
{1} Lucas Thad McDonald b.1972; married Laura Mary England (b.
1970) in 2002.
Lucas McDonald is a high school teacher in Oshawa.
{2} Jaclyn Elise Dawn McDonald b.1975 is a chef by trade and
owns the catering
company,
"The Sassy Lassie" in London, Ont. Jaclyn is also employed at
an
imaging
centre
in downtown London.
{3} Eli Quinn McDonald b.1980, is married common law
to Terra Gail Perry
(b.
1980) Eli owns and operates the Cedar Croft Landscaping Company in
Shallow
Lake
(near Owen Sound). Eli and Terra had three children:
1-
Amy Dawn Perry McDonald b. 2000 (stillborn)
2-
Kendra Cymbeline McDonald b. 2003
3-
Logan Lucas McDonald b. 2005
(4)
Jack McDonald, the youngest of the four sons of Jen
Hedley and William John McDonald,
was born in 1912. He was married in 1936 to Margaret"Catherine" "Kate" MacSween
(b.1915). Jack and
Catherine McDonald lived in Kincardine. Jack died in 1991 and Catherine
in 1999. Jack and
Catherine McDonald had three daughters:
[1] Catherine 'Diane'
McDonald (b.Nov. 12, 1937) was married in 1956 in
Kincardine to George
Dorn McGaw (b.Nov. 9, 1937),
son of
Dorn McGaw and Grace Johnson (Borland) of Kincardine.
Diane and George
McGaw and family lived in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
George McGaw died
Sept.18,1992 at age 54 of a heart attack. George was
employed as general sales manager of Bendix
Automotive Systems of Allied Signal. While growing up George was
an exceptional athlete, and still
holds a track and field record at
Kincardine District Secondary School.
Diane has
moved from Mishawaka, Indiana nd now lives in South Bend Indiana.
Diane and George McGaw had three children (gen.vii):
{1} Linda Marie McGaw, b.1956 was
married in 1985 to James
Sylvester
Middleton
of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Two children (gen.viii):
1-
Heather Margaret Middleton b.1988
2-
Alec George McGaw Middleton b.1995
{2} John 'Dorn' McGaw born in 1957, married Elizabeth
Ann Stubbs in 1985.
They live in
Lansing, Michigan. Two daughters:
1-
Kaylei Nicole McGaw b.1987
2-
Darby Catherine McGaw b.1993
{3} Catherine Grace McGaw
born1964, married
James Edward Smous in 1985.
They live in Southbend, Indiana. Five children:
1-
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Smous b.1988
2-
Laney Christine Smous b.1999
3-
Madeline McGaw Smous b.1992
4-
Samantha Ann Smous b.1995
5-
Luke David Smous b. 2001
[2] Elvira "Jeanette" MacDonald, b. July 7,
1940 Kincardine, Ont. Married on August 9, 1958 to
David
Alexander BellBurgess, b. Sept. 21, 1932, Leith. Edinburgh, Scotland.
(Divorced in 1988).
Jeanette lives in North Vancouver,
BC.since 1959
Jeanette and David Burgess had three children (gen vii):
{1} David Alexander Burgess b.Sept.10, 1959
in Kincardine, Ont,
Married Michelle Louise McDonald b.July 17, 1959 on March 1, 1985,
in North Vancouver BC. David and Michelle have two children
1-Robyn Louise Burgess b.June 29,1987.
Married Kevin Doyle on Feb.26, 2011
2-Bryan Alexander Burgess b.May 2,
1990
{2} Tami Jeanette Burgess b. Jan. 13,1962, married
Peter Doroschuck b.Nov.18, 1961
on Nov. 9, 1985 North Vancouver BC. One
Daughter
1- Katrina Michelle Doroschuck b. May
1, 1987
Family now live in Kelowna BC.
{3} Derek MacDonald Burgess b. Dec. 13, 1965. Married
Sheila Ann Mont,
b.Sept. 24, 1970
on July 18, 1992, North Vancouver BC.
Two daughters
Sadie MacDonald Burgess b. May 6,1995
Madison Catherine Burgess b. Oct..28,
1997
[3] Margaret 'Heather' MacDonald
(gen.vi) was b. in 1943 in Kincardine, Ont. Heather
married Murray
Chambers in Aug.1961 in Kincardine. Murray
was born
1937 in Bothwell,
Ont. Heather
and Murray live in Blaxland, New South Wales, Australia.
Heather and
Murray Chambers had two sons (gen. vii):
{1} John 'Gavin' Chambers b.1962 in Kincardine works
as a
builder in Armidale,
N.S.W., Australia. One
child (gen. viii):
1- Sion Kieren Chambers b.1989 in Armidale, N.S.W.
Australia
{2}
'Sean' William Chambers
b.1964 in Kincardine married Jennifer Lee Webb on
Dec,
5, 1998 a metal
fabricator in Leonay N.S.W. Australia:. Two sons
1-'Shae' Jackson Chambers b. May 6,
2001
2-'Tate' Preston Chambers b. Jan.
27, 2006
Note: The family of Jen Hedley and William John McDonald was well represented at the 2002 Hedley Reunion by ten descendants of three of Jen and William John's four sons: Dorothea McDonald and husband Charles Denton of Utah; Jo Anne McDonald and husband Dr. Robert LaCosta of New Jersey; Dianne (McDonald) McGaw of Indiana; Bill and Josie McDonald of Kincardine and their son Brian McDonald and his wife Kim and daughter Kara of Walkerton. Picture
"Thank you" to Bill and Josie McDonald for the much treasured 1889 photograph of Nicholas and Jane Hedley, their son John Henry and grandson Albert, and for the photo of Jen and Alice Hedley (circa 1900).Thanks also to Dorothea (McDonald) Denton, Jeanette MacDonald, Kim (Tanner) Harding and Jaclyn McDonald for assistance with information for this chapter. |