Margaret Ellen Wilkin was born in July 1849 in Licking Co., Ohio. She was the daughter of John Wilkin and Margaret Wilkin.
1850 census -- Eden Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA
John Wilkins, age 57, male, , farmer, $3500 real estate, born Virginia; Margaret Wilkins, age 44, female, , born Virginia; Hiram Wilkins, age 23, male, , farmer, born Ohio; Cornelius Wilkins, age 21, male, , farmer, born Ohio; Nathan C Wilkins, age 19, male, , farmer, born Ohio; Mary A Wilkins, age 15, female, , born Ohio; Eli Wilkins, age 12, male, , born Ohio; Margaret E Wilkins, age 1, female, , born Ohio[1]
1860 census -- Eden Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA
John Wilkins, age 68, male, , farmer, $9000 real estate, $1700 personal property, born Virginia; Margaret Wilkins, age 58, female, , born Virginia; Hiram Wilkins, age 30, male, , laborer, born Ohio; Mary A Wilkins, age 24, female, , housekeeper, born Ohio; Margaret Wilkins, age 11, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Julia Dush, age 24, female, , housework, born Ohio[2]
1870 census -- Eden Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA
Hiram Wilkin, age 43, male, , farmer, $9000 real estate, $2000 personal property, born Ohio; Margaret Wilkin, age 66, female, , keeping house, born Virginia; Mary A Wilkin, age 34, female, , at home, born Ohio; Margaret Wilkin, age 20, female, , at home, born Ohio[3]
1880 census -- Eden Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA
Hiram Wilkin, white, male, age 53, single, farmer, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Margaret Wilkin, white, female, age 76, mother, widow, keeping house, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Mary A Wilkin, white, female, age 45, sister, single, at home, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Ella M Wilkin, white, female, age 30, sister, single, at home, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia;[4]
She married(1) John M. Holton 30 October 1884 in Licking Co., Ohio.[5]
1900 census -- Eden Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA
John Holton, head, white, male, born Jan 1849, age 51, married 15 years, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, farmer, own free farm; Ellen M Holton, wife, white, female, born June 1849, age 50, married 15 years, 1 child / 1 living, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Mary A Wilkins, sister-in-law, white, female, born Nov 1834, age 65, single, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Wilkin Holton, son, white, male, born June 1891, age 8, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, at school, attended school; Eli Wilkins, brother-in-law, white, male, born Feb 1838, age 62, single, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia, lawyer[6]
1910 census - Newark, Licking Co., Ohio, USA
Ella M Holton, head, white, female, age 60, widow, 2 children / 0 living, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virgina, own free house; Lucinda Holton, sister-in-law, white, female, age 45, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, hats milliner[7]
She married(2) David Layman 26 April 1911 in Licking Co., Ohio.[8]
1920 census - Newark, Licking Co., Ohio, USA
David Layman, head, own free, white, male, age 73, married, born Ohio, father born West Virginia, mother born Pennsylvania; Elen M Layman, wife, white, female, age 70, married, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia[9]
1930 census - Newark, Licking Co., Ohio, USA
David Layman, head, own $5000, white, male, age 84, married, first married @ 23, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, retired; Ellen M Layman, wife, white, female, age 81, married, first married @ 63, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio[10]
She died 11 January 1936 in Newark, Ohio.[11] She is buried in Eden Cemetery in Eden Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio.[12]
Additional Information:
History of the Descendants of John Hottel, Part 3 - Barbara Hottel, William David Huddle & completed by his wife Lulu May Harden Huddle published by Shenandoah Publishing House, Strasburg, Va., 1930 pp. 980
1081y-f MARGARET ELLEN WILKIN6 b. in Eden Twp., Licking Co., O., July 30, 1849; m. first Oct. 30, 1884, JOHN M. HOLTON, b. Jan. 1, 1849; m. second, Apr. 10, 1910, DAVID LAYMAN, b. in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Sept. 10, 1846. Retired farmer, both living in Newark, O.
↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZV5-PJG : 8 March 2021), Ellen M Layman, 11 Jan 1936; citing Licking, Ohio, reference fn 4012; FHL microfilm 2,022,608.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54745143/margaret-ellen-holton: accessed 12 September 2023), memorial page for Margaret Ellen “Ellen” Wilkin Holton (29 Jul 1849–1936), Find A Grave: Memorial #54745143, citing Eden Cemetery, Eden Township, Licking County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Donna (contributor 47016594).
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