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6. Gertrude Mabel MCDONALD was born on NOV 24 1903 in Iron Mountain, Laramie County, Wyoming. She appeared on the census in 1920 in Iron Mountain, Laramie County, Wyoming. She died on SEP 8 1996 in Glendora, California - Los Angeles County. She was buried on SEP 13 1996 in Rose Hills - Garden of Devotion lot 728. When she was young she used to grab a horse by the tail and swing on it, she was told this was dangerous but she continued to do it until one day the horse kicked her and knocked out her front teeth.
Her brother Ned remembers one Halloween she decided to play a trick on her kids who were in the front yard so she put a sheet over her head and went out and yelled Boo ! I guess it startled her son Donald so much he picked up a stick and knocked her down with it. (No he didn't know it was his mom)
She was called Gertie by her family until later in life she wanted to be referred to a Trudy.
She enjoyed crocheting.

She was married to J. Walter FRASER (son of Simon FRASER and Amy LUBKEN) on NOV 25 1922 in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California. J. Walter FRASER was born on MAY 21 1887 in Tonapa, Nevada. He died on JUL 22 1962 in Pomona, California. He was buried on JUL 25 1962 in Rose Hills - Garden of Devotion lot 728. Walter had a brother named Waldo and he was a real adventurer. He could fly two winged by planes and would Parachute out of them with a sack of Flour tied to his leg and as he was going down would release the flour to show his trail in the sky. Ned would go around the crowd and collect money for the show. Unfortunately he died in a parachute accident in a show. Gertrude Mabel MCDONALD and J. Walter FRASER had the following children:

child+18 i. Donald Walter FRASER.
child+19 ii. Gordon Waldo I FRASER.
child+20 iii. Ellen Marie FRASER.
child+21 iv. Wanda Gertrude FRASER.
child+22 v. Eileen Nedene FRASER.

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