Robert William McDonald

Male12 November 1914–21 October 2003

Brief Life History of Robert William

When Robert William McDonald was born on 12 November 1914, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, his father, Ralph Baldwin McDonald, was 27 and his mother, Alice Mabel Payne, was 27. He married Josephine D. Quigley on 7 December 1938, in King, Washington, United States. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1958. He died on 21 October 2003, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 88.

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Robert William McDonald
1914–2003
Josephine D. Quigley
1915–2006
Marriage: 7 December 1938

Sources (12)

  • Robert W Mcdonald, "United States Census, 1940"
  • McDonald, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
  • Robert W McDonald, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    7 December 1938King, Washington, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 2

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    1916 · Boeing Aircraft

    Age 2

    The Boeing Aircraft was named and created by William Boeing. The first two planes were Bluebill and Mallard and the first flight was July 15, 1916. Boeing aircrafts made their debut during WWI. 

    1940

    Age 26

    Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.

    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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