Margaret (Arbuthnot) Greer (1824 - aft. 1900)

Born 1824 in Ardboe, Tyrone, Ireland

Wife of Robert Greer — married 15 Apr 1856 in Ardboe Derry Ireland

Descendants

Died after 1900 after age 76 in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Eastern Sangamon County Townships One Place Study.

Biography

Name: Robert Greer

Spouse's Name: Margaret Arbuthnot

Event Date: 15 Apr 1856

Event Place: Ardboe, Derry, Ireland

Father's Name: William Greer

Spouse's Father's Name: John Arbuthnot

Marital Status: Single

Spouse's Marital Status: Single^[1]

Civil Marriage

Date of Marriage 15 Apr 1856

Groom Name Robert GREER

Bride Name Margaret ARBUTHNOT

Church Ballygoney Presbyterian Church

Parish Arboe

Civil District Cookstown

County Londonderry

Name Unknown GREER father Robert mother May Arbuthnot

Date of Birth 23 Dec 1864

Group Registration ID 7675723

SR District/Reg Area Magherafelt

Sex N/R

Mother's Birth Surname N/R^[2]

Space

Space: Eastern Sangamon County Townships One Place Study

Early Life

Family

On 2 Jun 1880, John E Constant the enumerator for 1880 US Federal Census in the Buffalo Hart Township reported on the Robert Greer household. The Robert Greer household was between the William H. Matthews household and the Clifton R Lanham household.^[3]
Robert Greer 56 (1824, self, married) b. both he and parents born in Ireland.
Margaret A Greer 56 (1824, wife, married) b. both she and parents born in Ireland.
Elizabeth Greer 21 (1859, daughter, single) both she and parents born in Ireland.
Rachael Greer 17 (1863, daughter, single) both she and parents born in Ireland.
William Greer 15 (1865, son, single) both he and parents born in Ireland.
"Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGCL-RYJ : 12 December 2014), Robert Greer and Margaret Arbuthnot, 15 Apr 1856; citing Ardboe, Derry, Ireland, reference 849, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 101,378.

Additional data

You already have the first, but the second (in spite of purporting to be for a Green!) looks as if it’s her because she’s living with a son William (and his rather young wife), and implied early death of Robert… although an Ancestry tree has Margaret dying in 1891 in Sangamon…

• Margaret A. Greer
• in the 1880 United States Federal Census
• Name: Margaret A. Greer
• Age: 56
• Birth Date: Abt 1824
• Birthplace: Ireland
• Home in 1880: Buffalo Heart, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
• Dwelling Number: 16
• Race: White
• Gender: Female
• Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Marital Status: Married
• Spouse's Name: Robert Greer
• Father's Birthplace: Ireland
• Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
• Occupation: Keeping House
• Neighbors: View others on page
• Household Members:
• Name Age
• Robert Greer 56
• Margaret A. Greer 56
• Elizabeth Greer 21
• Rachael Greer 17
• William Greer 15

• Margarett Greer
• in the 1900 United States Federal Census
• Name: Margarett Greer
• [Margarett Green]
• Age: 75
• Birth Date: Dec 1824
• Birthplace: Ireland
• Home in 1900: Kansas, Woodford, Illinois [Kansas township, Woodford County…]
• Sheet Number: 12
• Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 551
• Family Number: 240
• Race: White
• Gender: Female
• Immigration Year: 1871
• Relation to Head of House: Mother
• Marital Status: Widowed
• Father's Birthplace: Ireland
• Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
• Mother: Number of Living Children: 3
• Mother: How Many Children: 4
• Years in US: 28
• Can Read: Yes
• Can Write: Yes
• Can Speak English: Yes
• House Owned or Rented: R
• Neighbors: View others on page
• Household Members:
• Name Age
• William Greer 35
• Lillian M Greer 18
• Margarett Greer 75

Name: Robert Greer

Spouse's Name: Margaret Arbuthnot

Event Date: 15 Apr 1856

Event Place: Ardboe, Derry, Ireland

Father's Name: William Greer

Spouse's Father's Name: John Arbuthnot

Marital Status: Single

Spouse's Marital Status: Single^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGCL-RYJ
2. ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1865/03589/2323236.pdf
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKX-2ZB : accessed 4 May 2015), Robert Greer, Buffalo Heart, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 200, sheet 206B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0248; FHL microfilm 1,254,248.
4. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGCL-RYJ