McDonald – Our Folk Stories

March 13, 2024

A rescue at Franz Josef

This is a story I’ve known about all my life without knowing what really happened. After looking through family papers recently, I decided to dig a little further. I discovered a story about five very different people who all had a passion for the glaciers and alpine climbing. The cast Harry Herbert Ayres, 31 July … Continue reading A rescue at Franz Josef

July 17, 2023April 3, 2024

Four brothers in the Great War

From New Zealand Herald, vol LIV, issue 16481, 6th March 1917 Mr John McDonald of Jersey Park, Waipipi, Waiuku can be justly proud of the record his sons are putting up in defence of the empire. His eldest son, Ernest, aged 35, a married man with a wife and four children, left with one of … Continue reading Four brothers in the Great War