Brief Life History of Mary Margaret
When Mary Margaret Fowler was born on 18 February 1848, in Livingston, Illinois, United States, her father, James Fowler, was 28 and her mother, Mercy Kinney, was 24. She married Rufus Van Buren Lane on 19 February 1866, in Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Benton, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Jackson Township, Benton, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 5 February 1931, in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (42)
- Margrett Lane in household of J I Wallace, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mary M. Fowler, "Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Mary Margaret Lane, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
Spouse and Children
1837–1906 Male
1848–1931 Female
Children (11)
1867–1868 Female
1869–1950 Female
1872–1914 Female
1874–1940 Male
1876–1958 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1820–1879 Male
1824–1870 Female
Siblings (9)
1845–1914 Male
1847–1879 Female
1848–1931 Female
1850– Male
1852–1920 Male
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World Events (8)
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
Age 8
1863
Age 15
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a fowler, a hunter or trapper of wild birds (a common medieval occupation), from Middle English fogheler, fugheler (Old English fugelere, a derivative of fugol ‘bird’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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