Margaret McVey

18 December 1811–14 November 1881 (Age 69)
Adams, Ohio, United States

The Life Summary of Margaret

When Margaret McVey was born on 18 December 1811, in Adams, Ohio, United States, her father, William McVey, was 28 and her mother, Mary Polly Lowry, was 28. She married James Wilson Baldridge on 15 December 1829, in Cherry Fork, Wayne Township, Adams, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Wayne Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 14 November 1881, in Cherry Fork, Wayne Township, Adams, Ohio, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Cherry Fork, Wayne Township, Adams, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Wilson Baldridge
1800–1890
Margaret McVey
1811–1881
Marriage: 15 December 1829
William McVey Baldridge
1831–1917
Mary Jane Baldridge
1833–1909
Samuel Turner Baldridge
1836–1865
James Wilson Baldridge Jr.
1839–1914
John Vincent Baldridge
1842–1921
Margaret Ellen Baldridge
1844–1845
Jacob Fisher Baldridge
1846–1864
Martha Ann Baldridge
1848–1920
Robert Lafayette Baldridge
1851–1852
David McDill Baldridge
1853–1918
Newton Dunlap Baldridge
1855–1940

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 December 1829Cherry Fork, Wayne Township, Adams, Ohio, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1812
    Age 1
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
    1812 · War of 1812
    Age 1
    Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 19
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bheatha ‘son of life’, i.e. ‘man of religion’. Compare Scottish McBeth .

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

    Possible Related Names

    McVay
    McVea
    Vahey
    McBeth
    Vey
    McVeigh

    Sources (11)

    • Margaret Baldridge in household of James W Baldridge, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Margaret McVey in entry for William McVey Baldridge, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
    • Mary Baldridge in household of Jno W Baldridge, "United States Census, 1860"

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