Margaretta F. (Wynkoop) Bliss (1829 - 1887)

Born 16 Dec 1829 in Ohio

Descendants

Died 30 Jun 1887 at age 57 in Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa

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Biography

Margaretta was born in Ohio at the end of 1829. She would marry Norman Bliss in around 1851. Together they would have the following children:

Henry Bliss (1853-1926)

Minnie Bliss (1856- )

James Bliss (1859- )

Horace Bliss (1861- )

Annie Bliss (1862- )

Norman would pass away in around 1863 leaving Margaretta to raise the family on her own. In 1865 she would move her family down to Iowa and would live out her life there. She passed in 1887 at the age of 57 years.

Sources

• Wynkoop genealogy in the United States of America, by Richard Wynkoop, 1829-1913. ] Publisher New York, The Knickerbocker Press. Publication date 1904. Page 138. [1]

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVH-5MY : 12 April 2016), Margaretta Bliss, Iowa, United States; citing p. 2, family 9, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,897.

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCWD-3FH : 26 September 2017), Margaretta Winecup in entry for W. W. Small and Minnie M. Bliss, 07 Mar 1882, Jasper, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 31, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,510.

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCW8-B15 : 26 September 2017), Margaretta Wynecoop in entry for Henry W. Bliss and Emma S. Lemen, 01 Oct 1889, Jasper, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 150, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,510.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146517218