Margaret (Anderson) Sheffield (abt. 1814 - bef. 1861)

Born about 1814 in Ireland

Wife of John S. Sheffield — married 5 May 1841 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan Territory

Descendants

Died before 1861 before about age 47 in (Houghton, )Michigan, United States [uncertain]

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Margaret Anderson History

Birth

Margaret Anderson was born in 1814 in Ireland.

Marriage

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I hereby certify that have this joined in Marriage, John Sheffield aged twenty eight years and Margaret Anderson aged twenty five years both of this City. in the presence of. CW Fitch Moses Bottomly Presbyter of the P.E. Church Julia A Fitch Detroit May 5, 1841

CW Fitch stands for Chauncey W Fitch. Presbyter is a another word for Reverend. Rev. Fitch graduated from the Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Detroit in 1829. Chauncey was a professor of Greek and Latin language. During the Civil war, he served as a US military chaplain at Fort Wayne in Detroit.

The Episcopal church was the first church in Michigan Territory & Detroit. The church ideology was somewhat similar to the Church of England. The Episcopal church & the Detroit area were active abolitionists. Detroit was experiencing a boomtown period after the construction of the Erie Canal. Also, many Irish immigrants were coming to the area because it was the height of the Irish potato famine.

One area of Detroit was called Corktown because there was so many Irish originally from the area known as Cork. Many of these immigrants didn't have much money or nice clothes. So many of the new immigrants sat in the pews at the back of the church. The Episcopal Church built a church in Corktown in 1842, nicknamed the Mariner church because of it's ties to the Great lakes mariners. The site was donated by a Julia Anderson, but doesn't seem to be any relation to Margaret.

Moses Bottomly also spelled Bottomley was born in 1812 (about the same age as John) in Manchester, Lancashire, England. He married Mary Curry in Detroit in 1842. Mary is from Ireland. Moses resides in Macomb County, Michigan from 1850-1880. He later shows up in Houghton county, Michigan in 1900 with his US arrival listed as 1830. Moses dies in 1901 in Tamarack, Houghton County, Michigan.

Julia A Fitch might be either the daughter of the Reverend Fitch, or his second wife. His first wife died in 1839.

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Margaret married John Sheffield on the 5th May 1841 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.^[3]

Children of Margaret and John:

1. George A. Sheffield 1832-1923
2. Andrew M. "Andy" Sheffield abt.1846-1887

Margaret passed away sometime before 1861 in Houghton, Michigan.

US Census Collection

Sources

Research Notes

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A Margaret Anderson is Christened on the 30th April 1816 in Agahlee, Antrim, Ireland who is the daughter of a James and Anne Anderson.^[4]

A Margaret Anderson immigrates to the US arriving in Pennsylvania aboard the Ship Carouge in 1837, along with Jane Anderson.^[5] A Jane Anderson is evidenced to have been living in Sandstone Township, Jackson, Michigan, United States in 1840.^[6]

1. ↑ Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940
2. ↑ Margaret Anderson Marriage Research - courtesy Fred Sheffield Jr. 01/24/2016
3. ↑ "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCJQ-7QH : 25 April 2016), John Sheffield and Margaret Anderson, 1841
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRQV-FVM : 5 February 2020), Margaret Anderson, 1816
5. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists Index, 1800-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-H9YR?cc=2173965&wc=MFQ1-FTL%3A1010006401 : 19 June 2014), 003, Anderson, J.-Arl > image 651 of 3476; citing NARA microfilm publication M360 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
6. ↑ United States Census, 1840 Michigan Jackson Sandstone Township

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile created through the import of Thomas Sheffield Descendants.ged on Dec 21, 2011 by Michael Sheffield