Brief Life History of Ethel Anna
When Ethel Anna McDonald was born on 16 May 1887, in Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Frank J McDonald, was 32 and her mother, Georgia Anna Dana, was 24. She married William Norman Palmer on 19 April 1903, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1910 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920. She died on 6 July 1966, in Temple City, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Ethel Boyd in household of Jack Boyd, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ethel M Snyder, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Ethel A Mc Donald, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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