Mary Catherine's parents were enumerated in the 1880 census, June19, with no children. Mary Kate, as she was often called, was born about four months later in October.
1880 TEXAS CENSUS, Collin County, Pct 2, #279 - W. P. Bilderback, head, age 31, farmer, born Oh, father born NJ, mother's born Va; -J. T., wife, age 18, born Texas, father born NC, mother born Ky.
McDonald neighbors were two households away. Kate was fifteen years old when she married James William McDonald, in 1896, Collin County, Texas. She had three children in the next four years, but only one had survived when the 1900 census was taken. Infants Charles and Annabelle, were buried in Collin County.
1900 TEXAS CENSUS, Collin County, Farmersville - James W. McDonald, age 23, born Feb 1777 Tx, marr 4 yrs (James William); -Kate, wife, age 19, b. Oct 1880 Tx, marr 4 yrs, 3 children/1 living (Mary Catherine); -William, son, age 6/12, born Tx (Marion William); -Edgar, brother, age 21, born Tx (George Edgar).
Mary Catherine had five more children during the next ten years. Only two survived.
1910 INDIAN TERRITORY CENSUS, Stephens Co., McPherson (now Comanche, Ok) - James W. McDonald, head, age 33, marr 13 yrs, farmer, born Tx (James William); -Mary K., age 30, wife, marr 13 yrs., 8 children/3 living, born Tx (Mary Catherine) -Marion W., age 10, son, farm labor, home farm, born Tx (Marion William); -Thelma V., age 6, daughter, born Indian Terr. (Thelma Vester); -Leola, age 1, daughter, born Indian Territory (Lee Ola).
The ninth child, Moses Benjamin, was born January 22, 1911 and named for his paternal grandfather. He was about a year old when Mary Catherine was stricken with spinal meningitis and their house quarantined. Vester remembered the day her mother couldn't get out of bed. The eight year old had never cooked a meal. She worried as mealtime approached and finally took utensils and ingredients to her mother's bedside. She always remembered that day when her dying mother taught her how to make biscuits. In fifteen years of marriage, Mary Catherine had nine children and buried five. She was laid to rest in the Fairlawn Cemetery near three of her babies, Clarence, Julian and Mavis. In time, headstones at graves around them were inscribed with surnames of their neighbors listed in the 1910 census. James William sent the four surviving children by train to his parents in New Mexico and he soon followed.
Children:
1. Charles McDonald 1897-1898
2. Annabelle McDonald 1898-1899
3. Marion William McDonald 1899-1967
4. Clarence McDonald 1901-1902
5. Thelma Vester McDonald Snider 1903-1998
6. Julian McDonald 1905-1906
7. Mavis McDonald 1907-1908
8. Lee Ola McDonald Miller 1909-1985
9. Moses Benjamin McDonald 1911-1992
-Blanche Keating Collie
1880 TEXAS CENSUS, Collin County, Pct 2, #279 - W. P. Bilderback, head, age 31, farmer, born Oh, father born NJ, mother's born Va; -J. T., wife, age 18, born Texas, father born NC, mother born Ky.
McDonald neighbors were two households away. Kate was fifteen years old when she married James William McDonald, in 1896, Collin County, Texas. She had three children in the next four years, but only one had survived when the 1900 census was taken. Infants Charles and Annabelle, were buried in Collin County.
1900 TEXAS CENSUS, Collin County, Farmersville - James W. McDonald, age 23, born Feb 1777 Tx, marr 4 yrs (James William); -Kate, wife, age 19, b. Oct 1880 Tx, marr 4 yrs, 3 children/1 living (Mary Catherine); -William, son, age 6/12, born Tx (Marion William); -Edgar, brother, age 21, born Tx (George Edgar).
Mary Catherine had five more children during the next ten years. Only two survived.
1910 INDIAN TERRITORY CENSUS, Stephens Co., McPherson (now Comanche, Ok) - James W. McDonald, head, age 33, marr 13 yrs, farmer, born Tx (James William); -Mary K., age 30, wife, marr 13 yrs., 8 children/3 living, born Tx (Mary Catherine) -Marion W., age 10, son, farm labor, home farm, born Tx (Marion William); -Thelma V., age 6, daughter, born Indian Terr. (Thelma Vester); -Leola, age 1, daughter, born Indian Territory (Lee Ola).
The ninth child, Moses Benjamin, was born January 22, 1911 and named for his paternal grandfather. He was about a year old when Mary Catherine was stricken with spinal meningitis and their house quarantined. Vester remembered the day her mother couldn't get out of bed. The eight year old had never cooked a meal. She worried as mealtime approached and finally took utensils and ingredients to her mother's bedside. She always remembered that day when her dying mother taught her how to make biscuits. In fifteen years of marriage, Mary Catherine had nine children and buried five. She was laid to rest in the Fairlawn Cemetery near three of her babies, Clarence, Julian and Mavis. In time, headstones at graves around them were inscribed with surnames of their neighbors listed in the 1910 census. James William sent the four surviving children by train to his parents in New Mexico and he soon followed.
Children:
1. Charles McDonald 1897-1898
2. Annabelle McDonald 1898-1899
3. Marion William McDonald 1899-1967
4. Clarence McDonald 1901-1902
5. Thelma Vester McDonald Snider 1903-1998
6. Julian McDonald 1905-1906
7. Mavis McDonald 1907-1908
8. Lee Ola McDonald Miller 1909-1985
9. Moses Benjamin McDonald 1911-1992
-Blanche Keating Collie
Mary Catherine's parents were enumerated in the 1880 census, June19, with no children. Mary Kate, as she was often called, was born about four months later in October.
