Born
about 1809 in
Bahamas
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Descendants
Died
9 Apr 1871
at about age 62
in
Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA
Problems/Questions
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Margaret (Roberts) Sawyer is part of a
Bahamian family.
Biography
Margaret was born circa 1809 in the Bahamas.[1] Her parents have not been identified.
She married Richard Thomas Sawyer on 8 August 1827 at St. Matthew's Church in Nassau.[2]
Margaret died on 9 April 1871 in Key West, and she is buried there in the City Cemetery.[3]
Sources
↑ 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West Dis No 2, stamped page 165, dwelling 298, family 316, Richard Sawyer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8054/4193084-00327/19398024?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/29580146375/facts/citation/155139210314/edit/record#?imageId=4193084-00327 : accessed August 2017); citing National Archives microfilm M432, roll 59.
↑ Oreste Lombardi, comp., Richard Thomas Sawyer, no. I18424, Christ Church.ged, 2013 Dolly Mae Bahamas 40th Anniversary CD (Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas: Wyannie Malone Museum, 2014); citing "St. Mathews # 245."
↑ Lauren Ennis Hoeflinger, "Margaret Sawyer," Memorial no.
78629068, posted 17 October 2011; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=78629068&ref=acom : accessed August 2017).
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