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Rebecca Lawrence Van Eman Donaldson

Birth	:	16 Oct 1821
Death	:	2 May 1911
Burial	:	Chartiers Hill Cemetery, Canonsburg, Washington County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.2414017, -80.1766968
Description	:	Lacking but five and a half months of reaching her 90th year, Mrs. Rebecca L. Donaldson died at 8:15 Tuesday morning at the home of her son, J. W. Donaldson, in North Strabane township. She had been in poor health for a number of years, and for six months had been confined to bed. She survived her husband, John Donaldson, more than a half century, he having died in 1857. Mrs. Donaldson's maiden name was VanEman, a daughter of William and Mary (Brocket) VanEman, and she was born on the Morganza lands October 16, 1821. Her parents were among... Read More	Lacking but five and a half months of reaching her 90th year, Mrs. Rebecca L. Donaldson died at 8:15 Tuesday morning at the home of her son, J. W. Donaldson, in North Strabane township. She had been in poor health for a number of years, and for six months had been confined to bed. She survived her husband, John Donaldson, more than a half century, he having died in 1857. Mrs. Donaldson's maiden name was VanEman, a daughter of William and Mary (Brocket) VanEman, and she was born on the Morganza lands October 16, 1821. Her parents were among the earlier settlers in this community. Following her marriage to John Donaldsson the couple resided at Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio, not far from Cincinnati. Here John Donaldson carried on carriage-making, and the family was a near neighbor of the Grant family, one of whose members was destined to be numbered with the great. Ulysses Grant, then a young man, spent much time about the Donaldson carriage shop, and Mrs. Donaldson well remembered the young man when he was the exclusive property of the Point Pleasant community, and not of the nation and the world. Mrs. Donaldson's husband died in 1857, she and her husband having spent their entire married life in Ohio. Later Mrs. Donaldson returned to this community and purchased property near the Hill church. She lived here about twenty years, leaving it in 1879 to make her home with her son, J. W. Donaldsson. besides whom two daughters, Mrs. W. . M. Liggitt and Miss Mary E. Donaldson, both of San Francisco, Cal. survive. The late Rev. T. B. VanEman and Mrs. James Grier of Canonsburg and Mrs. Mercer of Saltsburg were brothers and sisters, respectively, of the deceased. William VanEman, father of the deceased, was a millwright in his day and among other plants erected by him was the Smith mill, near the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Mrs. Donaldson was for more than a half century a member of the old Chartiers (Hill) church. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday from the Donaldson home, followed by interment in the cemetery at the Hill church. The Daily Notes Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 02 May 1911, Tue • Page 1

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Latitude: 40.2414017
Longitude: -80.1766968

Family Members:

Parent

William VanEman

(1794 - 1829)

Mary Bracken Vaneman

(1792 - 1857)

Spouse

Siblings

Hannah VanEman Grier

(1825 - 1906)

Children

John William Donaldson

(1853 - 1938)

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