Have seen 'McDonald' used too.
Jessie MacDonald was a Canadian.
MacDonald was born and raised in Quebec. She graduated from McGill University, and then attended Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Their mother, Canadian-born Jessie MacDonald (1889–1970), was a Master's graduate from Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. At Radcliffe, in 1911 she met American poet Conrad Aiken. MacDonald and Aiken married in 1912, and had 3 children – John (born 1913, Jane (born 1917), and Joan (born 1924) – all of whom would grow up to be successful novelists.
From 1921 the family lived in England, where their 3rd child were born.
Aiken and McDonald divorced in 1929. Macdonald then married English poet and novelist Martin Armstrong. The two older children were sent to boarding school, while took MacDonald and the youngest, 5-year-old Joan to live at his home in the Sussex Downs. MacDonald homeschooled Joan Aiken until she was 12, when she also was sent to boarding school.
MacDonald never published a book.
Have also seen d.1973
Conrad went onto marry thrice
Jessie McDonald (1912–1929)
Clarissa Lorenz (1930)
Mary Hoover (1937)
Children 3:
John b.1913
Jane b.1917 and
Joan b.1924
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Conrad_Aiken
Born: 1889
Died: 1970
Spouse: Conrad Aiken (m. 1912–1929)
Children: Jane Aiken Hodge, Joan Aiken, John Aiken
her formidably well- educated mother decided to teach her five-year-old daughter (Joan) at home, now situated in the tiny village of Sutton, near Pulborough. Mornings were spent in lessons; afternoons could be passed wandering around the Sussex Downs or, more likely, reading, sometimes perched in the boughs of an accommodating cherry tree.
Jessie MacDonald was a Canadian.
MacDonald was born and raised in Quebec. She graduated from McGill University, and then attended Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Their mother, Canadian-born Jessie MacDonald (1889–1970), was a Master's graduate from Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. At Radcliffe, in 1911 she met American poet Conrad Aiken. MacDonald and Aiken married in 1912, and had 3 children – John (born 1913, Jane (born 1917), and Joan (born 1924) – all of whom would grow up to be successful novelists.
From 1921 the family lived in England, where their 3rd child were born.
Aiken and McDonald divorced in 1929. Macdonald then married English poet and novelist Martin Armstrong. The two older children were sent to boarding school, while took MacDonald and the youngest, 5-year-old Joan to live at his home in the Sussex Downs. MacDonald homeschooled Joan Aiken until she was 12, when she also was sent to boarding school.
MacDonald never published a book.
Have also seen d.1973
Conrad went onto marry thrice
Jessie McDonald (1912–1929)
Clarissa Lorenz (1930)
Mary Hoover (1937)
Children 3:
John b.1913
Jane b.1917 and
Joan b.1924
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Conrad_Aiken
Born: 1889
Died: 1970
Spouse: Conrad Aiken (m. 1912–1929)
Children: Jane Aiken Hodge, Joan Aiken, John Aiken
her formidably well- educated mother decided to teach her five-year-old daughter (Joan) at home, now situated in the tiny village of Sutton, near Pulborough. Mornings were spent in lessons; afternoons could be passed wandering around the Sussex Downs or, more likely, reading, sometimes perched in the boughs of an accommodating cherry tree.
Have seen 'McDonald' used too.
Jessie MacDonald was a Canadian.
MacDonald was born and raised in Quebec. She graduated from McGill University, and then attended Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Their mother, Canadian-born Jessie MacDonald (1889–1970), was a Master's graduate from Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. At Radcliffe, in 1911 she met American poet Conrad Aiken. MacDonald and Aiken married in 1912, and had 3 children – John (born 1913, Jane (born 1917), and Joan (born 1924) – all of whom would grow up to be successful novelists.
From 1921 the family lived in England, where their 3rd child were born.
Aiken and McDonald divorced in 1929. Macdonald then married English poet and novelist Martin Armstrong. The two older children were sent to boarding school, while took MacDonald and the youngest, 5-year-old Joan to live at his home in the Sussex Downs. MacDonald homeschooled Joan Aiken until she was 12, when she also was sent to boarding school.
MacDonald never published a book.
Have also seen d.1973
Conrad went onto marry thrice
Jessie McDonald (1912–1929)
Clarissa Lorenz (1930)
Mary Hoover (1937)
Children 3:
John b.1913
Jane b.1917 and
Joan b.1924
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Conrad_Aiken
Born: 1889
Died: 1970
Spouse: Conrad Aiken (m. 1912–1929)
Children: Jane Aiken Hodge, Joan Aiken, John Aiken
her formidably well- educated mother decided to teach her five-year-old daughter (Joan) at home, now situated in the tiny village of Sutton, near Pulborough. Mornings were spent in lessons; afternoons could be passed wandering around the Sussex Downs or, more likely, reading, sometimes perched in the boughs of an accommodating cherry tree.
Jessie MacDonald was a Canadian.
MacDonald was born and raised in Quebec. She graduated from McGill University, and then attended Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Their mother, Canadian-born Jessie MacDonald (1889–1970), was a Master's graduate from Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. At Radcliffe, in 1911 she met American poet Conrad Aiken. MacDonald and Aiken married in 1912, and had 3 children – John (born 1913, Jane (born 1917), and Joan (born 1924) – all of whom would grow up to be successful novelists.
From 1921 the family lived in England, where their 3rd child were born.
Aiken and McDonald divorced in 1929. Macdonald then married English poet and novelist Martin Armstrong. The two older children were sent to boarding school, while took MacDonald and the youngest, 5-year-old Joan to live at his home in the Sussex Downs. MacDonald homeschooled Joan Aiken until she was 12, when she also was sent to boarding school.
MacDonald never published a book.
Have also seen d.1973
Conrad went onto marry thrice
Jessie McDonald (1912–1929)
Clarissa Lorenz (1930)
Mary Hoover (1937)
Children 3:
John b.1913
Jane b.1917 and
Joan b.1924
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Conrad_Aiken
Born: 1889
Died: 1970
Spouse: Conrad Aiken (m. 1912–1929)
Children: Jane Aiken Hodge, Joan Aiken, John Aiken
her formidably well- educated mother decided to teach her five-year-old daughter (Joan) at home, now situated in the tiny village of Sutton, near Pulborough. Mornings were spent in lessons; afternoons could be passed wandering around the Sussex Downs or, more likely, reading, sometimes perched in the boughs of an accommodating cherry tree.
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