Margaret Mcdonald (1862 - 1952)

Margaret's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Mcdonald family tree.

+ Add

Margaret's Family

Harley John Mcdonald

Franc Davis Mcdonald

Margaret Mcdonald

Parents:

Bio

Harley John Mcdonald

Unknown - Unknown

Bio

Franc Davis Mcdonald

Unknown - Unknown

We currently do not have photos of Margaret Mcdonald. Below are potential family photos that share Margaret's last name or surname. Pictures really do say a thousand words. Add photos of Margaret during various points of her life

Los Angeles at Home - 1973 Queen Mary "Just for fun" party

Charles Calder Mcdonald

Marguriet Lenora McDonald

Charles Calder McDonald

Charlotte Thomasine McDonald

Charles Calder McDonald 2nd

Elizbth Leslie Mcdonald

Catherine Mcdonald Teasdale

Catherine Mcdonald Teasdale

Catherine Mcdonald Teasdale

Margaret McDonald Phillips

Margaret McDonald Phillips

Margaret McDonald Phillips

Margaret McDonald Phillips

Margaret McDonald Phillips

Add photo

What do you remember about Margaret Mcdonald? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about her. Or just leave a comment to show the world that Margaret is remembered.

Post

Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Margaret's lifetime

In 1862, in the year that Margaret Mcdonald was born, on July 1st, the Bureau of Internal Revenue was created. Established to raise funds for the Civil War, income tax was supposed to be temporary and was allowed to expire 10 years later. The Internal Revenue Service was created in the early 20th century.

In 1880, she was 18 years old when in October, the "Blizzard of 1880" began in North America - considered the most severe winter ever known in the US. Many areas were snowbound throughout the whole winter, which was made famous in Laura Ingalls Wilder's book The Long Winter.

In 1899, at the age of 37 years old, Margaret was alive when the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.

In 1904, at the age of 42 years old, Margaret was alive when the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.

In 1952, in the year of Margaret Mcdonald's passing, on February 6th, George VI of England died from a coronary thrombosis and complications due to lung cancer. His eldest daughter, age 25, immediately ascended the throne as Elizabeth II and her coronation was on June 2 1953.