Francis Alexander McDonald 1855–1943
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Biography
Francis Alexander McDonald was born in 1855 in, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA. In 1900, Francis Alexander McDonald resided in Good Hope, Elmore, Alabama, USA. Francis Alexander McDonald married louisa catherine lue thornton, and had children including ada c mc donald, artenes mc donald, docia a mcdonald, edna mcdonald, john mc donald, leila f mcdonald, lena m mcdonald, luler e mc donald, mary k mc donald, nellie g mcdonald, thodore a mc donald, walter b mc donald, william l mc donald. Francis Alexander McDonald passed away in 1943 in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States of America.
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1Census 1900 United States Federal Census
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2Census 1910 United States Federal Census
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3Burial Records U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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4Marriage Records Alabama, Select Marriages
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5Record Louisiana, Statewide Death Index, 1819-1964
Life Timeline
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- Francis McDonald (1855–1943) was born in , Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA and died in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States of America. 2 researchers on YourRoots have this ancestor in their family trees, each with their own records. This page combines what they've independently documented and assigns a Reliability Score (A) based on cross-tree validation.
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