Margaret Brill

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Brill was born on 28 March 1800, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Brill, was 29 and her mother, Anna Marie Maurer, was 27. She married James Fouracres on 15 September 1818, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Elizabethtown, Guernsey, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Wills Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States in 1860. She died from 1854 to 1858, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Fouracres
1794–1842
Margaret Brill
1800–1858
Marriage: 15 September 1818
Margaret Bell Foreaker
1819–1864
Hannah Foraker
1820–1858
Mary Ann Foraker
1822–
Samuel George Foraker
1824–1915
Asbury Foraker
1826–1857
George Washington Foreaker
1833–1874

Sources (15)

  • Margaret Smith in household of Saml Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Margaret Foreaker, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Margaret Brill in entry for Samuel Foraker and Annie M Betts Paulson, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

World Events (7)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Brill in Buckinghamshire, named with the Celtic element bre- ‘hill’ + Old English hyll also ‘hill’.

North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of various places in northwestern Germany and the Netherlands named Brill, from Middle Low German brūl, bröil ‘wet lowland’. Compare German Bruehl .

German: from Middle Low German brill ‘eyeglasses’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of spectacles or perhaps a nickname for someone who wore them.

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

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Story Highlight

Margaret Smith: Guernsey County Ohio Court of Common Pleas

Source: Guernsey County Ohio Court of Common Pleas Record Book W p. 418 Margaret Smith vs Ellis Smith and William Smith About 1844, Margaret intermarried with Samuel Smith. Samuel died on or about …

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