Donald M Campbell Jr. (1897)

Born 26 Feb 1897 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Donald was born Feb. 26, 1897 in Detroit, Michigan.^[1] He registered for the draft in the First World War. He was a student at Yale University at the time and reported his home address as Country Club Road, Gross Pointe, Michigan. The document reported : "has lost use of left arm at elbow and wrist".^[2] In the 1918-19 school year he was editor of the Yale Banner & Potpourri, the Yale Yearbook. Stephen Vincent Benet was a co-editor that year, as was Charles Stradella.^[3] In 1922, Charles would marry Donald's little sister, Mimi.^[4]
Donald accompanied the family on the Hawaii trip in 1920^[5][6] and received his passport on the same day as his sisters on June 15, 1921.^[7] He would accompany his mother and sister Marjorie (Mimi) to Europe the following year^[8] and would return to the Pacific in June 1926 when he visited Yokahama Japan aboard the "Empress of Russia'.^[9]
Donald was an artist, a painter. I can not find any record that he ever married. In the 1940 census, he is still listed with his parents, as guests at the Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911, FHL Film Number: 1377674.
2. ↑ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Michigan, Wayne County, 2, Draft Card C, pg. 35 of 356.
3. ↑ U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, Connecticut, New Haven, Yale College, 1919, pg. 173-174 of 421.
4. ↑ New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937, Recorded Marriage Year: 1923; Spouse: Charles G. Stradella; Certificate Number: 234.
5. ↑ Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959, A3422 - Arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, 1900-1953, 062, pg. 13 of 580.
6. ↑ California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957, San Francisco, 1920, September, pg. 180 of 425.
7. ↑ U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 1921, Roll 1659 - Certificates: 53626-53999, 15 Jun 1921-15 Jun 1921, pg. 430 of 782.
8. ↑ New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Roll T715, 1897-1957, 3001-4000, Roll 3115, pg. 26 of 737.
9. ↑ Washington, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1961, 1926, June, Empress of Russia, pg. 16 of 36.
10. ↑ 1940 US Federal Census, Michigan, Wayne, Detroit, 84-72, pg. 1 of 60.

See also:

• 1900 US Federal Census, Michigan, Wayne, Detroit Ward 13, District 0142, pg. 29 of 30.
• 1910 US Federal Census, Michigan, Wayne, Detroit Ward 13, District 0188, pg. 29 of 33.
• 1930 US Federal Census, New York, New York, Manhattan (Districts 501-750), District 550, pg. 49 of 65.