Margaret Emma Ethel (Thigpen) McDonald (abt. 1884 - 1971)

Born about 25 Mar 1884 in Alabama, United States

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Descendants

Died Jan 1971 at about age 86 in Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Margaret Emma Ethel Thigpen,

daughter of John A Thigpen and Nancy Malinda Holden

Margaret commonly went by the name Ethel

EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:

Ethel has childhood census with parents in 1900

Ethel & husband's 1930 household includes Ethel's widowed father

NAME:

1) Margaret E E Thigpen, on 1900 census with parents

2) Emmer E Mcdonald, on 1910 census with husband

3) Ethel Mcdonald, on 1920 census with husband

4) Ethel Mc Donald, on 1930 census with husband

5) Ethel McDonal, on 1940 census with husband

6) Ethel Thigpen, per daughter Irene's SS record

7) Ethel Thigpen, per daughter Earline's SS record

8) Emma E Thigpen, per daughter Jessie's SS record

BIRTH AND DEATH:

Birth Date: assume 25 Mar 1884, based on gravestone & SS record

… born 25 Mar 1883, per SS death index

… born 1884 (not 1883), per cemetery gravestone

… her census records show inconsistent birth year

Birth Place: Alabama, per census records

… possibly in Lauderdale AL where she was living at age 14 with per parents.

Death Date: Jan 1971, per SS death index

… possibly died on the 17th, per undocumented source

Death Place: assume Tennessee, based on last residence.

MARRIAGE:

Groom: William A McDonald, son of William A McDonald and Sarah L Danley

Bride: Margaret Emma Ethel Thigpen, dau of John A Thigpen and Nancy Holden

Married about 1903, based on the following:

1) The census in 1910 says married 6 years. [about 1904]

2) The census in 1930 says Willie married at age 18. [about 1903]

3) The census in 1930 says Ethel married at age 17. [about 1903]

4) Oldest daughter Irene's childhood census says born in 1904/5

.... however, Irene's cemetery headstone says born Dec-1903

Sources

SS DEATH:

Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Name: Ethel McDonald

SSN: 413-82-8932

Last Residence: 38464 Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA

BORN: 25 Mar 1883

Died: Jan 1971

State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (1965)

BURIAL:

Find A Grave Memorial# 8004281 (gravestone pictured)

Inscription: Ethel McDonald 1884

Note: death year is blank

Burial: Henry Stutts Cemetery, Green Hill, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA

Note: shares gravestone with her husband Willie

CENSUS:

1900 census: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama

J A Thigpen ................... 49 ... AL,AL,AL ... Sep 1850 ... married 30 yrs, farmer

Nancy M Thigpen ........ 50 ... AL,AL,AL ... Feb 1850 ... 9 children, 7 living

Elizabeth Thigpen ........ 28 ... AL,AL,AL ... Jul 1871

Josie D Thigpen ............ 20 ... AL,AL,AL ... Aug 1879

Robert J J Thigpen ........ 16 ... AL,AL,AL ... Dec 1883

Margaret E E Thigpen .. 14 ... AL,AL,AL ... Mar 1885 <--------

William R Thigpen ........ 10 ... AL,AL,AL ... Jul 1889

1910 census: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama

William A Mcdonald .... 24 ... AL,AL,AL ... farmer, married 6 years

Emmer E Mcdonald ..... 22 ... AL,AL,AL ... 4 children, 3 living

Elzabeth I Mcdonald ..... 5 ... AL,AL,AL

Alfa O Mcdonald ........... 3 ... AL,AL,AL

Erline Mcdonald ............ 2 ... AL,AL,AL

1920 census: Civil District 1, Lawrence, Tennessee

Willie Mcdonald ......... 35 ... AL,AL,AL ... farmer

Ethel Mcdonald .......... 34 ... AL,AL,AL

Irene Mcdonald .......... 16 ... AL,AL,AL

Alpha Mcdonald ......... 14 ... AL,AL,AL

Erline Mcdonald ......... 12 ... AL,AL,AL

Leon Mcdonald ............ 8 ... AL,AL,AL

Pauline Mcdonald ........ 6 ... AL,AL,AL

Jessie Mcdonald ........... 2 ... TN,AL,AL

1930 census: District 2, Lawrence, Tennessee

Willie Mc Donald ....... 45 ... AL,AL,AL ... farmer, married age 18

Ethel Mc Donald ........ 44 ... AL,AL,AL ... married at age 17

Irene Mc Donald ........ 25 ... AL,AL,AL

Jessie Mc Donald ....... 13 ... AL,AL,AL

Lillie M I Mc Donald .... 9 ... AL,AL,AL

Willie L Mc Donald ...... 9 ... AL,AL,AL

John A Thigpen .......... 79 ... AL,AL,AL ... father-in-law, widowed

1940 census: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama

Ethel McDonal ............ 53 ... AL ... widowed

Jessie McDonal .......... 23 ... TN

Willie Lee McDonal ... 19 ... TN ... WPA road construction