Donald Andrew Runciman (1922 - 2019)

Born 26 Oct 1922 in Cobourg, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 13 Mar 2019 at age 96 in Cobourg, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada

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It is hoped in due course all descendants of the Crail lineage will have their profiles linked to the 1b Lineage Category thereby creating an encyclopedia of the line.

Biography

Don was the son of Robert Runciman, the only child with Robert's second wife Hilda Trevelyan Green. Don had 3 half-siblings born to Robert's first wife.

Don's life story is well represented in the public obituary following his death in 2019, shown below.

Obituary

The following is extracted from an obituary published on Don's passing:

RUNCIMAN, Donald Andrew

Published:Mar 27, 2019 Event Date:Jun 08, 2019

RUNCIMAN, Donald Andrew - born October 26, 1922, died March 13, 2019, age 96 years.

Predeceased by his wife Evelyn (Freeman), 1925 - 2015. Born in Cobourg, Don attended elementary school in Grafton and Cobourg and High School at the Cobourg Collegiate Institute, later the Cobourg District Collegiate Institute West.

Don then joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and was loaned to the Royal Air Force for the duration of WWII. For most of his years in the Air Force Don served as a radar technician on Night Fighter Mosquito aircraft in RAF 157 Squadron. During this time he was stationed at airfields in and around Norfolk England.

After returning to Canada Don received his BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Queen's University, Sci 51'. It was at Queen's that he met his soon to be spouse, Evelyn Freeman. Married in 1952, they lived in Brockville briefly before returning to Cobourg.

Don worked for Eldorado Nuclear, later Cameco, and formally retired in 1985. He then continued to work as a consultant for Eldorado for many more years.

Don was proud and loving father of 4 sons & 9 grandchildren (as all are living at the date of printing their names are undisclosed here.) Don is predeceased by his brothers Neil and Arthur and sister Marion (Grant). He was predeceased by his parents Robert Edie (sic) and Hilda Trevelyan (Green).

In Don's memory donations may be made to the Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation. A graveside service for family and friends will be held Saturday June 8th at 11am at Union Cemetery, Cobourg. Condolences received at www.MacCoubrey.com

The obituary appeared in Obituaries & Death Notices in the following newspapers : Ajax News Advertiser, Brighton Independent, Clarington This Week, Oshawa This Week, Pickering News Advertiser, Port Perry Star, Uxbridge Times Journal, Whitby This Week, Northumberland News, Brooklin Citizen

Location: Cobourg

Ancestors of Interest

William Runciman of Crail , who drowned at an early age in a fishing tragedy.

There are also 3 other Runciman 'lineages' which thanks to DNA testing are now discovered to be branches of the same lineage with a Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) in the 1600s, most likely in East Lothian or the Scottish Borders. Lorna Henderson manages a Runciman One Name Study which gives a good insight to our Crail Line's relationship to the other DNA-related lines - as well as the non-related lines.

Wiki profiles relating to the Crail Lineage:

Whaupknow, describes where the family was born and lived until adulthood. This is the earliest documented birthplace on the Crail lineage.

Runciman Lineage 1b-The Early Generations As the name implies this Profile covers the latest research known of the earliest ancestors on the 'Crail' Line.

Crail Fishing Disaster History and Latest News. Jennet is a sister of William of Crail who drowned with 7 others in the 1765 Crail Fishing Disaster. A 250th anniversary commemoration for the drownings was held in Crail on 16 May 2015.

Scotland and Beyond provides the background to the first book published on our family lineage. This was in 2004. An online version is desirable but the personal security of online data precludes an upload of the original book. On this 'SAB' profile you can contact a Profile Manager who may be able to provide you with information on what was published on a specific ancestor or family group.

The Runciman Cradle Tour provides the reader interested in seeing some of our ancestral locations with a suggested itinerary and their association to the family.

Similarily there is a Crail Trail for those who wish to visit where William of Crail spent his married/working life and eventually to meet his early death from drowning.

Sources

• The existence of a public obituary available at http://www.lifenews.ca/announcement/9242283-runciman-donald-andrew was alerted by Leigh Dodds.