Margaret was born in 1839 (according to monument inscription) in County Tyrone, possibly in Meaghy Townland, where she was residing at the time of her marriage to William Maghan in 1856. William emigrated to Canada in 1856, and Margaret came over the following summer with their 6-month-old firstborn son, Samuel.
In 1881 the extended family moved to Aitkin, Minnesota. William was working as an overnight watchman on the Steamer Fawn on the Mississippi during a trip from Aitkin to Grand Rapids, and fell overboard and drowned in 1885. A few years later Margaret and most of her adult sons moved to Duluth where she died, age 57 in 1896.
Her death record gives her parents as Thomas and Margaret Toner.
They had 7 children, all sons. Samuel, James, Robert, George, William Thomas, Frederick and Alfred.
In 1881 the extended family moved to Aitkin, Minnesota. William was working as an overnight watchman on the Steamer Fawn on the Mississippi during a trip from Aitkin to Grand Rapids, and fell overboard and drowned in 1885. A few years later Margaret and most of her adult sons moved to Duluth where she died, age 57 in 1896.
Her death record gives her parents as Thomas and Margaret Toner.
They had 7 children, all sons. Samuel, James, Robert, George, William Thomas, Frederick and Alfred.
Margaret was born in 1839 (according to monument inscription) in County Tyrone, possibly in Meaghy Townland, where she was residing at the time of her marriage to William Maghan in 1856. William emigrated to Canada in 1856, and Margaret came over the following summer with their 6-month-old firstborn son, Samuel.
In 1881 the extended family moved to Aitkin, Minnesota. William was working as an overnight watchman on the Steamer Fawn on the Mississippi during a trip from Aitkin to Grand Rapids, and fell overboard and drowned in 1885. A few years later Margaret and most of her adult sons moved to Duluth where she died, age 57 in 1896.
Her death record gives her parents as Thomas and Margaret Toner.
They had 7 children, all sons. Samuel, James, Robert, George, William Thomas, Frederick and Alfred.
In 1881 the extended family moved to Aitkin, Minnesota. William was working as an overnight watchman on the Steamer Fawn on the Mississippi during a trip from Aitkin to Grand Rapids, and fell overboard and drowned in 1885. A few years later Margaret and most of her adult sons moved to Duluth where she died, age 57 in 1896.
Her death record gives her parents as Thomas and Margaret Toner.
They had 7 children, all sons. Samuel, James, Robert, George, William Thomas, Frederick and Alfred.
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