Margaret Ruth Haughton

Female8 July 1897–6 August 1988

Brief Life History of Margaret Ruth

Margaret Ruth Haughton was born on 8 July 1897, in Columbiana, Ohio, United States as the daughter of Robert Haughton and Mary Georgia Hollar. She married John Leonard Loos on 7 September 1945, in Millvale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Center Township, Carroll, Ohio, United States in 1910. She died on 6 August 1988, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Restland Memorial Park, Monroeville, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Leonard Loos
1898–1971
Margaret Ruth Haughton
1897–1988
Marriage: 7 September 1945
John Bernard Loos
1922–2007
George Arthur Loos
1928–2019

Sources (8)

  • Margaret R Haughton in household of John P Hollar, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Margaret Hotten, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Margaret R Loos, „Find A Grave Index“

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    7 September 1945Millvale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 1

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1905 · The Movie Theater

    Age 8

    The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in. 

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 26

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Haughton (Cheshire, Lancashire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Staffordshire), or Haughton le Skerne (Durham). The placenames derive from Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Houghton .

    Irish: adopted for Ó hEacháin ‘descendant of Eachán’, a pet form of the personal name Eachaidh (see Hoey ).

    Irish: adopted for Ó hEachtair ‘descendant of Eachtair’, a personal name of uncertain origin. Compare Hoctor .

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

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