Names in Stone gives Margaret's birthdate as 6 Feb 1841[1]; the Maryland Births and Christenings index on FamilySearch gives it as 7 Feb 1842[2].
In 1850, Margaret is living with her maternal grandparents, John and Nancy Hooper.[3] By 1860 she is living with her parents again.[4]
Sources
↑ Jacob Mehrling Holdcraft. Names in Stone: 75,000 Cemetery Inscriptions from Frederick County, MD. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985. p. 658
↑ "Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4ZH-T4C : accessed 05 Sep 2014), Margaret Ellen Kelian, 07 Feb 1842; citing Frederick, Frederick, Maryland; FHL microfilm 13934
↑ "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD4F-4SW : accessed 05 Sep 2014), Margaret E Killion in household of John Hooper, Fredericktown, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing family 346, NARA microfilm publication M432.
↑ "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M69C-5JR : accessed 05 Sep 2014), Margaret Killian in household of Philip Killian, Frederick City, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 196, household ID 1520, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803475.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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: