Hoping to get some feedback on my theory.
I've been trying to figure out the maiden name of Nathan Paine's wife. Her name is Margaret A. and she was born in New York in roughly 1862. All the Censuses I have found her in with Nathan indicate her father was born in England and her mother in Ireland.
Here is the list of Sources for Nathan - the one in 1880 is Nathan with his parents and the ones after that have Margaret in them.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZDZ-BYC
: 7 September 2017), Nathan Paine in household of Carlos Paine, Nunda, Livingston, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 35, sheet 342A,
NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0859; FHL microfilm 1,254,859.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPZ-2KG
: accessed 20 May 2018), Nathan Paine, Genesse Falls Township, Wyoming, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 6A, family
156, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,179.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M54K-CH7
: accessed 20 May 2018), Nathan A Paine, Buffalo Ward 19, Erie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 183, sheet 15A, family 308,
NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 946; FHL microfilm 1,374,959.
• "New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch(
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSWS-F7G
: 8 November 2014), Nathan A Paine, Buffalo Ward 24, A.D. 01, E.D. 11, Erie, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized
by FamilySearch; citing p. 11, line 19, New York State Archives, Albany.
I happened to decide to do a search through the 1880 Census for people named "Margaret A." that were born in New York around 1862 to see if I could potentially find Margaret with her parents.
I happened to find Margaret A. Drury, who is living in the exact town in New York that Nathan was in 1880! She also was born in 1862 and her father was born in England, mother in Ireland.
Do you think I could have enough evidence to tentatively confirm that Nathan's wife Margaret's maiden name was Drury?
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZD8-MG7 : 7 September 2017), Margaret A Drury in household of Samuel L Drury, Nunda Station, Livingston, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 34, sheet 326C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0859; FHL microfilm 1,254,859.
Notice the town/county match to Nathan's entry for the 1880 Census at the top of the post.
Note that I did find the marriage index for Nathan and Margaret's son Lyle, though the index does not list the parent's names and I really don't have the money to find the required death certificates for both Lyle and his wife to be able to qualify to get a copy of their marriage record sadly.
