Margaret Mariah McElwain

Brief Life History of Margaret Mariah

When Margaret Mariah McElwain was born on 28 November 1815, in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, her father, John McElwain, was 36 and her mother, Dinah Henderson, was 11812. She married Robert D Stoddart about 1840, in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 10 July 1899, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert D Stoddart
1805–1856
Margaret Mariah McElwain
1815–1899
Marriage: about 1840
James Stoddart
1842–1917
Mary Stoddard
1845–1909
Joseph Stoddart
1847–1849
Dinah Stoddart
1850–1911
Elizabeth Ellen Stoddart
1853–1854

Sources (21)

  • Margt Thornton in household of Oliver Thornton, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Margaret M Elwain, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Margaret Maars, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1846

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

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Bháin (Irish) or Mac Gille Bháin (Scottish) ‘son of the fair-haired lad’, often translated into English as White or Whyte but otherwise indistinguishable, once Anglicized, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Bheathain in 2 below. Compare Kilbane .

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Bheathain ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) Beathan’, a personal name representing a diminutive of beatha ‘life’. Compare McBain .

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

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Brief History of Margaret Mariah McElwain

Margaret McElwain was born on the 28th of November of 1815 in Carlisle Cumberland England and died on the 10th of July of 1899 in American Fork, Utah. Her parents were John McElwain and Dinah Henderso …

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