She first married about 1864, in New York, to a Mr. [unknown] Wiggins and had three sons, all whom died in infancy. Their names were recorded as: Jeremiah, William, and George, the last dying 8 May 1868.
She married (2) widower, Gordon Allen, 19 November 1873 at Fair Haven, Rutland, Vermont. Her Vermont Vital Record Marriage Card names her "Margaret Wiggins" and that the 1873 marriage is her "2nd". (He was 30 years older than she and had 4 children born 35/40 years previously).
After 1876 and the birth of two sons and death of 1, the family came to Utah, living at Calls Fort and Willard. She died of cancer 11 June 1921 after burying her husband and 5 of their 6 children. Her oldest son died a year later at age 48.
She first married about 1864, in New York, to a Mr. [unknown] Wiggins and had three sons, all whom died in infancy. Their names were recorded as: Jeremiah, William, and George, the last dying 8 May 1868.
She married (2) widower, Gordon Allen, 19 November 1873 at Fair Haven, Rutland, Vermont. Her Vermont Vital Record Marriage Card names her "Margaret Wiggins" and that the 1873 marriage is her "2nd". (He was 30 years older than she and had 4 children born 35/40 years previously).
After 1876 and the birth of two sons and death of 1, the family came to Utah, living at Calls Fort and Willard. She died of cancer 11 June 1921 after burying her husband and 5 of their 6 children. Her oldest son died a year later at age 48.
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