"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YX-667 : 14 January 2022), Margaret Fawcett, Steele City, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
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WikiTree profile Hood-436 created through the import of CORDELL 20110806_2011-08-21.ged on Aug 22, 2011 by David Cordell. See the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.
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Sure! If you look above, I've added a marriage record as a source for Margaret and Simon/Simeon. It gives her pre-marriage name as Woods.
Of course, it could be that her maiden name was Hood and she had a previous marriage with a man named Woods, but it doesn't seem likely. Since she's your relative, you will have more information than I, a researcher.
I have great respect for our non-internet-based family historians who actually plowed through old records, etc., but maybe someone gave you incomplete information at some point. I had an ancestor like that. It took me several years to sort everything out that he wrote in his family history; it all had to be verified.
Do you do research on Ancestry? If so, watch out for their "Family History" and random databases like "International Marriages" and "AGBI." They are simply a compilation of databases, privately printed genealogies, and family histories and aren't always accurate.
Of course, it could be that her maiden name was Hood and she had a previous marriage with a man named Woods, but it doesn't seem likely. Since she's your relative, you will have more information than I, a researcher.
I have great respect for our non-internet-based family historians who actually plowed through old records, etc., but maybe someone gave you incomplete information at some point. I had an ancestor like that. It took me several years to sort everything out that he wrote in his family history; it all had to be verified.
Do you do research on Ancestry? If so, watch out for their "Family History" and random databases like "International Marriages" and "AGBI." They are simply a compilation of databases, privately printed genealogies, and family histories and aren't always accurate.
Respectfully,
Claire