Margaret Cordelia (Vanorsdol) Howard (1844 - 1918)

Born 28 Feb 1844 in Henry Co., Iowa, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Manley Paddleport Vanorsdol and Mary Stratton (Ogden) Vanorsdol

Wife of Charles Wesley Howard — married 15 Nov 1869 in Henry, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1918 at age 74 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA

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Biography

Margaret (Vanorsdol) Howard has English ancestors.

Margaret (Vanorsdol) Howard is the descendant of a New Netherland settler.

Margaret (Vanorsdol) Howard has Irish ancestors.

Margaret Cordelia Vanorsdol was born in 1844. She was the daughter of Manly Paddleport Vanorsdol and Mary Stratton Ogden.^[1][2][3][4]

Margaret married Charles Wesley Howard in 1869, in Iowa^[5] and they had the following children:^[2][3][6][7]

1. Neiswender, Delia Maude (Howard) (b. 10-04-1870 d. Unknown)
2. Howard, Emma Laura (b. 11-03-1872 d. 08-24-1892)
3. Howard, Albert Horton (b. 11-25-1875, Missouri, d. 08-06-1956)
4. Altman, Marietta Nora (Howard) (b. 02-14-1878 d. 12-14-1899)
5. Kingman, Nellie Belle (Howard) (b. 05-29-1881, Iowa, d. 07-09-1966)^[8]
6. Howard, George Cowan (b. 1884, Kansas, d. Unknown)
7. Howard, Joseph Benton (b. 1888, Kansas, d. Unknown)

Margaret passed away in 1918, in Topeka, Kansas. She is buried in the Prairie Home Cemetery in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA.^[2][9]

Mayflower Ancestors

Margaret is directly descended from the following Mayflower passengers (click to see the relationship trail):^[10].

Elinor (Unknown) (Billington) Armstrong

Francis Billington

John Billington

Samuel Eaton

Francis Eaton

Sarah (Unknown) Eaton

Samuel Fuller, Sr.

DNA

• Maternal and Paternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Russell Dowdy, a grandson of Ada Lee Vanorsdol and his third cousin John Kingman. Their MRCAs are their great great grandparents, Manley Paddleport Vanorsdol and Mary Stratton Ogden. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th Cousins, based on sharing 74 centimorgans across 8 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

References: ^{[1] [2] [3] [5] [6] [7] [4] [8] [9] [10]}. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (accessed 2016-07-20), entry for Margaret Cordelia Vanorsdol.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Ancestry Profile or Young Family Tree via a library on Ancestry.com (includes sources).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Powell, William Ogden and Stone, Josie Powell. Ogden-Preston Genealogy. St. Peter, MN: Self Published, 1914. #42, Page 12
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, Ancestry (25 December 2023), Manly Vanorsdall, Marion Township, Henry, Iowa, United States; citing REEL NO: M432-184, PAGE NO: 227a.

   Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
   Manly Vanorsdall	Head	Male	38	New York
   Mary C Vanorsdall	Wife	Female	36	New Jersey
   Benjamin F Vanorsdall	Son	Male	16	Indiana
   George W Vanorsdall	Son	Male	14	Indiana
   James O Vanorsdall	Son	Male	12	Indiana
   Francis M Vanorsdall	Son	Male	7	Iowa
   Cordelia Vanorsdall	Daughter	Female	5	Iowa
   Martha Vanorsdall	Daughter	Female	3	Iowa

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (4 November 2017), Charles W. Howard and Margaret C. Vanorsdol, 15 Nov 1869, Henry, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 965,926.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Howard, Margaret Cordelia (Vanorsdol) on KingmanKin.com
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (20 January 2015), Charles Howard, Soldier Township (part), Shawnee, Kansas, United States; citing sheet 3B, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,500.

   Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
   Charles Howard	Head	Male	58	Ohio
   Margret C Howard	Wife	Female	56	Iowa
   Albert H Howard	Son	Male	25	Missouri
   Nellie D Howard	Daughter	Female	19	Iowa
   George C Howard	Son	Male	16	Kansas
   Joph B Howard	Son	Male	12	Kansas

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} General Society of Mayflower Descendants, "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QDJW-3X7 : accessed 2 October 2020), entry for Nellie Belle Howard, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Margaret Cordelia Vanorsdal Howard on Find A Grave: Memorial #58661660 retrieved 4 Nov 2017
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} See the Relationship Finder's Quick Links for Margaret.
11. ↑ Ancestry.com. Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. FHL Film Number: 965926, Reference ID: 2:24PV86P

See also

• The Ogdens of South Jersey. The descendants of John Ogden of Fairfield, Conn., and New Fairfield, N.J.
• Ancestry.com. Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Iowa, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
• Powell, William Ogden and Stone, Josie Powell. Ogden-Preston Genealogy. St. Peter, MN: Self Published, 1914. Children, Page 15.
• Year: 1870; Census Place: Marion, Henry, Iowa; Roll: M593_395; Page: 274A; Family History Library Film: 545894 online here. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
• Year: 1880; Census Place: Center, Henry, Iowa; Roll: 344; Page: 294C; Enumeration District: 094, online here. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.