George Arthur McDONALD

  General Notes:

1870 BIRTH of George Arthur McDonald ("Arthur")

1880 CENSUS, Iowa, DesMoines County, Franklin Township (June 4) ("George," age 10, is with his parents)

1895 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Franklin Township (no specific date) ("Arther," age 24)

1897 MAP, Iowa, Des Moines County, Franklin Township ("G. A. McDonald")

1898 MARRIAGE of George Arthur McDonald and Margaret Bolick on September 20 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa

1900 CENSUS, Iowa, Henry County, Scott Township, Winfield (June 13) ("George," age 28, "Farmer," born "July, 1871 in Iowa") (wife "Margret," age 22, born "June, 1877 in Iowa") (George and Margaret are shown as having been married 1 year) (They had no children in 1900)

1905 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Yellow Springs, P. O. Mediapolis (no date) ("Arthur McDonald" and "Margaret McDonald") (names only are in the 1905 Iowa State Census)

1907 DEATH of father, James McDonald

1910 CENSUS, Iowa, DesMoines County, Yellow Springs Township (April 20) ("George A.," age 39, "Farmer, On Farm") (wife "Margaret," age 34) (Margaret's mother, Margaret Bolick, age 80, is in the household)

1917 DEATH of mother, Penelope (Ball) McDonald

1920 CENSUS, Iowa, Des Moines County, Yellow Springs Township (no date) ("Arthur," age 49, "Farmer, General Farming") (wife "Margarett," age 43)

1925 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Yellow Springs Township (January 1) ("Arthur," age 54, born in Iowa, father James McDonald born in Ireland, mother Penelope Ball born in New Jersey, parents married in Pennsylvania) (wife "Margaret," age 48, born in Iowa, father Amos Bolick born in North Carolina, mother Margaret Berg born in Germany, parents married in Iowa)

1930 CENSUS, Iowa, Des Moines County, Yellow Springs Township (April 29 & 30) ("Arthur M.," age 59, "Farmer, General Farm") (wife "Margaret," age 53)

George married Margaret BOLICK, daughter of Amos BOLICK and Margaret BERG, on September 20, 1898 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. (Margaret BOLICK was born in June 1877 in Des Moines County, Iowa.)