1880 TEXAS CENSUS, Collin County, Pct 2, #279 - W. P. Bilderback, head, age 31, farmer, born Oh, father born NJ, mother's born Va; -J. T., wife, age 18, born Texas, father born NC, mother born Ky.
McDonald neighbors were two households away. Kate was fifteen years old when she married James William McDonald, in 1896, Collin County, Texas. She had three children in the next four years, but only one had survived when the 1900 census was taken. Infants Charles and Annabelle, were buried in Collin County.
1900 TEXAS CENSUS, Collin County, Farmersville - James W. McDonald, age 23, born Feb 1777 Tx, marr 4 yrs (James William); -Kate, wife, age 19, b. Oct 1880 Tx, marr 4 yrs, 3 children/1 living (Mary Catherine); -William, son, age 6/12, born Tx (Marion William); -Edgar, brother, age 21, born Tx (George Edgar).
Mary Catherine had five more children during the next ten years. Only two survived.
1910 INDIAN TERRITORY CENSUS, Stephens Co., McPherson (now Comanche, Ok) - James W. McDonald, head, age 33, marr 13 yrs, farmer, born Tx (James William); -Mary K., age 30, wife, marr 13 yrs., 8 children/3 living, born Tx (Mary Catherine) -Marion W., age 10, son, farm labor, home farm, born Tx (Marion William); -Thelma V., age 6, daughter, born Indian Terr. (Thelma Vester); -Leola, age 1, daughter, born Indian Territory (Lee Ola).
The ninth child, Moses Benjamin, was born January 22, 1911 and named for his paternal grandfather. He was about a year old when Mary Catherine was stricken with spinal meningitis and their house quarantined. Vester remembered the day her mother couldn't get out of bed. The eight year old had never cooked a meal. She worried as mealtime approached and finally took utensils and ingredients to her mother's bedside. She always remembered that day when her dying mother taught her how to make biscuits. In fifteen years of marriage, Mary Catherine had nine children and buried five. She was laid to rest in the Fairlawn Cemetery near three of her babies, Clarence, Julian and Mavis. In time, headstones at graves around them were inscribed with surnames of their neighbors listed in the 1910 census. James William sent the four surviving children by train to his parents in New Mexico and he soon followed.
Children:
1. Charles McDonald 1897-1898
2. Annabelle McDonald 1898-1899
3. Marion William McDonald 1899-1967
4. Clarence McDonald 1901-1902
5. Thelma Vester McDonald Snider 1903-1998
6. Julian McDonald 1905-1906
7. Mavis McDonald 1907-1908
8. Lee Ola McDonald Miller 1909-1985
9. Moses Benjamin McDonald 1911-1992
-Blanche Keating Collie
1880 TEXAS CENSUS, Collin County, Pct 2, #279 - W. P. Bilderback, head, age 31, farmer, born Oh, father born NJ, mother's born Va; -J. T., wife, age 18, born Texas, father born NC, mother born Ky.
McDonald neighbors were two households away. Kate was fifteen years old when she married James William McDonald, in 1896, Collin County, Texas. She had three children in the next four years, but only one had survived when the 1900 census was taken. Infants Charles and Annabelle, were buried in Collin County.
1900 TEXAS CENSUS, Collin County, Farmersville - James W. McDonald, age 23, born Feb 1777 Tx, marr 4 yrs (James William); -Kate, wife, age 19, b. Oct 1880 Tx, marr 4 yrs, 3 children/1 living (Mary Catherine); -William, son, age 6/12, born Tx (Marion William); -Edgar, brother, age 21, born Tx (George Edgar).
Mary Catherine had five more children during the next ten years. Only two survived.
1910 INDIAN TERRITORY CENSUS, Stephens Co., McPherson (now Comanche, Ok) - James W. McDonald, head, age 33, marr 13 yrs, farmer, born Tx (James William); -Mary K., age 30, wife, marr 13 yrs., 8 children/3 living, born Tx (Mary Catherine) -Marion W., age 10, son, farm labor, home farm, born Tx (Marion William); -Thelma V., age 6, daughter, born Indian Terr. (Thelma Vester); -Leola, age 1, daughter, born Indian Territory (Lee Ola).
The ninth child, Moses Benjamin, was born January 22, 1911 and named for his paternal grandfather. He was about a year old when Mary Catherine was stricken with spinal meningitis and their house quarantined. Vester remembered the day her mother couldn't get out of bed. The eight year old had never cooked a meal. She worried as mealtime approached and finally took utensils and ingredients to her mother's bedside. She always remembered that day when her dying mother taught her how to make biscuits. In fifteen years of marriage, Mary Catherine had nine children and buried five. She was laid to rest in the Fairlawn Cemetery near three of her babies, Clarence, Julian and Mavis. In time, headstones at graves around them were inscribed with surnames of their neighbors listed in the 1910 census. James William sent the four surviving children by train to his parents in New Mexico and he soon followed.
Children:
1. Charles McDonald 1897-1898
2. Annabelle McDonald 1898-1899
3. Marion William McDonald 1899-1967
4. Clarence McDonald 1901-1902
5. Thelma Vester McDonald Snider 1903-1998
6. Julian McDonald 1905-1906
7. Mavis McDonald 1907-1908
8. Lee Ola McDonald Miller 1909-1985
9. Moses Benjamin McDonald 1911-1992
-Blanche Keating Collie
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