CAROL, YES MARY WAS WHITE AND I'M SORRY THATS ALL I KNOW MARY CECILIA DONOVAN WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON D.C., WHEN SHE CAME OUT TO CALIFORNIA I DON'T KNOW BUT I KNOW SHE MARRIED MY GRANDFATHER IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1886, HE CAME TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM PORTUGAL, I JUST THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE SOME BIRTH OF A MARY CECILIA DONOVAN I KNOW ITS A LONG SHOT BUT I'M TRYING, NO ONE LET MANY CLUES.......THANKS FOR ANY HELP. CECILE cecile/sis