Posted on: Robertson County Texas Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Robertson/10427 Surname: McDonald, Phillips, Rainer ------------------------- Hi Jane, I know this is obscure - but I am wondering what the relationship is here. I have a great grandfather Dr. William Washington McDonald who settled in Robertson Co, TX c. 1894. He and his wife, Mattie Phillips, had four children born there: an infant daughter who died Clarence Leroy McDonald b. 1896 Annette May McDonald b. 1898 William Abney McDonald b. 1900 The last child was always called Abney, never William. I have often wondered where the name came from. Since it has never appeared anywhere else in the family, I am wondering if there is a connection between your Dr. Abney and my Dr. McDonald. Where were your Dr. & family from before Texas? Did they leave Texas, if so, when and where? This family of McDonalds left Texas c. 1902 for Sayre, Beckham Co, OK. Dr. McDonald died in 1916 age age 49.