Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Welch was born on 7 April 1881, in Union City, Wayne Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States, her father, Thomas Welch, was 40 and her mother, Margaret W Linton, was 35. She married Norman Leigh Shockney on 28 February 1900. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Wayne Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States for about 40 years. She died on 9 June 1938, in Harrisburg, Saline, Illinois, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Saline, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Maggie Shockney in household of Thomas Welch, "United States Census, 1900"
- Unknown, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Margaret Shockney in household of Norman Shockney, "United States Census, 1910"
Spouse and Children
1878–1952 Male
1881–1938 Female
Children (4)
1900–1963 Female
1909–1990 Female
1911–1987 Female
1917–1999 Female
Parents and Siblings
1840–1913 Male
1846–1920 Female
Siblings (1)
1881–1938 Female
World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 1
1885 · The First Skyscraper
Age 4
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 17
Name Meaning
English: variant of Welsh or Walsh , an ethnic name for someone of Welsh origin. This is the usual form of the surname in England; the usual form in Ireland is Walsh and in Scotland Welsh .
German: variant of Welk .
Americanized form of German Welsch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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