Brief Life History of Margaret Virginia
When Margaret Virginia Bryan was born on 23 January 1841, in Scott, Illinois, United States, her father, Jacob Bryan, was 37 and her mother, Miranda Elizabeth Clarke, was 31. She married John Simpson Walker on 4 March 1858. They were the parents of at least 9 sons. She lived in Jefferson Township, Warren, Iowa, United States for about 50 years. She died on 14 April 1913, in Wick, Warren, Iowa, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Wick, Warren, Iowa, United States.
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- Maregret Walker, "United States Census, 1910"
- Margaret V. Bryan, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Margaret Bryan, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: variant of Bryant .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Briain, see O'Brien .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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