Margaret Day was born in September 1871 in Amwell Twnp., Washington Co., Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Stephen Day and Rebecca Closser.
1880 census -- Amwell Twnp., Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Daniel Closser, white, male, age 68, married, farmer, born Pennsylvania, father born Maryland, mother born Pennsylvania; Mary A Closser, white, female, age 64, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania; Stephen Day, white, male, age 39, son-in-law, married, farmer, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania; Rebecca Day, white, female, age 38, daughter, married, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania; Marion R Day, white, male, age 10, grandson, single, at home, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania, attended school; Margaret J Day, white, male, age 9, granddaughter, single, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania, attended school; Minnie L Day, white, male, age 7, granddaughter, single, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania, attended school; Daniel C Day, white, male, age 4, grandson, single, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania;[1]
She married Samuel A Crothers 28 September 1892 in Amwell Twnp., Washington Co., Pennsylvania.[2]
She died 15 September 1895 in Washington Co., Pennsylvania. She is buried in Claysville Cemetery in Claysville, Pennsylvania.[3]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWV2-NQ7 : 14 January 2022), Margaret I Day in household of Daniel Closser, Amwell Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF39-MRY : 5 August 2020), Maggie I. Day in entry for S. A. Crothers, 28 Sep 1892; citing Marriage, Amwell Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161002964/margariet-i-crothers: accessed 04 November 2022), memorial page for Margariet I Day Crothers (11 Sep 1871–15 Sep 1895), Find A Grave: Memorial #161002964, citing Claysville Cemetery, Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Ancestor Bone Finder (contributor 46579928) .
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