Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Messer was born on 15 June 1839, in Webster, Jackson, North Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph Messer, was 32 and her mother, Nancy Ensley, was 30. She married Rubin Calvin Conner about 1865, in Jackson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Haywood, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 5 January 1894, in Jackson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States.
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- Margaret Nelsen in household of Mary Parris, "United States Census, 1850"
- Margaret Messer Conner, "Find A Grave Index"
- Margaret M Conner, "North Carolina, Historical Records Survey, Cemetery Inscription Card 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.
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a cutler, from Middle High German mezzer ‘knife’, from Old High German mezzirahs, mezzisahs, a compound of maz ‘food, meat’ + sahs ‘knife, sword’. The Jewish name is from German Messer ‘knife’ or Yiddish meser.
Dutch: occupational name from Middle Dutch messer ‘cutler’, an agent derivative of meste ‘knife’.
German: occupational name for an official in charge of measuring the dues paid in kind by tenants, from an agent derivative of Middle High German mezzen ‘to measure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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