Individual Details

Dorothy "Dollie" Clayson

(17 Sep 1881 - 3 Jan 1957)

Riverside Daily Press, Riverside, California, Saturday, January 5, 1957, Page 3, Col. 4: Widow of Former Cement Official Dies in Memphis. Mrs. Dorothy MacDonald died Thursday at the home of her son, the Rev. Malcolm R. MacDonald, rector of Grace St. Luke Episcopal Church in Memphis, Tenn. Funeral services are being held there today. Memorial services will be held in Southern California on a later date.

Mrs. MacDonald was the widow of Earl MacDonald, for many years a resident of Riverside and formerly vice president in charge of operations for Riverside Cement Co. Mrs. MacDonald, who was 74, was born in Minnesota in 1882. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She leaves two sons, Malcolm and Donald, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Riverside Independent Enterprise, Riverside, California, Tuesday, January 8, 1957, Page 30, Col. 2: Former Corona Resident Dies. Corona, Jan. 7.---Dorothy MacDonald, former Corona resident, died last week while visiting a son in Memphis, Tenn., it was learned here today. Services were to be held in Memphis.

A Minnesota native, she came to Corona in 1901, later lived in Riverside and Balboa. Surviving are two sons, Rev. Malcolm MacDonald, of Memphis, and Donald MacDonald, of South Pasadena; eight grandchildren; two brothers, Dr. Frank Clayson of San Pedro, and Walter S. Clayson, of Corona; and a sister, Mrs. T. A. Fraser, of Corona.

Events

Birth	17 Sep 1881	Redwood Falls, Redwood Co., Minnesota
Birth	Abt 1882	Minnesota
Residence	1900	Redwood Falls, Redwood Co., Minnesota
Marriage	19 Jul 1904	Corona, Riverside Co., California - Earle MacDonald
Marriage	17 Jul 1905	Riverside Co., California - Earle MacDonald
Residence	1910	St Paul Ward 7, Ramsey Co., Minnesota
Residence	1920	Riverside, Riverside Co., California
Residence	1930	Riverside, Riverside Co., California
Death	3 Jan 1957	Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee
Alt name		Dorothy Clayson
Alt name		Mrs Dorothy C Macdonald
Burial		Cremated, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California

Families

Spouse	Earle MacDonald (1875 - 1940)
Child	Donald Earle MacDonald (1910 - 1966)
Child	Malcom Richard MacDonald (1913 - 1998)

Father	Walter Scott Clayson (1842 - 1918)
Mother	Charlotte Philetta Horton (1852 - 1927)
Sibling	Marshall Emery Clayson (1869 - 1945)
Sibling	Francis "Frank" H. Clayson (1871 - 1963)
Sibling	Florence Maybelle Clayson (1874 - 1963)
Sibling	Daisy Madalin Clayson (1877 - 1921)
Sibling	Walter Scott Clayson Jr. (1887 - 1972)

Individual Details

Dorothy "Dollie" Clayson

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