Irma Victoria (Eddy) MacDonald (1901 - 1968)

Born 8 Apr 1901 in Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Nov 1968 at age 67 in Hollister, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Irma Victoria Eddy was born on 8 April 1901^[1]. She was the second daughter of Francis Eddy and Belinda Bray.

In the US Census dated 1910, Irma V Eddy (aged 9) was recorded living with her father Francis Eddy (35), her mother Belinda Eddy (35) and her siblings Thomas Eddy (15), Percy A Eddy (13), Joseph Eddy (4), William J Eddy (3), Susan Eddy (2) and infant Belinda Eddy in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.

Her father Francis passed away on 25 February 1911 when he fell from his horse, fracturing his skull. Her mother remarried.

Irma married Canadian born Alex C MacDonald (the son of Alexander MacDonald and Katherine Cook) on 11 October 1919 at Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts^[2]. Alex was also her stepfather's brothers.

They had at least eight children, including:

1. John Daniel MacDonald (b. 10 Jan 1920, d. abt 2000)
2. Francis Alexander MacDonald (b. 5 Jan 1923, d. 13 Apr 2008)
3. Dorothy Louise MacDonald (b. 9 Mar 1928, d. 17 Aug 1991)
4. Ralph MacDonald (b. 29 Aug 1936, d. 30 Jul 2008)

In the US Census dated 1920 Irma V Macdonald (aged 18 and married ) was recorded in the household of her stepfather John D McDonald (43) in Cambridge Ward 7, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Also in the household was her mother Belinda MacDonald (45) and her siblings Percy A Eddy (22), Joseph Eddy (14), William J Eddy (13), Susie Eddy (12) and Raymond E Eddy (8).

In the US Census dated 1940 Irma MacDonald (aged 34) was recorded living with her husband Alexander MacDonald (47) and their five children John D McDonald (20), Francis A McDonald (17), Dorothy L McDonald (12), Ralph McDonald (3) and Edward L McDonald (8 months) at Sonin Ward 18, Boston, Boston City, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Irma had been living in Lake View, Ontario, Canada when she petitioned for Naturalisation on 4 November 1943 at the District Court in Massachusetts.

Her husband Alexander died on 15 July 1957.

She passed away on 4 November 1968 and was buried at Lake Grove Cemetery, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts^[3].

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX4P-J7Z : 10 March 2018), Irma Victoria Eddy, 08 Apr 1901, Gill, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #p 17, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,297.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-DZ6C : 13 March 2018), Alex C MacDonald and Irma V Eddy, 1919.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199792939/irma-victoria-macdonald: accessed 12 October 2022), memorial page for Irma Victoria Eddy MacDonald (8 Mar 1901–4 Nov 1968), Find A Grave: Memorial #199792939, citing Lake Grove Cemetery, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Jennifer (Heming) White (contributor 46824467)

• "New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23H-5JRL : 12 March 2018), Irma Victoria MacDonald, 1941; citing NARA microfilm publication M1480 and M1482 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 00077, FHL microfilm 1,283,696.

Census Records

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2J2-JCB : accessed 9 January 2019), Dina V Eddy in household of Francis Eddy, Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 509, sheet 8A, family 176, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 589; FHL microfilm 1,374,602.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXB2-5ZP : accessed 9 January 2019), Irma V Macdonald in household of John D Macdonald, Cambridge Ward 7, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 73, sheet 1B, line 69, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 707; FHL microfilm 1,820,707.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4VH-5YB : 16 March 2018), Irma V Macdonald in household of Alexander Macdonald, Ward 18, Boston, Boston City, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-647, sheet 12A, line 32, family 184, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1678.