Born about in Morgan, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Gabriel Alexander Alvis
and Mary A Vanzant
Sister of
Mary Ann Elizabeth (Alvis) Knighten, Charles Henry Alvis, John D. Alvis and Gabriel Alexander Alvis Jr
Wife of
Houston Samuel Watts
— married
19 Sep 1877 in Morgan County, Alabama
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary S Watts, James Watts, Margaret Elizabeth (Watts) Sutton, Linda Myrtle (Watts) Black and Albert Houston Watts
Died about
at about age 40
in Cullman, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jan 2011
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The Birth and Death Dates are a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Biography
Margaret was born in 1854. Margaret passed away about 1895.
Margaret C (Alvis) Watts was born on 4 Jul 1856 in Morgan Co AL, daughter of Gabriel Alexander Alvis (1830 - 1864) and Mary A Vanzant (~1836 - ~1868).
Her siblings were:
- Mary Ann Elizabeth (Alvis) Knighten (1852 - 1914)
- Charles Henry Alvis (1858 - 1942)
- John Alvis (1859 - <1866)
- Gabriel Alexander Alvis Jr (1861 - 1927)
In the 1860 census Margaret (age 6) was in South West Division, Morgan, Alabama, United States.[1]
| Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Gabriel Alvis | M | 30 | Alabama | |
| Mary A Alvis | F | 24 | Alabama | |
| Mary A E Alvis | F | 8 | Alabama | |
| Margaret C Alvis | F | 6 | Alabama | |
| Charles H Alvis | M | 3 | Alabama | |
| John D Alvis | M | 0 | Alabama |
Margaret (~20) married H S P Watts ( - ) in 1877 in Morgan Co AL.
Margaret was mentioned on a memorial in New Hope North Baptist Church Cemetery, Falkville, Morgan County, Alabama, United States with a death date of 1895.[2]
- 1860 census provides date of birth as 1854, which does not reflect the findagrave date of 4 Jul 1956. The 1860 census is closer to her time of birth and lines up with her siblings, so I left the 1854 date.
Sources
- ↑
1860 Census:
"United States Census, 1860"
citing Page: 38; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 19; FHL microfilm: 803019; Record number: 16062;
FamilySearch Record: MHDX-YXZ (accessed 4 February 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBG-61X Image number 00414Name Margaret C Alvis Census Date 1860 Census Place South West Division, Morgan, Alabama, United States Birth Date 1854 Birth Place Alabama Race White Age 6 - ↑
Memorial:
Find a Grave (no image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #237609777 (accessed 4 February 2023)
Memorial page for Margaret Callie Alvis Watts (4 Jul 1856-1895), citing New Hope North Baptist Church Cemetery, Falkville, Morgan County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Janet Hill Rayl (contributor 49216057).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDX-YXZ : 13 December 2017), Margaret C Alvis in entry for Gabriel Alvis, 1860
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKP-HRY : 6 June 2019), Margaret Alvis in entry for Margaret Vin Zant, 1870
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4V4-1NH : 26 August 2017), Margaret C Watts in entry for Houston S Watts, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 271, sheet 163B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Wa
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~0.78%
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A917015 [compare], Ancestry member cadescreek
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Hans Hofmann
Hans Hofmann
Alvis-3672 and Alvis-776 appear to represent the same person because: Potential duplicate - same spouse
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by Hans Hofmann
Rejected matches › Margaret Ellen (Avis) Cissell (1856-1888)
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