Hortense McDuck

Biography from Don Rossa
Hortense McDuck is the youngest three children. She was very young when her 9 years older brother Scrooge left Scotland for America. But even then she had developed her image - a somewhat wild mood. And when Scrooge got a horse with a wild temper in America he named it after her. She left Scotland and went to America with her sister Matilda in 1920. On their way to America Hortense dreamt about meeting nice American cowboys. However after her arrival in Duckburg she met Quackmore Duck (a descendant of The founder of Duckburg, Cornelius Coot) with a temper very similar to her own. In the beginning of Lo$ part XI - The Empire-Builder from Calisota that takes place in 1908 Don Rosa shows that she and Quackmore Duck were engaged. They finally were married some years later. From 1902 to 1930 she and Matilda worked for Scrooge. Around 1908 while Scrooge was abroad they hired Miss Emily Quackfaster as Scrooges new secretary. When Scrooge finally returned to Duckburg in 1930 she and the rest of the family prepared for nice reunion, but because of Scrooges unpleasant behaviour when he returned she, and the rest of the family left him.

Whatever happened to Hortense, Quackmore and their kids after that incident is for the mostly unknown. What we know is that Donald appeared in Duckburg in the 1940's and that Della lived elsewhere.