Born on the 18th November 1880, the son of Daniel
& Eliza MacDonald.

1881 Census - 23 Hazel Street, Salford.   Son -
aged: 4 months - born: Salford.   Head of
household - Daniel MacDonald - Married - aged: 24
- occ: Farm Labourer - born: Birmingham,
Warwickshire.   Also Eliza MacDonald - Wife -
aged: 32 - born: Oakengate, Shropshire.  Plus 1
elder brother.

1891 Census - Lister Street, Pendleton, Salford.  
Son - aged: 10 - born: Salford.   Head of
household - Elizabeth MacDonald - Widow - aged: 38
- occ: Charwoman - born: Willington, Shropshire.  
Plus 5 siblings.

1901 Census - 11 Pheonix Street, Pendleton,
Salford.   Step-son - aged: 20 - occ: Wine
Merchant's Assistant - born: Salford.   Head of
household - Henry Bell - Married - aged: 45 - occ:
Stone Mason's Lanbourer - born: West Bromwich,
Staffordshire.   Also Eliza Bell (his mother) -
Wife - aged: 49 - born: Oaken Gates, Shropshire.  
Plus 3 younger siblings.  

1911 Census - 5 Frank Street, Pendleton, Salford. 
 Step-son - aged: 30 - occ: Wine Merchant's
Assistant.    Head of household - Henry Bell -
Married - aged: 58 - occ: Flagging Lanbourer at
Municipal Stone masons - born: West Bromwich,
Staffordshire.   Also Eliza Bell (his mother) -
Wife - aged: 62 - born: Wellington, Shropshire.

Married Gladys Wallis during the September quarter
1934 in the Barton upon Irwell R.D. - ref:
8c/1676.   Gladys was also killed in this
incident.

1939 National Registration - 284 Oxford Road,
Manchester.   David MacDonald - Married - born:
18th November 1880 - occ: Fish Fryer.   Gladys
MacDonald - Married - born: 23rd January 1899 -
occ: Fish Fryer & Unpaid Domestic Duties.

The bomb site is shown on the Manchester Bomb Maps
- 104 part 15  (University of Manchester Library).
  This shows that an H.E. bomb dropped on the
corner of Oxford Road and Ducie Street - on the
corner property - No. 284 (a direct hit).    Ducie
Sreet is no longer there and it is now the site of
a car park.  Nos. 284 to 292 all had to be
demolished and post war Nos. 294 & 296 have been
demolished, but the row of shops Nos. 298 to 310
opposite Grafton Street are still there.  Three
properties on the other side of Oxford Road
opposite No. 284 also had to be demolished due to
this incident and the Methodist Church next to
them was damaged, as was a hotel on the other side
Ducie Street.

CWGC - of 284 Oxford Road. Son of the late Daniel
and Eliza Macdonald, of Duchy Farm, Duchy Lane,
Pendleton; husband of Gladys Macdonald. Died at
284 Oxford Road.

Buried in his wife's parent's grave.  Buried
02/01/1941 - Burial No. 4,418.