Margaret Barrowman

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Barrowman was born on 13 December 1902, in Norton, Wise, Virginia, United States, her father, Robert Barrowman, was 26 and her mother, Harriet Isabella Durham, was 20. She married Francis Osborn Adam on 30 August 1929, in Norton, Virginia, United States. She lived in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States in 1935 and Ruston, Lincoln, Louisiana, United States in 1940. She died before 2002, in Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis Osborn Adam
1905–2005
Margaret Barrowman
1902–before 2002

Sources (4)

  • Margaret Adam, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Margaret Barrowman in entry for F O Adams, Jr, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Margarett Barrowman in household of Isabell Barrowman, "United States Census, 1920"

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World Events (3)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1924 · Name change

Name changed from Gladeville to Wise in 1924 by act of the state legislature.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish (Lanarkshire): variant of Bowerman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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