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Margaret (Roberts) Sawyer (abt. 1809 - 1871)

Margaret Sawyer formerly Roberts
Born about in Bahamasmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 8 Aug 1827 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamasmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 62 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USAmap
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Profile last modified | Created 30 Oct 2015
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Bahamas Project
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

  1. 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.
  2. 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."
  3. 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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