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 Abt 1816 - Aft 1880 (~ 65 years)
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| Name |
Donaldson, Robert [1] |
| Born |
Abt 1816 |
Pennsylvania  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1850 |
Allegheny City, Allegheny Co., PA (now Pittsburgh North Side) |
- Name: Robert Donnaldson, clerk
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Home in 1850: Allegheny Ward 4, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth Donnaldson 23
Isabella Donnaldson 7
John Donnaldson 9
Prestley Donnaldson 5
Robert Donnaldson 34
William Donnaldson 0
Margret Maguire 19
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| Census |
1860 |
Allegheny City, Allegheny Co., PA (now Pittsburgh North Side) |
- Name: Robert Donaldson, clerk
Age in 1860: 37
Birth Year: abt 1823
BirthPlace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Allegheny Ward 1, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Post Office: Allegheny City
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Donaldson 37
Elizabeth Donaldson 25
John Donaldson 16
Isabella Donaldson 14
Prestly Donaldson 12
William Donaldson 9
Alla Donaldson 7
Lizza Donaldson 5
Emma Donaldson 1
Mary Donahue 17
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| Census |
1880 |
Allegheny City, Allegheny Co., PA (now Pittsburgh North Side) |
- Name: Robert Donaldson
Home in 1880: Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Age: 61
Estimated birth year: abt 1819
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to head-of-household: Self
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Donaldson
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Lumber Dealer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Donaldson 61
Elizabeth Donaldson 55
Anna Donaldson 28
Lizzie Donaldson 23
Emma Donaldson 21
A. B. Van Horn 25
H. R. Shun 25
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| Occupation |
lumber dealer |
| Related to my family |
Y |
| Religion |
United Presbyterian [1] |
| _UID |
2647EC08451A4D5FBA8A11A7849565472DAB |
| Died |
Aft 1880 |
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| Buried |
Aft 1880 |
| Person ID |
I1496 |
Buyer, Stier and Related Families |
| Last Modified |
12 Jan 2011 |
| Family 1 |
Chambers, Lethea, b. Abt 1820, Ireland , d. Bef Feb 1849 (Age ~ 29 years) |
| _UID |
F07B44DC28A34F728E01907FC074E52BF9B5 |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
10 Sep 2001 |
| Family ID |
F742 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Robert Donaldson, father of Mrs. John White, was born in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, where he was reared and educated. His first employment
was with Dennis Leonard, engaged in the lumber business, and
he remained with him for forty-one years, this fact attesting to his faithfulness
to duty. He married Lethea Chambers, daughter of John
Chambers, who was the owner of considerable real estate in Pittsburgh,
and whose relatives were prominent in the glass business there. They were
the parents of three children: John, a veteran; Presley; Isabella. He
married , in February, 1849, Elizabeth Carson, daughter of William
Carson, who came to this country from Ireland in 1830 on the ship.
"Dumfries," being six weeks and four days en route, and landed in Baltimore,
Maryland, from whence he removed to Romney, Virginia, coming
from there to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1835, making the trip in a
four-horse wagon. He was one of the first teachers in the First Ward
of Pittsburgh, North Side, and later was a leather merchant, in which
business he was very successful. He was a land owner in Ireland and
also had a haberdashery in Belfast. He married Ann Warden, a native
of Ireland, .although her people were of Scotland, daughter of Robert
Warden, who was born in 1794, married Mary Orr, and spent his entire
life in Scotland and Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Donaldson had five
children: William, Annie Warden, Lizzie, Sarah, Emma. John C. Donaldson.,
a half-brother of Mrs. John White, enlisted during the Civil War
as a private in Company J, One Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry, when a mere boy, served as secretary to Colonel Rowley
and was honorably discharged August 7, 1862. The members of the
family are active in the work of the United Presbyterian Church. [1]
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| Sources |
- [S257] Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., (New York : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915).
- [S2] 1850 Census, U.S. Census Bureau.
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