Margaret Young (1830 - 1911)

Born 30 Aug 1830 in Brantford, Canada

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Died 11 Nov 1911 at age 81 in Plainfield Township, Kent Count, Michigan

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1830, the daughter of Edward Young and probably Sarah Cassner. She was born in New Jersey and moved at a young age to Brantford, Canada. She found her way to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she had a millener shop in the Pantland Hotel. She married stage coach driver Norman Richardson in 1863 and they established a farm in Plainfield Township, Michigan. They had two children, Cora and DeWitt. Margaret died in 1911 and is buried in Plainfield Cemetery in Kent County, Michigan.

Sources

• Haines / Richardson Family Bible Records.
• History of Kent County, Michigan : together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens : history of Michigan, embracing accounts of the pre-historic races, aborigines, French, English and American conquests, and a general review of its civil, political and military history.. Chicago: C.C. Chapman & Co., 1881. p 1319.
• United States Federal Census:
  • The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Grand Rapids Ward 2, Kent, Michigan; Roll: M653_550; Page: 356; Family History Library Film: 803550
  • Year: 1870; Census Place: Plainfield, Kent, Michigan; Roll: M593_682; Page: 544A
  • Year: 1880; Census Place: Plainfield, Kent, Michigan; Roll: 587; Page: 585B; Enumeration District: 120
  • Year: 1900; Census Place: Plainfield, Kent, Michigan; Roll: 723; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0101
• Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39522783/margaret-richardson: accessed 04 July 2023), memorial page for Margaret Young Richardson (30 Aug 1830–14 Oct 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39522783, citing Plainfield Cemetery, Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Richard Howell (contributor 47034760).

DNA

Descendants of Margaret Young Richardson and her sister Emerilla Young Pryce:

Maternal and paternal relationships suggested by AncestryDNA test matches between Jana Wellman, 2nd great granddaughter of Margaret Young and her following cousins. MRCAs are Edward Young and Sarah Cassner:

• 4C1R, HM, 3rd great granddaughter of Emerilla Young. Predicted relationship at AncestryDNA: 5th to 8th cousin based on sharing 15 cm across 1 segment.
• 4C2R, CH, 4th great granddaughter of Emerilla Young. Predicted relationship at AncestryDNA: 5th to 8th cousin based on sharing 15 cm across 1 segment.

Descendants of Margaret Young Richardson and her brother, Daniel:

Maternal and paternal relationships suggested by AncestryDNA test matches between Jana Wellman, 2nd great granddaughter of Margaret Young and her following cousins. MRCAs are Edward Young and Sarah Cassner:

• 3C1R, BH, greatgrandchild of Daniel Young. Predicted relationship at AncestryDNA: 5th to 8th cousin based on sharing 9 cm across 1 segment.
• 4C1R, KN, 3rd greatgrandchild of Daniel Young. Predicted relationship at AncestryDNA: 5th to 8th cousin based on sharing 11 cm across 1 segment.
• 4C1R, AS, 3rd greatgrandchild of Daniel Young. Predicted relationship at AncestryDNA: 5th to 8th cousin based on sharing 10 cm across 1 segment.