Margaret Wakefield
| Birth Name | Margaret Wakefield |
| Gender | female |
| Age at Death | 76 years, 6 months, 29 days |
Narrative
According to the DAR application for Helene Kern Bole Nat'l #: 339020 Ancestor #: A065126, Margaret was born 6 Nov 1806 in Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA. According to Brigid Wakefield Richards, gedcom file at wc.rootsweb.com entitled "Wakefield's of Indiana County, Pennsylvania," updated 14 Oct 2003, she was born in December of 1808.
Margaret Wakefield's parents are very likely James Wakefield and Mary Clark. He was born in Aughrim, County Galway, Ireland, and she was born in In diana, Indiana County, PA. He was the first Methodist minister in Indiana County. Margaret had a brother named William, said to have been born in 1797. Margaret is said to have been born in December 1808. Samuel Wakefield, who was a Methodist minister and councilman in Greensburg, was her cousin. (Brigid Wakefield Richards, GEDCOM file at rootsweb.com entitled Wakefield's of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, updated 14 Oct 2003. See also Jeanne Kramer's posting at rootsweb's Indiana County board, dated 12 May 1998.)
In 1880, Margaret's census information and her brother's say that their father was born in Ireland and their mother in Pennsylvania. This would match this couple.(1880 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Indiana Co., E. Wheatfield Twp., Series T9, Roll 1135, page 155 E.Dist 135, page 24[indexed at familysearch.org as "Geo. W. HERN."].
In 1856 a land warrant was issued to Margaret Wakefield for twelve acres in Indiana County. Land warrants were the first document issued to a person who wanted to obtain land from the state. A land warrant gave the applicant permission to have the land surveyed. (Indiana County, Pennsylvania Land Warrants from the PA Archives, Third Series, Volume XXVI, File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ken McCrea. On the Indiana Coun ty website.)
The listing in the obituary index online for her reads:
KERN, Margaret (Wakefield), 77, Homer City PA, 1885-6-29
(Image downloaded from ww.rootsweb.com/~pacblack/ interest.htm)
I have not seen the actual obituary, but have based the date of her death on the index listing.
Her headstone inscription reads:
KERN, Margaret (Wakefield) Jun 1885
Homer City, Indiana Cnty. Nearly 78y
w/o G. W. Kern
(Phyllis M. Oyler (compiler), Sandyvale Cemetery, Johnstown, Pennsylvania: a re-creation of burials, 1850-1906, Closson Press, 1986).
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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| Birth | December 1808 | 1 | ||
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| Death | June 30, 1885 | Homer City, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States | 2 | |
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| Burial | Sandyvale Cemetery, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States | Burial of Margaret Wakefield | 3 | |
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Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | James Wakefield | |||
| Mother | Mary Clark | |||
| Margaret Wakefield | December 1808 | June 30, 1885 |
Families
Family of George Washington Kern and Margaret Wakefield |
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| Married | Husband | George Washington Kern ( b. October 3, 1800 d. May 28, 1881 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Joseph Benson Kern | April 24, 1829 | April 10, 1884 |
| Mary Margaret Kern | March 16, 1831 | March 16, 1913 |
| Elizabeth Kern | March 3, 1833 | June 10, 1834 |
| Martha Sybilla Kern | November 7, 1834 | November 10, 1915 |
| William Henry Harrison Kern | November 6, 1839 | July 9, 1898 |
| Elizabeth Lucinda Kern | February 8, 1843 | about January 26, 1918 |
| James Wakefield Kern | April 24, 1845 | December 12, 1899 |
| George Washington Kern | March 24, 1848 | October 27, 1919 |
Pedigree
Source References
- Brigid Wakefield Richards, gedcom file at wc.rootsweb.com entitled "Wakefield's of Indiana County, Pennsylvania," updated 14 Oct 2003. Agrees with age given in transcription of headstone at Sandyvale Cemetery found at www.rootsweb.com/~pacambri/cems/joSv03.html.
- Image downloaded from ww.rootsweb.com/~pacblack/ interest.html of the Obituary Index for the Cambria-Tribune, Johnstown, PA, 1853-1885, compiled from Patricia Wainwright Collins' Marriages and Deaths from Cambria Tribune, Vol. I - Vol. V, Clossen Press, Apollo, PA, 1981-1986.
- Phyllis M. Oyler (compiler), Sandyvale Cemetery, Johnstown,Pennsylvania: a recreation of burials, 1850-1906, (Closson Press, 1986).
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Mary Jane Mains, compiler: Newspaper accounts of births, marriages & deaths, 1808-1929 (not all inclusive)
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- Page: citing Westmoreland Republican and Farmers' Chronicle May 9, 1828
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