Elizabeth anne mcdonald biography of william
When Elizabeth Anne " Betty " McDonald was born on 14 July 1922, in Ridley Park, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William F McDonald, was 24 and her mother, Gertrude O'Neill, was 25. She married Dino Paul Crocetti on 2 October 1941, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Swarthmore, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died on 11 July 1989, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in At Sea.
McDonald, Elizabeth Clementina (née Mackay) (1910 - 2007)
Born in Oban, Scotland, 9 August 1910; died in Canberra, ACT, 9 August, 2007.
Daughter of Peter Mackay and Annie Elizabeth née Macintyre. She married Ronald William Fancourt McDonald on 19 November 1938 (died April 1991).
She came to Australia with her parents at an early age to the Longreach district where her father had pastoral interests. She was educated in Sydney and later in Edinburgh. On leaving school, she studied art in Sydney under Julian Ashton, Sydney Long, Dattilo Rubbo and at the East Sydney Technical College. She later travelled in India and after her marriage, moved to the country and founded the Young Art Club, the Cowra Art Group and was a foundation member of the Australian Wool Centre at Young NS.W., formed to promote spinning and weaving.
It was while living on the property in New South Wales that she intensified her interest in wildflowers and began compiling the first of a series of sketch books which now cover more than a thousand flowers from most areas of Australia.
Following her move to Maleny in 1973, she travelled extensively with her husband by campervan throughout Australia, including the Birdsville Track, the Tanami Desert, the Kimberleys and round Australia. Her husband died in 1991 and she moved to Canberra in 1999.
She has had one-man exhibitions at David Jones, Canberra; David Jones, Brisbane and McDonnell & East's Queensland Room as well as exhibiting at the Royal Queensland Art Society where she was a member. She has won a number of awards in various exhibitions in New South Wales and is represented in many private collections.
In addition to her artistic ability, Elizabeth McDonald was an expert spinner and weaver, a potter and wrote prose and verse. She was a competent public speaker, Elder of the Uniting Church, an a very useful pianist and an excellent cook.
She died on her 97th birthday on 9 August 2007.
She was the a ElizabethAnne(Betty)Martin formerly McDonald Daughter of William Francis McDonald and Gertrude (O'Neill) McDonald [sibling(s) unknown] Mother of [private son (1940s - unknown)], Claudia Dean (Martin) Roberts, [private daughter (1940s - unknown)] and Deana Martin Profile last modified | Created 6 Jul 2017 This page has been accessed 10,120 times. Elizabeth was born July 14, 1922 in Ridley Park, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. She lived in Swarthmore for about 18 years and was a graduate of the Class of 1940 at Swarthmore High School, where she was an outstanding athlete and captain of the lacrosse and hockey teams in her senior year. Elizabeth MacDonald Martin, 66, formerly of Swarthmore, passed away on July 7, 1989 at her home in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. Funeral services were held in California. After her body was cremated, the ashes were scattered over the San Francisco Bay. Although she was cremated, there is a findagrave memorial in her honor.. She is survived by four children, Craig, Claudia, Gail, Dina, and four sisters. Entertainer Dean Martin was her former husband and father of her children. Name: Elizabeth A Mcdonald Gender: Female Age: 19 Birth Date: abt 1922 Marriage Date: 2 Oct 1941 Marriage Place: Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Father: William F Mcdonald Mother: Gertrude O'Neill Spouse: Dino Crocetti Film Number: 001902387 Name: Elizabeth A McDonald [Elizabeth A Macdonald] Age: 18 Estimated Birth Year: a . Elizabeth Anne (McDonald) Martin (1922 - 1989)
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