Author Topic: Death of Eliza Martha Watterson, nee Martin, 1902, Irwin, Bonneville Co., Idaho  (Read 6464 times)

Offline Peggy13

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I see that on the 1880 Geneva, New York census, Benjamin Quigley no longer has mother Margaret Quigley living with him. She was 55 in 1875. Did she die between 1875-1880 or return to Ireland (doubtful) or move in with a different son such as possible Thomas living nearby in 1875.
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Sorry got held up on the phone.  :)

FIND A GRAVE

Margaret Quigley - 1812 - 9 December 1906  (with obituary)

Glenwood Cemetery Geneva, Ontario County, New York.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116964028/margaret-quigley

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG6-XML1

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1892 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X36K-Y21

Margaret Quigley Birth Year abt 1822
Age 70  - Residence Place Geneva,

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I see on that 1875 Geneva census that you sent there is a Margaret Quigley age 55. I am thinking she might be my Margaret Ann Watterson bapt June 5,1819 who may have married a Quigley and Benjamin is her son - it says Grandmother on census but must be mother as per the ages on census. So if Mary Jane is the daughter of George Watterson, who is Margaret Ann's brother, that would make Margaret Quigley age 55, Mary Jane's aunt. And Benjamin would be Mary Jane's cousin - all in the family. Why don't they just say cousin? But I have seen before when an adult son is in a household, he might be listed as servant, instead of son.

There are tons of articles in the various Geneva papers about Quigley and Watterson with marriages and deaths.

This would be Margaret at Find A Grave with obit attached. A lot of the family seems to be buried in Glenwood Cemetery.

Margaret Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116964028/margaret-quigley

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Both Robert Weir's obit in 1924 and his wife Mary J's obit in 1914 list Glenwood Cemetery as place of burial, though I don't see them listed on Find A Grave.

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Also, there is an Elisa Jane Watterson Quigley listed there.

Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117116455/elisa-jane-quigley

Eliza married a Samuel Quigley in 1883.

Geneva Gazette
Friday, October 26, 1883

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Aha, so Margaret who died 1906 must be the mother Margaret on the 1875 census living with Benjamin. In 1880, she is with daughter Mary and is still 55. In 1892, she is back with Benjamin, age 70.
The marriage that you found earlier was a Mary Jane Watterson married to Robert Weir in 1882. So  Margaret Quigley's daughter Mary Jane Quigley must also have married a Weir since she is listed on Margaret's obit as a daughter Mary Weir. Unless it should say niece (I doubt it).
Still betting mother Margaret Quigley was a Watterson by birth and awaiting a reply from Woods regarding the marriage of Margaret Watterson to a Quigley and the subsequent births of Benjamin and Thomas.
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Thank you RJ137 for the info on Eliza Jane Watterson and Samuel Quigley.
Also, need to sort out if Mary Jane Quigley also married a Weir as Margaret Quigley's obit because the earlier marriage was Mary Jane Watterson to Robert Weir in 1882. I must get this all entered on the tree so I can make better analysis of the situation.
thanks again
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The surname Quigley also came up in this marriage entry - along with Waterson

Mary J. Waterson - Marriage Date 12 Oct 1882 Geneva, New York
Certificate Number 5714 - Robert Weir.

Mary J. Quigley - Marriage Date 12 Oct 1882 Geneva, New York.
Certificate Number 5714
   
Names
Mary J. Quigley
Mary J. Waterson
Robert Weir

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Both surnames were given Peggy

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Ok. Wonder why both names are there.
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