Brief Life History of James Donald
When James Donald Major was born on 23 April 1932, in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, his father, Edgar Joseph Major Jr, was 36 and his mother, Lucille Ann Guidry, was 28. He married Almena Kilbourne Whitaker on 14 August 1953, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. He died on 13 October 1979, in his hometown, at the age of 47, and was buried in Wilkinson, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (7)
- James Donald Major, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- James Donald Major, "Find A Grave Index"
- Donald Major in entry for Jr , Edgar Joseph Major, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
Spouse and Children
1932–1979 Male
1931–2000 Female
Parents and Siblings
1895–1969 Male
1904–1963 Female
Siblings (4)
1921–2009 Female
1923–1987 Male
1929–2017 Female
1932–1979 Male
World Events (8)
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 3
1939 · First Oil Well in Mississippi Located in Yazoo County
Age 7
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
Age 13
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the personal name Malg(i)er, Maug(i)er, an Old French form of ancient Germanic Madalgar(i) (see Mauger ).
Hungarian: from a shortened form of majorosgazda (see Majoros ) or a derivative of German Meyer .
Polish, Czech, and Slovak: from the military rank major (derived from Latin maior ‘greater’), a word related to English mayor and the German surname Meyer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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