LIFE

1860 CENSUS (date illegible, Linda, Yuba, CA):
George MCDONALD (35y; b. <1825>, IRELAND) farmer
Margaret (32y; b. <1828>, IRELAND)
- George (2y; b. CA)
- Thomas H. (1y; b. CA)

1870 CENSUS (4 June 1870, Linda, Yuba, CA):
George MCDONALD (40 y; b. Ireland)
Margaret (40y; b. Ireland)
- Charles (13y; b. CA)
- Henry (11y; b. CA) = Thomas Hood?

1880 CENSUS (22 June 1880, Linda, Yuba, CA):
George MCDONALD (56y; b. Ireland)
Margaret (53y; b. Ireland)
- Aleid/Alice? (29y; b. Ireland; daughter)
- George Chas (22y; b. CA)
- Thos. H. (20y; b. CA)

1900 CENSUS (13 June 1900, Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT):
Thomas H. MACDONALD (40y) (b. July 1859, California) manager Graphophone (parents from CANADA)
Sophie B. MACDONALD (36y) (b. Sept 1863, Washington DC) (parents from GERMANY)
- Russell G. (8y) (b. June 1891, CT)
- Margaret (1y) (b. Sept 1898, CT)

1910 CENSUS (28/29 Apr 1910, Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT):
Thomas H. MACDONALD (50y; b. in California) consulting engineer Graphophone Factory
Sophie B. MACDONALD (46y)
- Russell G. (19y) clerk Graphophone Factory
- Margaret (11y)

Sophie B. MacDonald in 1935 in Westport, CT
Russell G. MacDonald Canadian Manager of firm in Toronto, Canada (WW I Draft Registr. Cards 1917-1918), living in Pittsburg, Allegheny, PA



Edward D. EASTON (48y) lawyer
final destination: Arcola, NJ
+ Mortimer EASTON (16y)
+ Florence EASTON (14y)
+ Marion DORIAN (45y) Columbia Phonograph
last residence: Paris & London
final destination: Washington
+ Thomas Wood (= Hood) MACDONALD (45y) manager
+ Victor H. EMERSON (38y) expert
final destination: Newark
SS "KAISER WILHELM II"
dep.: 27 July 1904, Southampton
arr.: 1 Aug 1904, New York

inventor of the 'Graphophone Grand', the world's first clockwork-powered cylinder player.
Columbia
manager of the Graphophone Company until his death in 1911