Dorothy Elizabeth MacDonald

Brief Life History of Dorothy Elizabeth

When Dorothy Elizabeth MacDonald was born on 15 December 1894, in Old Machar District, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, her father, Alexander Spence Macdonald, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Ronaldson Findlay, was 32. She lived in Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901. She died in 1976, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 82, and was buried in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Spence Macdonald
1855–1927
Elizabeth Ronaldson Findlay
1862–1935
David Ronald MacDonald
1888–1959
Evelyn Catherine Fyfe MacDonald
1890–1968
Dorothy Elizabeth MacDonald
1894–1976

Sources (2)

  • Dorothy E MacDonald in household of Alexander S MacDonald, "Scotland Census, 1901"
  • Dorothy Elizabeth MacDonald, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1896 · Opening of the Glasgow Subway.

The Glasgow Subway opened on 14 December and is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world. It is one of very few subways that have a running gauge of 4 feet, but its twin circular lines were never expanded.

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1918

WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.

Name Meaning

Scottish: see McDonald .

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

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