Margaret (Orton) Loucks (1861 - 1884)

Born 3 Dec 1861 in Michigan, United States

Wife of Alphonse D. Loucks — married 22 Oct 1879 (to 1884) in Dorr Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1884 at age 23 in Leighton Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States

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Biography

When Margaret "Maggie" Orton was born on 3 December 1861, in Michigan, United States, her father, James Volney Orton, was 24 and her mother, Ellen Louisa Brakeman, was 18. She married Alphonse D. Loucks on 22 October 1879, in Dorr Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 15 December 1884, in Leighton Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Jones Cemetery, Dorr, Allegan, Michigan, United States.

Sources

• *"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHH4-ZZV : 29 May 2021), Margaret M Orton in entry for James V Orton, 1870.
• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3DL-MM9 : 18 February 2021), Alphonso W. Houcks and Margaret M. Orton, 22 Oct 1879; citing Marriage, Dorr, Allegan, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207607.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW92-F3H : 14 January 2022), Maggie Loucks in household of Alphonso Loucks, Leighton Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7N-PMC4 : 19 July 2021), Margaret M Loucks in entry for Frank J Loucks, 24 Oct 1881; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
• "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQCH-65B : 20 February 2021), Margant M. Lowcks in entry for Fred O. Lowcks, 18 Jul 1884; citing item 3 p 33 rn 402, Leighton, Allegan, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,698.
• "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3VS-B9P : 18 February 2021), Margaret M. Loucks, 15 Dec 1884; citing p 11 rn 178, Dorr, Allegan, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,673.