Margaret (Powers) Higgins (1834 - 1905)

Born Sep 1834 in Kilcormac, County Offaly, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Patrick Higgins — married 29 Jan 1855 in Frostburg, Allegany, Maryland, United States

Died Oct 1905 at age 71 in Vale Summit, Allegany, Maryland, United States

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Biography

See the profile for Margaret's father, James, for early source reference details. The baptismal record for Margaret is available online.^[1] She was baptized on October 6, 1834; the baptismal record does not include a birth date. The 1900 census provides the birth month as September, though that record incorrectly gives the age/birth year as 62/1837 (should be 65/1834). Margaret was the second-oldest child sailing with the family to America in September 1847. Her age is correctly reported on the ship manifest as 12; she was about to turn 13.

Margaret was married to Patrick Higgins on 29 Jan 1855 in Frostburg, Maryland by Rev. Michael Slattery.^[2] For additional information about the Higgins family, see husband Patrick's profile. The exact date of Margaret's death in October 1905 is uncertain.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ National Library of Ireland microfilmed parish registers online for the parish of Kilcormac, microfilm 04175/08, p. 13, godparents Patt and Maria Killan (Killeen).
2. ↑ Maryland State Archives Special Collections, St. Michael's (Frostburg) Church Collection, microfilm no. M-3743, 1. Baptismal and Marriage Register 1852-1871, p. 201, Marriage Register, 1855. Sponsors Thomas Casey and Maria Powers. A copy of the record is displayed in the image at the right.
3. ↑ Information forwarded from Bob Thompson in August 2021: Margaret's obituary appears in the Frostburg Mining Journal 4 Nov 1905 edition, page 3. That obituary gives the date of death as Monday, October 30, 1905. Margaret's death certificate has the date as 21 Oct 1905. Both sources agree that Margaret died in Vale Summit.

• 1850 Census, New York, Saratoga County, p. 6 of the Town of Clifton Park, 17 July 1850, James Powers family on lines 10-19. Margaret, on line 13, recorded as age 14.
• 1860 Census, Maryland, Clarysville, p. 487 of Allegany County, 24 Aug 1860, Patk Higgins family on lines 21-25, Margaret age 26.
• 1870 Census, Maryland, Allegany, Frostburg, p. 93 of Election District 5, p. 162a of Allegany County, 14 Jun 1870, Patrick Higgins family on lines 29-36, Margaret age 35.
• 1900 Census, Maryland, Allegany, Vale Summit, ED 102, Sheet 15A, 6 Jun 1900, Margaret Higgins, head of household, on line 49, immigration year incorrectly recorded as 1849 (should be 1847), married 45 years, daughter Ann on line 50, household continues on lines 51-54 on sheet 15B.