Margaret Emma Brewer

13 September 1859–18 May 1926 (Age 66)
Centralia, Marion, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Margaret Emma

When Margaret Emma Brewer was born on 13 September 1859, in Centralia, Marion, Illinois, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Brewer, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Ann Daily, was 25. She married Albertice Harper Stevenson on 17 November 1880, in Marion, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Jefferson, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 18 May 1926, in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Oakland Freeport Cemetery, Freeport Township, Stephenson, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albertice Harper Stevenson
1857–1940
Margaret Emma Brewer
1859–1926
Marriage: 17 November 1880
Clyde Brewer Stevenson
1884–1885
Claud Alburtus Stevenson
1887–1895
Wilma Alberta Stevenson
1895–1914
Harold Charles Stevenson
1899–1901

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 November 1880Marion, Illinois, United States
    • Children

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    World Events (8)

    1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
    Age 2
    Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
    1863
    Age 4
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1877 · The First Workers Strike
    Age 18
    The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from Middle English brewere ‘brewer’ (an agent derivative of Old English brēowan ‘to brew’). Compare Brewster .English (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of French Bruyère (see Bruyere ), a habitational name from a place so called in Calvados, France, from Old French bruiere ‘heath’.Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Brouwer , German Brauer or Breuer , etc., all occupational names meaning ‘brewer’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Brewster
    Brower

    Sources (12)

    • Emma Brewer in household of Sarah A Brewer, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Margaret E Brewer, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
    • Margaret E Brewer in household of Benj F Brewer, "United States Census, 1860"

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