Jenny Ann Midyat and her husband, Serhat, acquired a three-bedroom, two-bath home at 2220 Pelham Drive in Afton Oaks/River Oaks from Martha Mignon MacDonald, Basil Anthony MacDonald, Peter Courtlandt MacDonald and the estate of Mary F. MacDonald on Dec. 9.

The 2,608-square-foot home in the River Oaks subdivision was built in 1937. It is valued at $785,000.

Ms. Midyat is a global compensation manager at Baker Hughes, an oilfield services company headquartered in Houston. She previously worked in the human resources department of Nokia in Istanbul, Turkey.

She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in chemical engineering.

Mary F. Macdonald worked at Texas Crude, Inc., at the Italian Consulate and at European Imports.

She graduated from Trinity College and Portia Law School in Boston, Massachusetts.

She died in May 2010.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 231 home sales in Afton Oaks/River Oaks during the past 12 months.

Address: 2220 Pelham Drive
Buyer(s): Jenny Ann Midyat (and others) and Serhat Midyat (and others)
Seller(s): Martha Mignon Macdonald Iupe (and others), Basil Anthony Macdonald (and others) (and others), Martha Mignon Macdonald (and others), Mary F Macdonald (and others) (Estate) and Peter Courtlandt Macdonald
Sale date: Dec. 9, 2010