Margaret Sarah Hess

Brief Life History of Margaret Sarah

When Margaret Sarah Hess was born on 13 April 1863, in Fishing Creek Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John J Hess, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Ann Traxler, was 25. She married Emmanuel A Coleman on 21 June 1888, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She lived in District 17, Allegany, Maryland, United States in 1910 and Allegany, Maryland, United States in 1920. She died on 17 October 1951, in Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

Emmanuel A Coleman
1865–1936
Margaret Sarah Hess
1863–1951
Marriage: 21 June 1888
Otis Arthur Coleman
1888–1960
Martha Gertrude Coleman
1890–1965
Grace Lulu Coleman
1893–1958
Pauline Margaret Coleman
1894–1980
Anna E. Coleman
1899–1966
Phoebe Ellen Coleman
1902–1959
Febie Coleman
1903–

Sources (11)

  • Sarah Coleman in household of Emanuel Coleman, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Hess - Government record: Census record: birth: April 1863; Pennsylvania, United States
  • Maggie Hess, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

German, Dutch, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from the territory of Hesse (see Hessen 1).

South German: from a short form of the personal name Matthäus (see Matthew ).

German and Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hesso, a derivative of a compound name formed with hadu ‘strife’ as the first element, or from a pet form of Herman or Hendrik (see Henry 1).

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

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