Don was born on the family farm near Fortuna, Missouri.
The 1940 census has Don living in Berkeley, California, as the head of household with his first wife, Melba L. Cook, and his 14-year old stepdaughter, Norma D. Holt. Melba was 34 years old and was born in Illinois. My only other information about Melba is the 1930 census. She is listed as Melba L. Holt, 24 years old, divorced and a roomer at the address. There is no child listed.
Don married his second wife, Mary Margaret McKenna, on September 14, 1946. She was born May 10, 1907, in San Francisco, California, the daughter of John Joseph and Mary Margaret (O'Callahan) McKenna. She died November 27, 1961 in Yerington, Nevada, and is buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Francisco.
Don and Mary Margaret's children:
Rosemary, born July 19, 1947, Berkeley, California.
Joan Elizabeth, born September 21, 1949, Berkeley, California.
The 1940 census has Don living in Berkeley, California, as the head of household with his first wife, Melba L. Cook, and his 14-year old stepdaughter, Norma D. Holt. Melba was 34 years old and was born in Illinois. My only other information about Melba is the 1930 census. She is listed as Melba L. Holt, 24 years old, divorced and a roomer at the address. There is no child listed.
Don married his second wife, Mary Margaret McKenna, on September 14, 1946. She was born May 10, 1907, in San Francisco, California, the daughter of John Joseph and Mary Margaret (O'Callahan) McKenna. She died November 27, 1961 in Yerington, Nevada, and is buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Francisco.
Don and Mary Margaret's children:
Rosemary, born July 19, 1947, Berkeley, California.
Joan Elizabeth, born September 21, 1949, Berkeley, California.
Don was born on the family farm near Fortuna, Missouri.
The 1940 census has Don living in Berkeley, California, as the head of household with his first wife, Melba L. Cook, and his 14-year old stepdaughter, Norma D. Holt. Melba was 34 years old and was born in Illinois. My only other information about Melba is the 1930 census. She is listed as Melba L. Holt, 24 years old, divorced and a roomer at the address. There is no child listed.
Don married his second wife, Mary Margaret McKenna, on September 14, 1946. She was born May 10, 1907, in San Francisco, California, the daughter of John Joseph and Mary Margaret (O'Callahan) McKenna. She died November 27, 1961 in Yerington, Nevada, and is buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Francisco.
Don and Mary Margaret's children:
Rosemary, born July 19, 1947, Berkeley, California.
Joan Elizabeth, born September 21, 1949, Berkeley, California.
The 1940 census has Don living in Berkeley, California, as the head of household with his first wife, Melba L. Cook, and his 14-year old stepdaughter, Norma D. Holt. Melba was 34 years old and was born in Illinois. My only other information about Melba is the 1930 census. She is listed as Melba L. Holt, 24 years old, divorced and a roomer at the address. There is no child listed.
Don married his second wife, Mary Margaret McKenna, on September 14, 1946. She was born May 10, 1907, in San Francisco, California, the daughter of John Joseph and Mary Margaret (O'Callahan) McKenna. She died November 27, 1961 in Yerington, Nevada, and is buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Francisco.
Don and Mary Margaret's children:
Rosemary, born July 19, 1947, Berkeley, California.
Joan Elizabeth, born September 21, 1949, Berkeley, California.
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