Margaret Caroline Collard

Brief Life History of Margaret Caroline

When Margaret Caroline Collard was born on 12 July 1847, in New York, United States, her father, James L Collard, was 33 and her mother, Emeline Wilken, was 33. She married Clement Botsford Miller on 6 November 1867. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Vernon Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Vernon, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 14 December 1916, in Yuma, Yuma, Colorado, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Vernon, Van Buren, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clement Botsford Miller
1845–1916
Margaret Caroline Collard
1847–1916
Marriage: 6 November 1867
Emma Miller
1870–
Mary C. Mate Miller
1871–1939
Mary Miller
1873–1939
Anna Miller
1873–1952
Elbert Collard Miller
1878–1946

Sources (18)

  • Caroline Collard in household of Timothy Collard, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Carrie C. Miller, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Carrie Collard in entry for Mary Davis, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1852

Historical Boundaries: 1852: Van Buren, Iowa, United States

1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Donat, Normand, Octave, Adelard, Aldor, Andre, Armand, Emile, Germaine, Marcel.

English (southern), French, and Walloon: from a diminutive of the Middle English and Old French personal name Col(e), a pet form of Nic(h)olas (see Cole ), formed with the Old French suffix -ard.

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

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