Donald Gordon Donaldson (1923 - 2003)

Born 14 Jul 1923 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Carolyn Sue Jones — married about 20 Jun 1949 (to before 1953) in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA

Died 5 Apr 2003 at age 79 in Vista, San Diego County, California, USA

Biography

Donald Gordon Donaldson was born about July 14, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, son of Gordon Wallace Donaldson and Marcelle Boudet.

Don was a former U.S. Army Air Corps Officer, a Lieutenant. He arrived in Europe March 9, 1945. Participated in several campaigns. After the war he served as a reservist. He was discharged as a First Lieutenant January 17, 1947. He was recalled to active duty and served as "Motion Picture Officer" from November 3, 1950 to March 31, 1953.

While they were both students at the Pasadena Playhouse, he met and married actress Carolyn Sue Jones in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 20, 1949, and again on August 19, 1950 in Los Angeles, California. They divorced sometime before her second marriage to Aaron Spelling

He died April 5, 2003 in Vista, San Diego County, California.

Sources

• https://thelifeandtimesofhollywood.com/the-talented-morticia-carolyn-jones-and-her-tragic-death/

• Nagel Family History, Entry for Donald G. Donaldson

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7SL-YQX : accessed 14 October 2020), Donald Donaldson in household of Gordon Donaldson, Detroit (Districts 0751-0879), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 819, sheet 126A, line 5, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1065; FHL microfilm 2,340,800.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHSF-LLX : 29 July 2019), Donald Donaldson in household of Marcella Donaldson, Ward 21, Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-1480B, sheet 4B, line 64, family 78, 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 1884.

• "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4G-DNQP : 29 November 2018), Donald Gordon Donaldson and Carolyn Sue Jones, 20 Jun 1949; citing Marriage, Clark, Nevada, United States, Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, Las Vegas; FHL microfilm 005241850.

• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K82C-6T8 : 8 December 2017), Donald Gordon Donaldson and Carolyn Sue Jones, 19 Aug 1950; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,117,780.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V37L-BZ3 : 22 August 2020), Donald G Donaldson, 05 Apr 2003; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).