David Donald

1869 - 1928  (58 years)

• Name	David Donald  [1]
  Born	7 Oct 1869	20 Ellen Street, St. Andrew, Dundee, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1911	Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales
  	Coal miner. Though it is uncertain that this is the right David Donald, the age is right and the birthplace is Dundee, Scotland, and his marital status single. It is likely him. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2353/images/rg14_32388_0461_06
  Immigration	15 Oct 1920	New York, New York, USA   [2, 3]
  	David Donald remained in Scotland when his mother and siblings went to America. In 1920 his brother James went to Scotland and they travelled back to the U.S. together, on the Adriatic.
  NEWS	22 Oct 1920	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [4]
  	"James Donald arrived home Monday morning from the Old Country. His brother, who the family has not seen for thirty-two years, came with him."
  Residence	2 Dec 1921	Kansas City, Jackson County, MIssouri, USA   [5]
  	"David Donald of Kansas City spent Thanksgiving with his sister, Mrs. Oscar Hesker, and family."
  Residence	22 Dec 1922	Kansas City, Jackson County, MIssouri, USA   [6]
  	"David Donald who has been in Kansas City, has returned home for Xmas."
  Residence	Aug 1926	Kansas City, Jackson County, MIssouri, USA   [7]
  	His mother's obituary states that he survives her and lives in Kansas City.
  Anecdote	Between 1920-1927  [8]
  	When David came to the United States with his brother James, Donnie Raef tells us that James also brought home a bride. According to the story, David ran away with James's wife. Donnie's memory is that she was called either "Addie" or "Allie," and was from Scotland. Lebanon newspapers do not mention a wife for James Donald. Scotland does not record a marriage for James Donald in the July-October 1920 period. Possibly they weren't married? Possibly David sweet-talked her during their ship's passage? David went to live in Kansas City, rather than settling in Lebanon and was there in 1921, 1922, and 1926. His California death certificate indicated he had been in the state for 5 months.
  NEWS	27 Jan 1928	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA   [9]
  	"Both Legs Broken By Hit-Run Driver Pedestrian in Hospital After Accident David Donald, recent arrival from Missouri, is in the General Hospital, Los Angeles, with both legs broken and suffering from severe lacerations about the head and body as the result of being struck down by a hit and run driver while walking along San Fernando road. The injured man was picked up by a passing motorist and rushed to San Fernando Hospital, where he was given first aid before removal to Los Angeles. Donald was unable to give police a description of the automobile or any information that might lead to identification of the driver."
  NEWS	28 Jan 1928	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA   [10]
  	Excerpt: "Traffic deaths in the city and county for the month was boosted to 49 with the death of David Donald, 58, a victor from Missouri, who was run down by a hit-run motorist on the highway between Newhall and San Fernando Tuesday. He succumbed to his injuries after pneumonia set in."
  NEWS	28 Jan 1928	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA   [11]
  	From the Los Angeles Times: "Hit-Run Driver's Victim Succumbs David Donald, 58 years of age, a visitor here from Missouri, died at General Hospital yesterday of pneumonia, following his injury when he was struck by a hit-run driver between San Fernando and Newhall Tuesday. He sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and complications set in after his removal to the infirmary. The body is at the County Morgue."
  Died	28 Jan 1928	General Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA   [12]
  Buried	Coroner's Crematory, Los Angeles County, California, USA   [12]
  	When David died, his sisters in Lebanon, Missouri, began to make plans to bring his body back to their family burial plot at the city cemetery. Brother James, however, whose wife David stole, is remembered as saying, "Hell, no! We'll leave him where he is."
  Person ID	I9	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2022

  
  

  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

  
  

• Photos

  David Donald (1869-1928) Detail from photo with his mother. Lomenick collection.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		David Donald, immigration, 1920, Adriatic, New York “New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957,” database and images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 Sept 2008), manifest, Adriatic, 15 Oct 1920, Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry, p. 48 (stamped), line 25 entry for David Donald, age 50, mason; citing Passengers and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York,…
  		David Donald, immigration, 1920, New York -- detention sheet “New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957,” database and images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 Sept 2008), manifest, S. S. Adriatic, arrived 15 Oct 1920, Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry, p. 275, line 17 entry for David Donald, age 50, mason; citing Passengers and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York,…
  		David Donald, birth registration, 1869, Dundee Scotland, “Statutory Births, 1855–2009,” digital images, ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 June 2011), entry for David Donald, 1869, St. Andrews, Dundee, Angus; citing Statutory Births 282/04 1152. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		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

  [S10] Scotland, “Statutory Births, 1855–2009,” digital images, ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 June 2011), entry for David Donald, 1869, St. Andrews, Dundee, Angus; citing Statutory Births 282/04 1152. [S1530] “New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957,” database and images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 Sept 2008), manifest, S. S. Adriatic, arrived 15 Oct 1920, Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry, p. 275, line 17 entry for David Donald, age 50, mason; citing Passengers and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 2853. . [S36] “New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957,” database and images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 Sept 2008), manifest, Adriatic, 15 Oct 1920, Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry, p. 48 (stamped), line 25 entry for David Donald, age 50, mason; citing Passengers and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 2853. . [S1679] "Candock," The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Mo.), 22 October 1920, p. 3, col. 2, item for James Donald; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 14 January 2021). [S1676] "Kapp," The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Mo.), 2 December 1921, p. 7, col. 4, item for David Donald; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 11 January 2021). [S1677] "Candock," The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Mo.), 22 December 1922, p. 6, col. 2, item for David Donald; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 11 January 2021). [S1297] "Mrs. James Donald " The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 13 August 1926, p. 5, col. 5; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 March 2020). [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. [S1779] "Both Legs Broken By Hit-Run Driver: Pedestrian in Hospital After Accident," The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet (Van Nuys, Cal.), 27 January 1928, p. 3, col. 1; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 1 November 2022). [S1778] "Auto Death Toll In L.A. For Month Reaches 49 Mark," Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, Cal.), 28 January 1928, p. 3, col. 2, for traffic fatality death of David Donald; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 1 November 2022). [S1780] "Hit-Run Driver's Victim Succumbs," The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, Cal.), 28 January 1928, p. 24, col. 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 1 November 2022). [S38] Los Angeles County, California, death certificate no. 1872, for David Donald (1928); transcription.