Donaldson, Ebenezer F.
(1859-1906)



Birth: September 1859
Death: October 12, 1906, Elwood, Madison County, IN
Parents: James & Lucinda (Groves) Donaldson
Spouse: Cora Jacobs, married January 14, 1886
Known Children: Robert Hugh, Clarabel, Ralph Thomas
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Individual Number: 1723


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Name Used		 Worker Type Studio Location or
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- E. F. Donaldson Studio owner Elwood, Madison County, IN 509 S. Anderson St.
1900-August 1900* E. F. Donaldson Studio owner Elwood, Madison County, IN
1902-1903 E. F. Donaldson Studio owner Elwood, Madison County, IN 306 S. Anderson St.
1906*- E. F. Donaldson Studio owner Tipton, Tipton County, IN


















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OriginalDeathState: IN
OriginalDeathCounty: Madison
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Parents: James & Lucinda (Groves) Donaldson
Children: Robert Hugh, Clarabel, Ralph Thomas
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OriginalNotes: Ancestry.com. Indiana Marriage Records Index, 1845-1920. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original Data: Works Progress Administration. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.
Marriage Records 1882 - 1899 [Books 10 - 13]  Wabash County, Indiana 
Name: Cora Jacobs  Spouse: Eben R. Donaldson 
Marriage Date: 14 Jan 1886  Book: 11  Original Source Page: 4

1880 Census, Wabash Co.
Eben Donaldson, age 20, b. IN, at school living with family James and Lucinda Donaldson and other siblings. James was carpenter

Mederos/Hall Family Tree / Ancestry.com
Ebenezer F. Donaldson b. Sep 1859 to James Donaldson and Lucinda Groves
d. 12 Oct. 1906, Elwood, m. Cora Martha Jacobs; lists 3 children
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City: Elwood
State: IN
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OriginalSource: IHS photograph backstamped with E.F. Donaldson, 509 S. Anderson St., Elwood, Ind., (see The Bridge, May/June 1995, p. 3 "Can you Identify the Photograph.")  States that Donaldson was not listed in 1894-95 directory for Anderson and Madison Co.
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Name: E. F. Donaldson
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OriginalSource: St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Sept. 1900, p. 429:
The studio of E. E. Donaldson and his residence adjoining were totally destroyed by fire August 4th.  The loss is $1,000 with no insurance.  Mr. Donaldson is located at Elwood.
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PersonID: 1601
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NameFirst: Donaldson ~Eben F.
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Address1: 306 S. Anderson St.
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City: Elwood
State: IN
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OriginalSource: 1902-03 Anderson and Madison County Directory, Donaldson listed as photographer at 306 S. Anderson St., Elwood, IN

1902 Business and Professional Directory of Central Indiana, 1902 (Union Directory Company, Indianapolis), p. 178, Donaldson, 306 S. Anderson st.

1902-1903 Polk's Anderson City Directory, p. 478
Eben F. Donaldson, 309 S. Anderson
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NameFirst: Donaldson ~Eben F.
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City: Tipton
State: IN
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OriginalSource: Call-Leader (Elwood, Indiana), January 27, 1906, p. 1
E. F. Donaldson, photographer, who recently established a studio at Tipton, told reported that he was doing well in his new location at that place. Since his removal to that city, the only remaining studio in that place has changed hands and now Donaldson has the right of way.
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