Brief Life History of Margaretta
When Margaretta Bishop was born on 19 July 1855, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Thomas Bishop, was 45 and her mother, Tamzen Ottey, was 36. She married William M. Shank in 1873, in Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Easttown Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 21 November 1913, in Willistown Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Malvern, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
Photos and Memories (0)
Do you know Margaretta? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (23)
- Maggie Bishop in household of John Ramsey, "United States Census, 1870"
- Margaretta Bishop Shank, "Find A Grave Index"
- Maggie Bishop in entry for William M Shank, "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974"
Spouse and Children
Children (12)
+7 More Children
Parents and Siblings
Siblings (10)
+5 More Children
World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English bissop, biscop, Old English bisc(e)op ‘bishop’, which comes via Latin from Greek episkopos ‘overseer’. The Greek word was adopted early in the Christian era as a title for an overseer of a local community of Christians, and has yielded cognates in every European language: French évêque, Italian vescovo, Spanish obispo, Russian yepiskop, German Bischof, etc. The word came to be applied as a surname for a variety of reasons, among them a supposed resemblance in bearing or appearance to a bishop, and selection as the ‘boy bishop’ on Saint Nicholas's Feast Day. In some instances the surname is from the rare Middle English (Old English) personal name Biscop ‘bishop’. As an Irish surname it is adopted for Mac Giolla Easpaig, meaning ‘servant of the bishop’ (see Gillespie ). In North America, this surname has absorbed, by assimilation and translation, at least some of continental European cognates, e.g. German Bischoff , Polish, Rusyn, Czech, and Slovak Biskup , Slovenian Škof (see Skoff ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.