Walter Charles Donaldson

Brief Life History of Walter Charles

When Walter Charles Donaldson was born on 1 March 1917, in Brookville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Walter Thomas Donaldson, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth M Grandblaise, was 30. He lived in Pine Creek Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940 and Richardson, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1943. He died in January 2004, in Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Walter Charles Donaldson
1917–2004
Mary Jane Weaver
1921–2005

Sources (9)

  • Walter C Donaldson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Walter Charles Donaldson, "Pennsylvania, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
  • Walter C "Wally" Donaldson, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Scottish: patronymic from Donald , generally representing an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dhomhnaill (see McDonald ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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