Laura Albertha Baldwin

2 October 1871–20 October 1948 (Age 77)
Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, United States

The Life Summary 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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Family Time Line

Franklin Benjamin McDonald
1865–1947
Laura Albertha Baldwin
1871–1948
Marriage: 9 February 1891
John Nelson Thissell
1889–1969
Sarah Ellen McDonald
1892–1956
Benjamin Franklin McDonald
1893–1983
Lorine Alice McDonald
1896–1953
Joseph Hulse McDonald
1899–1961
Alfred Robert McDonald
1902–1946
Bertha Frances McDonald
1906–1982
Edgar Ray McDonald
1910–2008

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 February 1891Woodland, Yolo, California, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (15)

    +10 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1872 · The First National Park
    Age 1
    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
    1872 · The Modoc War
    Age 1
    Hostilities between Modoc Indians and white settlers resulted in the Modoc War during 1872-1873. A Modoc band of nearly 200 people, led by Captain Jack Kintpuash, was fleeing a forced relocation to a reservation occupied by their enemies, the Klamaths. The band had returned to their former land on Lost River, which now had white settlers occupying the area. The conflict erupted on November 29, 1872, when 40 troops were sent to move the Modocs back to the reservation. An argument erupted and shots were fired. Several were killed and the Modocs fled to “The Stronghold,” a large, cavernous lava bed. The holdout went on for months with several clashes. On April 11, 1873, General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby and Reverend Eleazar Thomas were killed by the Modocs during a negotiation. The Modocs lacked resources and supplies and eventually surrendered on July 4. In total, 2 Modocs and 71 enlisted military men lost their lives.
    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 25
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Boehle
    Baldovino
    Bellmann
    Bouwman
    Baudoin
    Bald
    Balkin
    Bouma
    Beaudoin
    Milligan
    Bowden
    Bodkin
    Boehlke
    Boltz
    Boardway
    Bonnes
    Bais
    Bouwens
    Buma
    Bawden
    Baldon

    Sources (18)

    • Baldwin in entry for Edgar R Mcdonald, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
    • Laura A Mcdonald in household of Franklin B Mcdonald, "United States Census, 1920"
    • Laura Thissell, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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