William Wirt McDonald

Brief Life History of William Wirt

When William Wirt McDonald was born on 22 October 1865, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Jasper Jones McDonald, was 23 and his mother, Delia Bockman, was 23. He married Effie Estelle Carter on 2 February 1895, in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Civil District 5, Jackson, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years and Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. He died on 16 September 1937, in Putnam, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Cookeville City Cemetery, Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Wirt McDonald
1865–1937
Effie Estelle Carter
1875–1945
Marriage: 2 February 1895
Samuel Coe McDonald
1897–1939
Carl Clinton McDonald
1899–1963
Henry Frank Cooper McDonald
1900–1954
Ada L Mcdonald
1903–
Harry Douglas Mcdonald
1907–1927
Mary Irene McDonald
1908–2000
Annie Francis Elizabeth McDonald
1911–1930
Lorena McDonald
1913–1994
William Wirt McDonald
1916–1936
Robert C McDonald
1919–
James Richmond McDonald
1920–

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  • William Mc Donald in household of Jasper Mc Donald, "United States Census, 1880"
  • W Wm Mcdonald, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
  • William W. Mc Donald, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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