Brief Life History of Laura Albertha
When Laura Albertha Baldwin was born on 2 October 1871, in Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, United States, her father, Alfred Kemper Baldwin, was 28 and her mother, Lenora Frances Brandenburg, was 18. She married Franklin Benjamin McDonald on 9 February 1891, in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Monticello, Napa, California, United States in 1935 and Winters Judicial Township, Yolo, California, United States in 1940. She died on 20 October 1948, in Winters, Yolo, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Winters, Yolo, California, United States.
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- Laura A Mcdonald in household of Franklin B Mcdonald, "United States Census, 1920"
- Laura Thissell, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Laura Alberta Mcdonald, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
Spouse and Children
1865–1947 Male
1871–1948 Female
Children (8)
1889–1969 Male
1892–1956 Female
1893–1983 Male
1896–1953 Female
1899–1961 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1843–1892 Male
1852–1944 Female
Siblings (15)
1871–1948 Female
1873–1875 Male
1874– Female
1875– Male
1876–1894 Female
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Age 1
1872 · The Modoc War
Age 1
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 25
Name Meaning
English and North German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements bald ‘bold, brave’ + wine ‘friend’, which was extremely popular among the Normans and in Flanders in the early Middle Ages. It was the personal name of the Crusader who in 1100 became the first Christian king of Jerusalem, and of four more Crusader kings of Jerusalem. It was also borne by Baldwin, Count of Flanders (1172–1205), leader of the Fourth Crusade, who became first Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1204). In North America, this surname has absorbed Dutch forms such as Boudewijn.
Irish: surname adopted in Donegal by bearers of the Gaelic surname Ó Maolagáin (see Milligan ), due to association of Gaelic maol ‘bald, hairless’ with English bald.
History: A John Baldwin from Buckinghamshire, England, arrived in the US in 1638 and settled in Milford, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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