Margaret Arnspiger 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Born: 29 December 1844, , Logan County, IL 4 6 7 8
- Marriage (1): Robert Letcher Mountjoy on 16 August 1866 in , Logan County, IL 1 2 3
- Died: 23 August 1935, , Logan County, IL at age 90 7
- Buried: 26 August 1935, Eminence Township, Logan, IL 7
 Death Notes:
Name: Margaret I Mountjoy
Event Date: 23 Aug 1935
Event Place: Lincoln, Logan, Illinois
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 90
Birth Year (Estimated): 1845
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1844
Birthplace: Atlanta, Illinois
Father's Name: Stephen Aruspiger
Father's Birthplace: unknown
Mother's Name: Catherine Houser
Mother's Birthplace: unknown
Occupation: Housewife
Residence Place: Lincoln, Logan, Illinois
Spouse's Name: Robert L Mountjoy
Burial Date: 26 Aug 1935
Burial Place: Eminence, Logan, Illinois
Reference ID: 32172
Citing this Record
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQRL-6JP : 8 March 2018), Robert L Mountjoy in entry for Margaret I Mountjoy, 23 Aug 1935; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,765,616.
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Noted events in her life were:
• She has alternate birth date of 29 December 1843 and a birth location of , Logan County, IL.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 4 June 1880. 3
1880 US Census
Page 239A, District 48, Dwelling 51, Family 54, Roll 0227
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Margaret Mountjoy..Wife..34..IL..Keeping House
(Living with husband, 4 children, 1 brother-in-law, and 2 nephews.)
NOTE - If her birth date was 29 Dec 1844, then her age should have been 35 instead of 34.
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Lincoln, IL on 6 June 1900. 6
1900 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 42, Dwelling 152, Family 152
Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois
221 Eighth Street
Margaret Mountjoy..Mother-in-Law..Dec 1844..45..Wd..6/5..IL
(Living with her unmarried daughter, Nellie, at the home of her married daughter, Paralee, and her husband.)
NOTE - If her birth date was 29 Dec 1844, then her age should have been 55 instead of 45. Obviously the enumerator made a mistake in writing down the age because he did enter the correct birth date.
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Margaret married Robert Letcher Mountjoy, son of Robert Fisher Mountjoy and Susan Tolbert Brown, on 16 August 1866 in , Logan County, IL.1 2 3 (Robert Letcher Mountjoy was born on 16 June 1842 in Anderson County, KY 8 and died on 24 November 1884 in , Logan County, IL 8.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 4 June 1880. 3
1880 US Census
Page 239A, District 48, Dwelling 51, Family 54, Roll 0227
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Robert L. Mountjoy..Self..36..KY..Farmer
Margaret Mountjoy..Wife..34..IL..Keeping House
Lillie S. Mountjoy..Dau..12..IL..At Home
Paralee Mountjoy..Dau..11..IL..At Home
Amanda Mountjoy..Dau..6..IL..At Home
Tolbert Mountjoy..Son..2..IL..At Home
Marion Mountjoy...Bro..26..IL..Farmer
George Atteberry..Othr..18..IL..Farm Laborer
Frank Atteberry..Othr..20..IL..Farm Laborer
Martha Brining..Othr..28..IL..Housekeeper
NOTE - Marion Mountjoy was a brother of Robert. George and Frank Atteberry were both noted as "other" relationship to Robert but were actually nephews to Margaret through her older sister, Susan. Martha Brining was probably un-related.
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