Margaret B Stark

Brief Life History of Margaret B

When Margaret B Stark was born on 29 December 1879, in Harthill and Benhar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Walter Stark, was 30 and her mother, Agnes Brown, was 34. She married Reid Biggerstaff in 1898. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1881 and Calderhead, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1891. She died on 17 April 1949, in Fergus, Montana, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Lewistown, Fergus, Montana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Reid Biggerstaff
1873–1958
Margaret B Stark
1879–1949
Marriage: 1898
May Biggerstaff
1901–1999
Thomas Reid Biggerstaff
1905–1983
Violet Biggerstaff
1907–1992
Edmund Andrew Biggerstaff
1909–1978
Albert Ronald Biggerstaff
1916–2002

Sources (17)

  • Margaret Stark in household of Walter Stark, "Scotland Census, 1881"
  • Margaret Biggerstaff, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mary B. Stark in entry for David B. Bolton and May Biggerstaff, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"

World Events (8)

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1886

Historical Boundaries 1886: Fergus, Montana Territory, United States 1889: Fergus, Montana, United States

1902 · Montana Capital Building Completed

Construction started on the Montana state capital in 1899. In 1902 the capital was completed.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: nickname from Middle English stark ‘strong, sturdy; harsh, severe’ (Old English stearc).

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a strong, bold person, from Middle High German stark(e), German stark ‘strong, brave’.

Czech and Slovak (Štark): of German origin (see 2 above).

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

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