Brief Life History of Margaret Arminda
When Margaret Arminda Wilson was born on 26 July 1845, in Cass, Illinois, United States, her father, Merriweather Smith Wilson, was 30 and her mother, Mary Margaret Chapman Mahaley, was 34. She married John Willard Biggs on 2 September 1863, in Menard, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Sherman Township, Washington, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Woods, Oklahoma, United States in 1900. She died on 5 March 1921, in Moffat, Colorado, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Rito Alto Cemetery, Crestone, Saguache, Colorado, United States.
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- M A Biggs in household of Jno Biggs, "United States Census, 1870"
- Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920*Arminda Wilson, John Biggs
- Margurate Arminda Wilson Biggs, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Cass, Illinois, United States
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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