Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Shanks was born on 18 October 1845, in Hardin, Ohio, United States, her father, Henry Shanks, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Latimore, was 32. She married William Judd in 1862, in Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Dell Prairie, Adams, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and Vernon Springs, Howard, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 15 December 1880, in Cresco, Howard, Iowa, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Cresco, Howard, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Margaret Shanks, "United States Census, 1850"
- Margaret A Judd (1845 - 1880) - Find A Grave Memorial
- Margaret Shanks in entry for Wm. H. Judd and Rosalie Chihak, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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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: Adams, Wisconsin, United States
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Howard, Iowa, United States
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire): habitational name from an unidentified place in southern Scotland with a name in the plural form, presumably derived from Old Scots schank ‘hill spur’. Some have suggested Shank in Borthwick (Midlothian) or Culter Cleuch Shank in Crawford (Lanarkshire), with the unexplained addition of final -s, but these seem unlikely.
English: variant of Shank with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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