Margaret Westbrook

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Westbrook was born on 13 December 1807, in Missouri, United States, her father, Richard Derik Westbrook, was 47 and her mother, Elizabeth Lydia McKinstry, was 40. She married Silas Burke Farris on 14 March 1830, in High Point, Moniteau, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Moniteau, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 19 February 1879, in High Point, Moniteau, Missouri, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Gray Cemetery, Harrison Township, Moniteau, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Silas Burke Farris
1807–1863
Margaret Westbrook
1807–1879
Marriage: 14 March 1830
James Westbrook Farris
1830–1887
Richard Westbrook Farris
1833–1890
Lydia Margaret Farris
1833–
Nancy Ann Farris
1835–
Edward Westbrook Farris
1836–1915
Elisabeth Farris
1838–
Melzar Brown Farris
1841–1913
Hannah Eliza Farris
1843–1910
Ann E Farris
1846–1895
Margaret Jane Farris
1849–1850

Sources (4)

  • Margaret Farris, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Margaret Westbrook Farris, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Margaret Farriss in household of Silas Farriss, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (southeastern): habitational name from any of various places called Westbrook, for example in Berkshire, Kent, and the Isle of Wight, from Old English west ‘west, western’ + brōc ‘brook, stream’.

Americanized form of Dutch Westbroek: habitational name from a place so named near Utrecht.

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

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