Margaret A. (Headman) Dexter (abt. 1864 - 1926)

Born about Feb 1864 in New York, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 7 Apr 1926 at about age 62 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Margaret was born about 1864. She was the daughter of David Headman and Margaret Ann Frame. She married Edward Fitzgerald and had 2 children, Edward F. Fitzgerald and David F. Fitzgerald. Her husband Edward died in 1889. Their marriage likely occurred about 1883. After the death of Edward she married Samuel Dexter 3 Mar 1890 and had 2 children, Georgianna Dexter and John Albert Dexter.^[1] https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22596633?h=d8e294 Margaret's husband Samuel likely died between 1905 and 1915. They were found in the 1905 NY census. They have not been found in the 1910 census. Margaret was living with her children in the 1915 NY census, her husband Samuel was not with the family.

Margaret passed away in 1926.^[2][3] She is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY; Olive Square, System: CEM, Section: OLIV, Row: L, Plot: 73.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000; Genealogy of the Dexter family in America : descendants of Thomas Dexter
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/172751650/margaret-fitzgerald : accessed 27 April 2021), memorial page for Margaret Fitzgerald (unknown–6 Apr 1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 172751650, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA ; Maintained by Not Forgotten - Wis. (contributor 48187279).

• William A. Warden and Robert L. Dexter; Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America - Descendants of Thomas Dexter, Together with the record of other allied families.; Worchester, Mass., 1905

Census Records

• "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-RMBL : 8 March 2021), Margaret Headman in household of David F Headman, District 03, Ward 05, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 13, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8NZ-358 : 3 January 2021), Margaret Headman in entry for David F Headman, 1870.