California Family Group Sheet for the Charles John McDONALD Family


Husband: Charles John McDONALD
Birthdate: 3 Feb 1884
Birthplace: California
Death date: 17 Sep 1957
Place of death: San Francisco Co., California
Burial: Olivet Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: 4 Dec 1913
Marriage place: San Francisco Co., California

Wife: Maud Helen WOODFORD
Birthdate: 11 Dec 1890
Birthplace: Oakland, Alameda Co., California
Death date: 25 Aug 1944
Place of death: San Francisco Co., California
Burial: Olivet Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Father: Henry J. WOODFORD
Mother: Katie 'Kitty' Helen LEON

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Russell Woodford McDONALD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 22 Oct 1914
Birthplace: San Francisco Co., California
Death date: 20 Dec 1986
Place of death: San Mateo Co., California
Burial: unknown
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 2: Edward C. McDONALD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 18 Jun 1918
Birthplace: San Francisco Co., California
Death date: 9 Jan 2001
Place of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 3: George L. McDONALD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 23 Aug 1921
Birthplace: San Francisco Co., California
Death date: c WWII
Place of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: unknown
 
 
Documentation:
Charles:
TIMELINE:
1915: McDonald Chas J (Maud) plumber, h 53 Harrington per 1915 SF City Directory
1920 Jan 28: California, Glenn Co., Willows Town, 120 Lassen - census[age 34, owns residence, occ. Plumber]
1930 Apr 12: California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco, 55A Harrington - census [Charles McDonald, age 45, rents residence for $1250. per month, occ. Plumber]
1933: McDonald Chas J Mrs r 1516-6th Av . MO ntrose-5690; McDonald Chas J r 55 Harrington . . . RA ndlph-2971 per SF Phone Book-which correct or are both?
1957 Sep 17: California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco - death index [Charles John MCDONALD, BD 3 Feb. 1884, BP California, mothers surname: blank, fathers surname: MCDONALD, DD 17 Sept 1957, DP San Francisco, age 73 years per CADI]

Maud:
TIMELINE:
1900 June 7: California, Sacramento Co., Sacramento City, 1422 [?] 6th street - census[Maud H WOODFORD, age 9, BD Dec 1890, at school for 10 months]
1910 May 4: California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco, 53 Harrington -census [Maud H WOODFORD, age 19, occ. none]
1915: McDonald Chas J (Maud) plumber, h 53 Harrington per 1915 SF City Directory
1920 Jan 28: California, Glenn Co., Willows Town, 120 Lassen - census [age 29]
1930 Apr 12: California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco, 55A Harrington - census[Maud mcDonald, age 39, married at age 22]
1944 Aug 25: California, San Francisco Co. - death[Maude MCDONALD, bd 12/11/1890, bp CA, M. maiden LEON, F. surname WOODFORD, dp SAN FRANCISCO(38), dd 08/25/1944, age 53 yrs per CADI on RootsWeb]
1944 Aug 30: California, San Francisco Co. - obit for death [Obit: San Francisco Examiner 30 August 1944, pg. 11
McDONALD-In this city, August 25, 1944, Maud Helen McDonald, dearly be-loved wife of Charles McDonald, loving mother of Russell, Edward and George McDonald; a native of Oakland, Calif., aged 53 years. Funeral services were held Tuesday,....
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Russell:
TIMELINE:
1920 Jan 28: California, Glenn Co., Willows Town, 120 Lassen - census[age 5]
1930 Apr 12: California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco, 55A Harrington - census[Russel McDonald, age 15, at school]
Russell Woodford MCDONALD, BD 22 Oct 1914, mothers surname WOODFORD, fathers surname: blank, BP California, DP San Mateo, DD 20 Dec 1986, age 72 yrs per CADI
Edward:
TIMELINE:
1920 Jan 28: California, Glenn Co., Willows Town, 120 Lassen - census [Edward MCDONALD, age 1 6/12, BP California]
1930 Apr 12: California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco, 55A Harrington - census[Edward McDonald, age 11, at school]
2001 Jan 9: death index [Edward C MCDONALD, bd 18 Jun 1918, dd 09 Jan 2001 (V), last residence 95678 (Roseville, Placer, CA) (none specified),Issued CA per SSDI]

George:
TIMELINE:
1930 Apr 12: California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco, 55A Harrington - census[George McDonald, age 8, at school]
I believe this is him:
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record
Name: George L McDonald
Birth Year: 1921
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: California
State: California
County or City: San Francisco
Enlistment Date: 24 Oct 1942
Enlistment State: California
Enlistment City: San Francisco
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other
emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or
otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of college
Civil Occupation: Marine Fireman or File Clerk
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 70
Weight: 151
Oral family history has that he died during WWI about May 1943, and that he was in the Aleutian Islands area. There is a memorial to the missing at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu called the "Courts of the Missing". According to one source a George L. McDonald is listed there, could he be ours?
 

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