The Only reference I found for a William McDonald is " In 1862 another census of Snohomish county was taken by Salem A. Woods, the sheriff, which showed the status of the county's population to be as follows. name nativity age Frank Dolan Albany, NY 25 George Allen Mt. Rose, Scotland 35 Patrick McDoyle Norfolk VA 33 Andrew Johnson Sweden 33 William Hawkins Vermillion 24 George Kelsey L. I. NY 33 George Rouse Ypsilanti MI 25 Frank Buck Pennsylvania 27 Peter Voisard Stark county OH 31 Charles Short St. Louis MO 36 John Harvey Devonshire, England 30 George Walteer Cambridge Port MA 33 E. F. Cady Utica NY 34 D. W. Browning Holland 40 Jas Hayes Liverpool, England 34 P. J. Fields Franklin county MA 30 George Saunders England 30 George Fisher Utica NY 39 John Richards France 29 George Walker ... 39 John Faust Holland 30 E. H. Thompson Wisconsin 32 Rev. E. C. Chirouse France 40 George Blanchard France 42 John Gould New Jersey 38 Thomas Dixon Iowa 28 P. G. Landerville Montreal Canada 58 D. Brigham Waster county MA 55 M. H. Frost New York 55 J. D. Fowler New York 24 Thos. Hare New York 33 Thos. Ermine New York 47 Jas. A. Gilliland Charleston SC 25 P.H. Ewell Missouri 23 C. M. Stillwell Massachusetts 38 P. Golascher Massachusetts 40 A. Davis Franklin county NY 34 E. C. Ferguson New York City 29 Henry McClurg Pennsylvania 29 John Cochrane Westfield NY 31 Benj. Young South Carolina 36 William McDonald Scotland 49 S. A. Woods Fredonia NY 31 Jas. Long Baltimore MD 28 Charles Taylor Maine 30 "It will be observed that the name of not one woman or child appears on the list. Family ties were unknown in Snohomish county at the time..." (not going any further with this quote. wheeeew) Personal note the 1870 Census for Snohomish county lists many marriages and lots of children. However, the first 'white' woman did not appeared in this area until the midish 1870's.. Also Skagit County was part of Whatcom county until 1880? census. Darilee ----- Original Message ----- From: Myrna Casey <MYBILL@email.msn.com> To: <WASKAGIT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 8:36 AM Subject: Skagit Co. History Book > Hi Darilee, > > We corresponded a while back, about my McDonald family and you weren't able > to find their grave site, but now since you have this book I thought perhaps > they may be listed in there. > > The name is William Henry Harrison McDonald, and he and his wife Henerietta > were residence of Anacortes before 1900, probably by 1890. His wife had a > millenary shop and also ran a boarding house. > > One other name associated is Burton J. Bloxham, he married my Grandmother > Myrtle Houchins McDonald (a foster child of William's), and I can't find > them in the 1900 census for Skagit or Island Co. I know they were married > about 1896, and he had property there in 1892, as I have a deed. > > Thank you so much, if this is asking to much, please don't feel obligated. > > Myrna Casey > mybill@msn.com > > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ >