Dr. Francis (Frank) William Lundie, M.B., Ch.B. F.R.C.S.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
1880 - 1951 (71 years)
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Name Francis (Frank) William Lundie Prefix Dr. Suffix M.B., Ch.B. F.R.C.S. Birth 24 May 1880 Adalaide,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., 
Gender Male Burial Abt 1951 Ngqeleni,Transkei,South Africa., Death 8 Sep 1951 ,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., Person ID I415 My Genealogy Last Modified 22 Apr 2026 | Edit
Father Rev. John Lundie, MA, b. 10 Dec 1849, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., d. 14 Jun 1935, Ngqeleni,Transkei,South Africa., (Age 85 years) Mother Rebecca "Becca" Peachey Best, b. 4 May 1852, Bolton,Lancashire,England., d. 18 Jun 1941, Ngqeleni,Transkei,South Africa., (Age 89 years) Marriage Aug 1877 Bolton,Lancashire,England., 
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Family 1 Mary Macdonald Auld, b. 16 Oct 1879, ,,South Africa., d. 27 Mar 1928, Umtata,Transkei,Cape,South Africa., (Age 48 years) Marriage 5 Feb 1913 Columba Mission,Kentani,South Africa., - _HTITL: Husband
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Children 1. Frances "Mary" Lundie, b. 27 December 1913, Ngqeleni,Transkei,South Africa., d. 11th November 1994, Port Elizabeth,Cape,South Africa., (Age 80 years)2. Margaret "Midge" Meikle Lundie, b. 20 Sep 1916, Ngqeleni,Transkei,South Africa., d. 7 Jan 1945, East London,Cape,South Africa., (Age 28 years)3. Anne Harvie Lundie, b. 17 Nov 1919, Ngqeleni,Transkei,South Africa., d. 18 Nov 1999, Marondera,Zimbabwe., (Age 80 years)4. John Arnot Lundie, b. 21 May 1922, ,,South Africa., d. 22 Oct 1992, ,,South Africa., (Age 70 years)Family ID F136 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020 | Edit
Family 2 Elsie Vera Ena Brook, b. 31 Jul 1914, Redhill,Natal,South Africa., d. 14 Nov 1951, Umtata,Transkei,Cape,South Africa., (Age 37 years) Marriage 1 Feb 1946 Children 1. Francis "Francis" William Lundie, b. 11 Mar 1948, Port St Johns,Transkei,South Africa., (Age 78 years)2. Jean Marie Lundie, b. 30 Sep 1950, Umtata,Transkei,South Africa., (Age 75 years)Family ID F137 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020 | Edit
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Photos Dr Francis Lundie
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Notes - PRIVATE
- A medical doctor and surgeon, trained at Edinburgh University, qualifying in «b»1903«/b». He became the District Surgeon in Ngqeleni, Cape, South Africa
«u»Francis (Frank) William Lundie.«/u» MB.Ch.B.FRCS(E) (1880-1951). «i» "[Frank] and his sister Mary travelled to Edinburgh in 1900 … on the voyage they received a semaphored signal from a passing vessel that the siege of Mafeking had been lifted.
«tab»[Frank] studied at Edinburgh University, qualified as a surgeon and then worked for a while at the Dr.Barnado's home for children in London. In Edinburgh he and his sister boarded with the Shearer family. Mary Shearer later married a Stuart and settled in King William's Town where they provided a home-from-home for the Lundie girls at boarding school there.
When Frank returned to the Transkei he married Mary Macdonald Auld (1880-1928) and was appointed District Surgeon for the Ngqeleni and Libode districts where he continued to practice until his death. They had four children, Frances, Margaret (Midge), Anne and John. Their mother died at Umtata from complications following comparatively minor surgery performed by an East London doctor."«/i»
Source: Notes on the Lundie and Auld Families.
in «b»1905«/b» Frank registered with the Medical Directory giving his address as«b» Green St, Darwen, Lancashire,«/b» having graduated from Edinburgh in 1903, and "late house Surgeon and house Physician H.M. Hospital Stepney Causeway" [The hospital attached to the Barnardo Homes]. Source: Medical Directory 1905 p767
Interestingly this is only 9 miles from Bolton, the childhood home of his Mother (Rebeccal Peachey Lundie nee Best). «b»1910«/b» Frank was in District Surgeon in Ngqeleni, Pondoland West and this time he gives "F.R.C.S Ed «b»1907«/b»" so perhaps he earned some money and then went back to complete his F.R.C.S in Edinburgh?
Medical Directory 1910 p1617
24 April «b»1912 «/b»George Batchin Thompson records writing to Ngqeleni, so presume Frank was appointed District Surgeon by this time.
15 July 1912 George Batchin Thompson records the engagement of Frank to Mary Auld.
«b» 5 Feb 1913 «/b»George Batchin Thompson records in his diary:«b» «/b» "«i»Wire Frank & Mary. 'We join in your rejoicing with highest hopes & best wishes'. Their marriage day." «/i»GBT then records a honeymoon visit by the newly weds to Bizana.«b»
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«/b»«/i»In «b»1928«/b» Frank's parents retired, left Malan Mission, and moved to Ngqeleni with Fum to live with Frank and his four children, as their mother had died.
The «b»1901 Scotland Census«/b» shows a 20-year old Frank Lundie living at 8 Spottiswoode St, in the district of Newington, Edinburgh Robertson Memorial parish where he is registered as a Medical student. Living with him is his 17-yr old sister, Mary Tasker Lundie and to my great surprise his 12-yr old brother, Marshall and 7-yr old brother Arnold. The household does not include any domestic help.
Frank's parents were in Darwen, Lancashire, England, staying with his mother's sister and her husband, James and Mary Johnston "Aunt Polly", on the night the census was taken. [This record was difficult to find as the names were recorded as "John and Rebecca Lunder".]
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Sources - [S1063] 1901 England Census, (ancestry.ca), Class: RG13; Piece: 3921; Folio: 162; Page: 6. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1110] Medical Register. 1939., p 885 (Reliability: 3).
- [S406] Stone, Nora, Stone, Nora. Lundie Saga. unpublished.
- [S294] 1901 England Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 3921; Folio: 162; Page: 6. (Reliability: 3).
- [S320] Medical Register. 1939., p 885 (Reliability: 3).
- [S347] 1901 Scottish Census, Edinburgh Robertson Memorial; ED: 106; Line: 16; Year: 1901. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1086] 1901 Scottish Census, Edinburgh Robertson Memorial; ED: 106; Line: 16; Year: 1901. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1063] 1901 England Census, (ancestry.ca), Class: RG13; Piece: 3921; Folio: 162; Page: 6. (Reliability: 3).
