Solano County Biography

William McDonald

William McDonald - born in Frostburg, Allegheny Co., Maryland, in 1850, and moved with his parents to California in 1854, first settling in San Francisco, where they remained three months, and then accompanied them to Vallejo. In 1867 he began an apprenticeship in the bricklayer's department in the Mare Island Navy Yard, where he was employed till elected City Marshal by the Republican party in 1878. Mr. McDonald's father died in Vallejo, Sept. 19th, 1875; his mother is still living, however, and makes her home with him. He married, May 29th, 1870, Miss Mary Brown, by whom he has two children: Amelia, born April 8,1871, and William, born February 10,1875.

History of Solano County, California
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Transcribed by Julie Appletoft, February 2008

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