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British Families in Southern Patagonia
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SAUNDERS--MACDONALD William SAUNDERS, b. 1855 Burntisland, Fife, son of Peter SAUNDERS & Ann SHARP; brother of Thomas SAUNDERS; c.1885-89 emigrated to Argentina; bef. 1899 at Ea. Rincón de los Morros, Santa Cruz; later, ranched on Easter Island; later still, settled in Aysén; m. Marjory Duncan MACDONALD, b. c1876 (dtr. of Duncan MACDONALD & Isabell MACGREGOR, British); Children (born Patagonia, unless otherwise stated): |
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George Duncan SAUNDERS, b. 1906 Ea. Rincón de los Morros, Río Gallegos; educated at Trent College, Nottingham; 1925 cadet (management trainee) with SETF; at Ea. Josefina, Tierra del Fuego; at Ea. Oazy Harbour, Magallanes; c1930-34 under-manager at Ea. Cerro Guido; 1936 Ea. Cerro Castillo; 1939 volunteer in Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers; 1944 participated in D-Day landing; 1946 discharged with rank of sargeant; 1946 Ea. Oazy Harbour; c1947 Ea. Bories; 1949-65 ranch manager at Ea. Cerro Castillo; 1965-72 ranch manager at Ea. Las Vegas, Argentina; d. 1972, at sea, off the coast of Brazil; (see his article on ranch management) m. 1942 Darlington, Co. Durham; Jennie HEYHIRST, b. 1915 Coolrain, Co. Laois, Ireland (only dtr. of John W. HEYHIRST & Elizabeth Ellen FLETCHER of Mountrath, Co. Laois, Ireland); 1946 emigrated from Darlington, Co. Durham to Magallanes; retired 1972 to Dublin, Ireland; d. 2006; (see her article on ranch life) Children: none |
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