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Anna Laura, "Merle" McDonald 1908 – 1993 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Aug 1908

Birth Location: Charlottenburg, Con 7, lot 1, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: Jun 1993

Death Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Father: Roderick McDonald

Mother: Catherine McDonald

Spouse(s): Hugh McKenzie, Thomas Shaughnessy

Children(s): Kathryn McKenzie, ( McKenzie, Kathryn Boulet, John A., Harold McKen-zie

Anna Laura "Merle" McDonald was born in Charlottenburg, Con 7, lot 1, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada in 1908, to Roderick (Rory) McDonald and Catherine Anne ( MacLellan) McLellan McDonald. Later in life, Anna Laura "Merle" McDonald married Hugh Allen McKenzie and Thomas A. Shaughnessy; among their children were Kathryn June McKenzie, ( John A) Rexford McKenzie, Kathryn Boulet, John A. and Harold R. McKen-zie. Anna Laura "Merle" McDonald died in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA, 1993.

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Parents

Roderick McDonald
1875 – 1951
Birth Location: Charlottenburgh, Con 7 Lot 1, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada
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Catherine McDonald
1879 – 1957
Birth Location: Notre Dame, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin
CM

Spouses(s)

Hugh McKenzie
1899 – 1940
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Shaughnessy
1914 – 1979
Birth Location: Illinois, USA
TS

Children(s)

Kathryn McKenzie
1931 – 2010
Birth Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
KM
( McKenzie
1933 – 1994
Birth Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
(M
Kathryn Boulet
Birth Location: –
KB
John A.
Birth Location: –
JA
Harold McKen-zie
Birth Location: –
HM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 17 Aug 1908
    Event Place: Charlottenburg, Con 7, lot 1, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada, Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991, Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913, U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1913; Series: MS929; Reel: 22; Record Group: RG 80-2, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 59; Census Place: 59, Glengarry-Stormont, Ontario; Page Number: 1, National Archives at Chicago; Chicago, Illinois; ARC Title: Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1991; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 1904-1928
    Event Place: St Raphel, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records, 1747-1967

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Jun 1921
    Event Place: Charlottenburgh Twp, Glengarry-Stormont, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 59; Census Place: 59, Glengarry-Stormont, Ontario; Page Number: 1

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 20 Aug 1928
    Event Place: Detroit, Michigan
    Record Source: Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991, National Archives at Chicago; Chicago, Illinois; ARC Title: Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1991; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 8 Mar 1955
    Event Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991, National Archives at Chicago; Chicago, Illinois; ARC Title: Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1991; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Illinois
    Record Source: U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa
    Record Source: U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Jun 1993
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Chicago Tribune; Publication Date: 30 Jun 1993; Publication Place: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America; ,0.7708095,0.34046167,0.81

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 1 Jul
    Record Source: Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Chicago Tribune; Publication Date: 30 Jun 1993; Publication Place: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America; ,0.7708095,0.34046167,0.81

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