Margaret Moulthrope Cowles

Brief Life History of Margaret Moulthrope

When Margaret Moulthrope Cowles was born on 12 July 1877, in Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, her father, Augustus Henry Cowles, was 54 and her mother, Florance Ione Titus, was 31. She married Ralph Gibson Devereaux on 24 September 1913, in East Springfield, Springfield Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Springfield Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died in 1957, at the age of 80, and was buried in East Springfield, Springfield Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ralph Gibson Devereaux
1879–1939
Margaret Moulthrope Cowles
1877–1957
Marriage: 24 September 1913
Florence Louise Devereaux
1916–1932

Sources (10)

  • Margurette Cowles in household of Horace Cowles, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Margaret M. Cowles, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Margaret Moulthrope Cowles, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Coles .

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

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