William Donald

1867 - 1906  (38 years)

• Name	William Donald  [1]
  Born	17 Dec 1867	20 Helen Street, Forebank, Dundee, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	17 Apr 1887  [2, 3]
  	William was probably the William Donald who arrived in New York aboard the Circassia this date. The age, and country of origin are right, and his stated occupation, "moulder," is something that would have been likely in a shipbuilding town like Dundee.
  Immigration	1888	Rawlins County, Kansas, USA   [4]
  	William filed "first papers" for naturalization while in Rawlins County.
  Anecdote	Abt 1897-1900	Decaturville, Camden County, Missouri, USA   [5]
  	William fell in love with a young woman when his family lived near Decaturville. Her family objected to an affiliation with a "foreigner" and there was general prejudice against the Scottish family with their thick brogue. As a result, the family moved a few miles away, and settled in Hooker township, Laclede County, where they bought a farm and remained.
  Died	13 Jun 1906	Hooker township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [5, 6, 7]
  	William was struck by lightning in a field on the family farm and was killed instantly. He was thirty-eight years old. [5]
  Obituary	15 Jun 1906	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [8]
  	Laclede County Sentinel: On Wednesday morning while William Donald was out feeding his stock he was overtaken by the sudden and severe thunder and rain storm. He sought shelter under a tree in the barn yard where he was stricken by lightning and killed. Mr. Donald was an unmarried man and lived with his mother, sisters and brother on a farm five miles north of Lebanon. He was a native of Scotland and had many friends in the vicinity of his home.
  Buried	Lebanon City Cemetery, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I8	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	James Donald
  Mother	Ann Gibb,   b. 17 Jul 1846, Washington, Meigle Parish, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 6 Aug 1926, Hooker township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		William Donald, birth, 1867, Dundee Scotland, “Statutory Births, 1855–2009,” digital images, ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 June 2011), entry for James Donald, 1867, 4th district, Dundee, Forfar; citing GROS, Statutory Births 282/04 0011. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		William Donald, likely immigration (ship's manifest), 1887, New York “New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957,” database and images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2011), manifest, S. S. Circassia, arrived 27 April 1887, [p. 5, not numbered], passenger no. 238, entry for William Donald, age 19, "moulder"; citing Passengers Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897,…
  		James Donald household, 1881 census, Dundee Scotland, “Search the 1881 Census,” digital images, ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 June 2011), Dundee (civil parish), Dundee (Burgh), p. 20, lines 2–10, schedule no. 90, James Donald household; citing Census 1881 282/04 024/00 020. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Scotland, “Statutory Births, 1855–2009,” digital images, ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 June 2011), birth entry for William Donald, 1867, Fourth district, Dundee, Forfar; citing Statutory Births 282/04 0011. [S25] “New York Passenger Lists, 1820–1957,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestsry.com : accessed 28 June 2011), manifest, S. S. Circassia, from Glasgow, Scotland, and Moville Ireland, to New York, arriving 27 April 1887, for Wm. Donald, passenger no. 238; citing NARA microfilm publication M237, roll 505. [S1531] “New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957,” database and images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2011), manifest, S. S. Circassia, arrived 27 April 1887, [p. 5, not numbered], passenger no. 238, entry for William Donald, age 19, "moulder"; citing Passengers Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897, Records of the U. S. Customs Service, RG 39, NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 2853. . [S24] “Rawlins County, Kansas, Index to First Naturalization Records,” database, Welcome to Rawlins County, Kansas (http://sjkyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/Rawlins : accessed 6 September 2008), entry for William Donald (1888). [S26] Donald Raef, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE] Lebanon, MO, telephone interview by Janis Walker Gilmore, 8 Sept 2008; transcript held by Janis Walker Gilmore, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE] Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Mr. Raef is the son of Nellie (Hesker) Raef, who was the daughter of Mary (Donald) Hesker. [S34] William Donald, cemetery marker, Lebanon City Cemetery, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri (1906). [S625] William Donald death, The Laclede Rustic (Lebanon, Mo.), 14 June 1906, p. 8, col. 3. [S735] "Killed by Lightning," Laclede County Sentinel (Lebanon, Mo.), 15 June 1906, p. 5, col. 4; microfilm no. 25925, State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia.