Brief Life History of Martha J
When Martha J McDonald was born in 1850, in Economy, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Capt. John William McDonald, was 44 and her mother, Rachel Oliver, was 43. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Samuel S. Fowler. She lived in Hopewell Township, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Baden, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States for about 50 years. She died on 13 June 1930, in Kilbuck Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Martha Mc Donald in household of John Mc Donald, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha J McDonald - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Martha J McDonald
- Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869
Named after the Chief of the Shannopin Indians, Kilbuck Township was once the southern part of Ohio Township. With the increased settlements of the1850s additional townships were created in Alllegheny County and Kilbuck Township was officially established in 1869. The area's natural resources and accessible water transportation as well as the newly constructed railroad made Kilbuck an attractive place to live for the early settlers.
1872 · The First National Park
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Domhnaill ‘son of Domhnall’, a name derived from the Celtic elements domno- ‘world’ + val- ‘might, rule’. Donald is an Anglicized form (via Latin) of this personal name used in Scotland, though the surname is also widespread in Ireland. The name is equivalent to Irish McDonnell and McConnell , and to Manx Cannell .
History: This is the name of the largest and most disparate of the Scottish clans (Clan Donald), associated in particular with the Hebrides and claiming descent from Domhnall mac Raghnaill mac Somhairle, who lived in the late 12th century. From that time until 1493 the head of the clan was known as Lord (or King) of the Isles. The reigns of the Lords of the Isles were always stormy, often in conflict with the kings of Scotland, and peppered with disasters. After a series of defeats in the 1480s, Eoin Mac Dhomhnaill a Ìle (John Macdonald of Islay, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles) forfeited his lands, his power, and his title as Lord of the Isles in 1493 to King James IV of Scotland. By then, a branch of the family had settled in the Antrim Glens in Ireland and members moved between the southern Hebrides and Ireland throughout the 16th century.
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