This is the family of my g-grandfather, my grandmother Mary standing in the left back. He & some of the boys worked for the railroads. The family would always gather in Staples,MN for the holidays. This one was about 1903-5. Prior to 1892 when they arrived in Staples MN to work for the Northern Pacific/Great Northern railroads, the McDonald family lived in Brockville, Ontario, where John J and Mary Jane Clute married, in Leeds county, and a few years later in Smiths Falls, Lanark co., Ontario, until leaving for the USA. John J. Sr. had been first a brakeman and then conductor for the Grand Trunk Railroad in Canada. In the USA he continued on as a conductor until his death in 1928.
Mary Louise (Degnan) Mcdonald was born on January 24, 1853. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Louise McDonald.
Ann Elizabeth Mcdonald was born on January 26, 1885. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ann Elizabeth McDonald.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
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The 1920s Changed Our Daily Lives & Not How You Might Think . . .
In the 1920's life changed drastically for the average American and for people all over the world. Airplanes began to be a mode of transportation and communication. Automobiles, rather than horses, ...
Trains, engineers, railroad workers, passengers, depots, and spectacular tracks and bridges - these photos of steam and diesel powered transportation are from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Since the invention of the first steam train in 1804, trains have created massive cultural changes: They have changed the way we travel, the work we do, and even the food we eat. They are also a roman...
I'm a retired pharmacist due to disability researching my father's line--the McDonalds & Degnan(m) and Phillips & (O)Malley originating in Ireland via Canada and MI settling in Staples, MN. and my mother's lines of the Fehr, Glass, Montgomery, Trumbull & Dean. I rely mainly on the internet for the research as it is difficult for me to get out and about.