Brief Life History of Margaret J.
When Margaret J. Kirkham was born on 8 December 1848, in Soap Creek Township, Davis, Iowa, United States, her father, Ezra Mitchell Kirkham Sr, was 38 and her mother, Naomi Johnson, was 35. She lived in Drakesville, Davis, Iowa, United States in 1860. She died on 4 May 1870, in Albia, Monroe, Iowa, United States, at the age of 21.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Margaret J Kirkham in household of Ezra M Kirkham, "United States Census, 1850"
- Margaret J Kirkham in household of E M Kirkham, "United States Census, 1860"
Parents and Siblings
1810–1887 Male
1813–1849 Female
Siblings (7)
1836–1913 Male
1838–1922 Female
1840–1915 Male
1842–1864 Male
1844–1846 Female
+2 More Children
World Events (5)
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
Age 9
1863
Age 15
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 15
Name Meaning
English (mainly northwestern): habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire and East Yorkshire named Kirkham. The placenames derive from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’ or Old Norse heim ‘homestead, estate’.
Possibly an altered form of German Kirchham, a habitational name from either of two places called Kirchham, in Austria or Bavaria.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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