Margaret E Housand

Brief Life History of Margaret E

When Margaret E Housand was born in April 1841, in Indiana, United States, her father, Noah Housand, was 29 and her mother, Martha Boyd, was 26. She married Caleb Franklin Greenwood on 25 June 1861, in Morgan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Parke, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 22 March 1919, in Green Township, Morgan, Indiana, United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Caleb Franklin Greenwood
1832–1916
Margaret E Housand
1841–1919
Marriage: 25 June 1861
Maremina H MARY Greenwood
1862–
James P. Greenwood
1864–
Jennie Morro Greenwood
1865–1953

Sources (9)

  • Margaret Hansand in household of Noah Hansand, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Margaret E Housand - Government record: birth-name: Margaret E Housand
  • Mary G McDonald, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1851 · Constitution of 1851

Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Scottish: unexplained. The surname was never common in Scotland and has now died out there.

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

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