Died
at age 100
in Balboa Island, Orange, California, United States
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Biography
Nurse Margaret (Meseroll) Hayes served in the United States Civil War. Side: USA Regiment(s): Med Dept, U.S.A
Margaret was a Civil War Nurse.
Margaret Meseroll was born in Nov 1833 in New Brunswick, Canada.
Margaret married Sanford Hays on 5 May 1866 in Owatonna, Steele, Minnesota.[1]
Margaret died on 20 Jul 1934 in Balboa Island, Orange, California, United States aged ~100. She is buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.[2]
Under the name of Maggie Meserolle she served for two years and six months at Adams General Hospital No 2 and Gayosso Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee as a regular nurse.
Maggie was in a military record. They were in the Nurse, Med Dept, U.S.A..[3]
1860 United States Federal Census: Manlius, LaSalle, Illinois [5]
Name
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
Margaret Mesarole
F
26
New Brunswick
Alice Mesarole
F
Illinois
Eliza Noromaque
F
19
Milliner
New York
William Eddy
M
17
New York
1870 United States Federal Census: Cannon, Rice, Minnesota [6]
Name
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
Samuel Hys
M
37
Farmer
New York
Margaret Hys
F
35
Keeping House
New York
Allice Hys
F
13
At Home
Illinois
Gennia Hys
F
2
Minnesota
1880 United States Federal Census: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA [7]
Name
Sex
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
Margaret Hayes
F
44
Widowed
Head
Keeping House
New Brunswk
Alice M. Hayes
23
Daughter
Jennie M. Hayes
F
12
Single
Daughter
At School
Minnesota
Sources
↑Marriage:
"Minnesota, U.S., Marriages Index, 1849-1950"
FHL Film Number: 1769632 Ancestry Record 2561 #477501 (accessed 1 July 2022)
Margaret Meseroll marriage to Sanford Hays on 5 May 1866 in Owatonna, Steele, Minnesota.
↑Burial:
"California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002"
citing Record number: 0;
FamilySearch Record: 6CYR-6ZBY (accessed 1 July 2022)
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C34T-YQXX-L Image number 01964
Margaret Meserole Hayes burial (died age 100) on 21 Jul 1934 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
↑Military:
"U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 323 Ancestry Record 4654 #1414249 (accessed 1 July 2022)
Name: Maggie Meseroll [Margaret Hayes]; Unit: Nurse, Med Dept, U.S.A.; Filing Date: 14 Dec 1926; Place Filed: California, USA; Relation to Head: Soldier; Roll number: 323.
↑Headstone:
"U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970"
National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2375 #1604166 (accessed 1 July 2022)
Name: Margaret Hayes; Unit: U.S. Gen. Hosp. Memphis, Tenn.; Death Date: 18 Jul 1934; Cemetery: Rosedale Cemetery; Cemetery Location: Los Angeles, California, USA.
↑1860 Census:
"1860 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1860; Census Place: Manlius, LaSalle, Illinois; Roll: M653_196; Page: 244; Family History Library Film: 803196 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #37539025 (accessed 1 July 2022)
Margaret Mesarole (26) in Manlius, LaSalle, Illinois. Born in New Brunswick.
↑1870 Census:
"1870 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1870; Census Place: Cannon, Rice, Minnesota; Roll: T132_9; Page: 264 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #42111487 (accessed 1 July 2022)
Margaret Hys (35), Keeping House, in Cannon, Rice, Minnesota. Born in New York.
↑1880 Census:
"1880 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1880; Census Place: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California; Roll: 81; Page: 513D; Enumeration District: 082 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #43633985 (accessed 1 July 2022)
Margaret Hayes (44), widowed, Keeping House, head of household in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA. Born in New Brunswk.
Military: "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934" The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4654 #11707798 (accessed 1 July 2022) Name: Margaret Hayes; Gender: Female; Filing Date: 18 Jul; Relation to Head: Widow; Spouse: Sanford E Hayes.
1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census" Year: 1900; Census Place: Los Angeles Ward 6, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 90; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 0059; FHL microfilm: 1240090 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #3059213 (accessed 1 July 2022) Margaret Hayes (66), widowed head of household in Los Angeles Ward 6, Los Angeles, California. Born in Canada.
1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census" Year: 1910; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 70, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_81; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0261; FHL microfilm: 1374094 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #1133891 (accessed 1 July 2022) Margarete Hayes (75), widowed head of household in Los Angeles Assembly District 70, Los Angeles, California, USA. Born in Canada.
1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920" citing Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Affiliate Film Number: 114; Line: 55; FHL microfilm: 1820114; Record number: 3664; FamilySearch Record: MH7S-BFH (accessed 1 July 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9R6Z-XTC Image number 00081 Margaret Hayes (86), widowed head of household in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Memorial: Find a Grave (has image) Find A Grave: Memorial #9623028 (accessed 1 July 2022) Memorial page for Margaret Meseroll Hayes (Nov 1833-Jul 1934), citing Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Shiver (contributor 46539565).
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