Brief Life History of Margaret Peggy
When Margaret Peggy Ennis was born on 16 October 1794, in Port Jervis, Orange, New York, United States, her father, Joseph Ennis, was 43 and her mother, Margaretha Van Etten, was 41. She married John Reser in 1810, in Ulster, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870. She died on 14 September 1870, in Plato Township, Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Plato Center, Kane, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Margaret Reaser, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Margaret "Peggy" Ennes - birth: 1780;
- Margeret Ennes, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
Spouse and Children
1784–1861 Male
1794–1870 Female
Children (6)
1811–1891 Male
1813– Male
1816–1910 Male
1818– Female
1821–1892 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1751–1830 Male
1752– Female
Siblings (12)
1773– Female
1775–1823 Male
1775– Male
1776– Male
1778– Male
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Age 3
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 6
1818
Age 24
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis ‘son of Angus’, see McGinnis and compare Angus and Hennessy .
English: perhaps a variant of Ince , or Henney with loss of initial H- and the addition of a post-medieval excrescent -s, or a variant of Enos .
Cornish: from any of various places in the western half of Cornwall called Ennis, Enys, Ninnes, etc., from Cornish (an) enys ‘(the) island’. The Saint Gluvias family is certainly from Enys in Saint Gluvias parish.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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