Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Siler was born in 1840, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States, her father, Hederick Benjamin Siler, was 35 and her mother, Jane Jennie Warner, was 32. She lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Mountain Ash, Whitley, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died in 1917, in Boston, Whitley, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Old Lot Perkins Cemetery, Lot, Whitley, Kentucky, United States.
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- Margaret Falkner in household of Jas Falkner, "United States Census, 1860"
- Margaret Siler, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Margaret Faulkner, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"
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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.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Seiler .
Czech and Croatian (Šiler): from German Schiller or Schüler (see Schuler ). Compare Shiller and Siller .
Slovenian (Šiler): variant of Šilar, an occupational name for a maker of awls, derived from šilo ‘awl, pricker’. Alternatively, a surname of German origin (see 2 above). Compare Shiller .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Source of photo
Peggy Siler Kirby found this photo in the Whitley Co. Historical Society group on Facebook per post 23 August 2019.
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