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Walter Laverne McDonald 1913 – 1979 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 May 1913

Birth Location: Dansville, Livingston County, New York, United States of America

Death Date: 11 November 1979

Death Location: Groveland, Livingston County, New York, United States of America

Father: Patrick McDonald

Mother: Fannie Holbrook

Spouse(s): Thelma Haynes

Children(s): Margaret McDonald, Edward McDonald, Janice McDonald, Thelma McDonald, Maureen McDonald

Walter Laverne McDonald was born in Dansville, Livingston County, New York, United States of America in 1913, to Patrick John McDonald and Fannie L. Holbrook. Later in life, Walter Laverne McDonald married Thelma Orpha Haynes; among their children were Margaret Mary McDonald, Edward Walter McDonald, Janice McDonald, Thelma McDonald and Maureen McDonald. Walter Laverne McDonald died in Groveland, Livingston County, New York, United States of America, 1979.

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Parents

Patrick McDonald
1865 – 1943
Birth Location: Michigan
PM
Fannie Holbrook
1880 – 1955
Birth Location: Dansville, Livingston County, New York, United States of America
FH

Spouses(s)

Thelma Haynes
1921 – 2011
Birth Location: Piffard, Livingston Co, NY
TH

Children(s)

Margaret McDonald
1940 –
Birth Location: –
MM
Edward McDonald
1941 –
Birth Location: Dansville, Livingston, New York, USA
EM
Janice McDonald
1946 –
Birth Location: –
JM
Thelma McDonald
1953 – 2015
Birth Location: Livonia, Livingston County, New York, United States of America
TM
Maureen McDonald
1962 –
Birth Location: –
MM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 6 May 1913
    Event Place: Dansville, Livingston County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Year: 1940; Census Place: Dansville, Livingston, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02623; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 26-25, Democrat and Chronicle; Publication Date: 12 Nov 1979; Publication Place: Rochester, New York, USA; ,0.8384976,0.5693496,0.97614545&xid=33, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Groveland, Livingston, New York; Roll: 382; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 26-13

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Dansville, Livingston, New York, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Dansville, Livingston, New York
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Dansville, Livingston, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02623; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 26-25

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: N Dansville, Dansville, Livingston, New York, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Dansville, Livingston, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02623; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 26-25

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1941
    Event Place: Dansville, Livingston, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Groveland, Livingston, New York, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Groveland, Livingston, New York; Roll: 382; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 26-13

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Abt 1959
    Event Place: Groveland
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Groveland
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Democrat and Chronicle; Publication Date: 12 Nov 1979; Publication Place: Rochester, New York, USA; ,0.8384976,0.5693496,0.97614545&xid=33

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 November 1979
    Event Place: Groveland, Livingston County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Democrat and Chronicle; Publication Date: 12 Nov 1979; Publication Place: Rochester, New York, USA; ,0.8384976,0.5693496,0.97614545&xid=33

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Groveland, Livingston County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Democrat and Chronicle; Publication Date: 12 Nov 1979; Publication Place: Rochester, New York, USA; ,0.8384976,0.5693496,0.97614545&xid=33
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