See also
| Husband: | William Sheffield BARNES (1912-1975) | |
| Wife: | Ruth Wallace DONALD (1913-1995) | |
| Children: | LIVING | |
| LIVING | ||
| LIVING | ||
| LIVING | ||
| Marriage | c. 1938 | |
| Name: | William Sheffield BARNES1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 9 Mar 1912 | |
| Death | 26 Sep 1975 (age 63) | Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida USA |
| Name: | Ruth Wallace DONALD1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | James Wallace DONALD (1874-1935) | |
| Mother: | Violet Christine FURSEY (1885-1979) | |
| Birth | 19 May 1913 | Honokaa, Hawaii, USA |
| Census | 1 Jan 1920 (age 6) | Waimea-Kauai, Hawaii Territory, USA2 |
| Kekaha Camp, Kekaha Village Waimea | ||
| Census | 1 Apr 1930 (age 17) | Waimea-Kauai, Hawaii Territory, USA3 |
| Main Road, Camp, Kehaha Village, Waimea | ||
| Death | 5 Aug 1995 (age 82) | White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA |
| Burial | 1995 | Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
| Buried in O'ahu cemetery | ||
| Name: | LIVING1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Name: | LIVING1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Name: | LIVING1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Name: | LIVING1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
From Ralph Miller "Ruth, the Donalds' second daughter, married William S. Barnes, a sandy haired man from another family that had emigrated to the islands many years before. I think Bill's mother was a "Black" and the Black sisters and the Donalds apparently eventually hated each other. My grandmother spoke very little about her past, but that was definitely a flash point. Bill and Ruth had three girls - Brenda, Carol and Tambrey. In the mid-1950's, the Barnes' moved from the islands to Napa Valley in California. Bill had bought a half interest in a prune "ranch". This consisted of about 74 acres of prune trees and a prune processing plant for cutting, pitting and drying the plums into prunes. I visited them there one summer with my mother and uncle Wally and grandmother. They lived in a lovely farm house on the property which was next to the Christian Brothers' winery. Today I imagine the land is worth millions and grows grapes - much more profitable than prunes. Later, the Barnes's sold the prune ranch and moved to Puerto Rico where Bill resumed his career as a sugar agronomist. While there Brenda followed her boyfriend from California to France (where he was in the US Army) and married. They had three children - Tracy still single and living in Chicago, John, died of AIDS about 4 years ago; and the youngest, whose name I cannot remember. She married an heir to
the founders of Time-Life. She is estranged from her mother. Brenda divorced her husband and now lives next door to her sister Carol, who never married, in Mt Kisco NY."
| 1 | www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009 |
| 2 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place James Wallace Donald Head Mar 45 Chemist, Kekaha Sugar Co Clyde District - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Violet Christine Donald Wife Mar 31 Shoreham, Sussex, England Elizabeth Vielchin Donald Dau Unm 7 Scholar Honokaa, Hawaii, USA Ruth Wallace Donald Dau Unm 6 Scholar Honokaa, Hawaii, USA Margaret Winifred Donald Dau Unm 2 Kekaha, Hawaii, USA |
| Waimea Roll T625_2039 Page 33A ED140 Image 604. Cit. Date: 1 January 1920. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 3 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place James Wallace Donald Head Mar 55 Chemist, Sugar Mill Clyde District - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Violet Christine Donald Wife Mar 41 Teacher, Public School Shoreham, Sussex, England Elizabeth Vielchin Donald Dau Unm 18 Honokaa, Hawaii, USA Ruth Wallace Donald Dau Unm 17 Honokaa, Hawaii, USA Margaret Winifred Donald Dau Unm 12 Scholar Kekaha, Hawaii, USA James Wallace Donald Son Unm 6 Scholar Kauai, Hawaii, USA |
| Waimea Roll 2636 Page 208 ED19 Image 955.0. Cit. Date: 1 April 1930. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |