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Note: N176 1881- resided in St. Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland 1884- immigration from Scotland to USA 1887- arrival USA (online tree gives this as date of arrival in US, but census records say 1884) 1900 - Census - Peter Donaldson (23) and his wife Mathilda (21) resided at 2534 Seventh Ave., Manhattan, New York, New York; Occupation carpenter; Immigrated from Scotland in 1887; in the US 13 years. Married in 1900. 1902 - Naturalization Jan 29 - Peter Donaldson, b. Aug 6 1876, carpenter, living at 293 8th ave, NYC, NY; arrived in NY April 12 1887; Witness John Donaldson, shoemaker, living at same address. 1910 Census - Peter Donaldson (33) and Mathilda (32) are living on Fourth Street in Hackensack, Bergen Co., NJ with John Dondaldson (68), Peter’s widowed father, and chidren John (5), Martha W (4), and Ruth (6/12. Peter and Mathilda have been married 10 years. John has 4 living children. Mathilda was the mother of 4 children at that time with 3 living. This census record reports 1884 as the year of immigration for both John and Peter. John is a shoemaker, Peter a carpenter building houses. John owns the home. 1912 -on 2 November at 4:10 P.M. Peter Donaldson (36 yrs, 2 mos, 28 da) died in an accident in Nyack, Rockland Co., NJ from a fractured pelvis. Father was John Donaldson and mother Agnes Dugan, both from Scotland. Buried Nov 2, 1912.
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