Margaret A.
(1844-1929)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Isaiah Riffle

Margaret A. 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: Feb 1844, Pennsylvania 1 2 4 5
  • Marriage: Isaiah Riffle about 1868 1 2 3
  • Died: 1929 at age 85 5
  • Buried: 1929, Pittsburgh, PA 5
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bullet  Burial Notes:

Plot: Section F

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in German Township, Fayette, PA on 26 Jul 1870. 4

1870 US Census
Page 7, Dwelling 48, Family 48
German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Margaret Riffle..25..PA..Keeps House
(Living with husband and son. Living in same Dwelling as Isaiah's parents.)

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 7 Jun 1880. 1

1880 US Census
Page 330B, Roll 1130, District 47, Family 135
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Margaret Riffle..Wife..36..PA..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 2 sons.)

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 3 Jul 1900. 2

1900 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 42, Dwelling 186, Family 186, Roll 1411
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
farm owned, no mortgage
married 31 years
Margaret A. Riffle...Wife..Feb 1844..56..PA..2/2
(Living with husband.)

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Penn Township, Allegheny County, PA on 20 Jan 1920. 3

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 311, Family 127, Roll 1516
Penn Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Home owned, no mortgage
Margaret Riffle..Wife..76..PA
(Living with husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Feb 1844, then her age should have been 75 instead of 76.


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Margaret married Isaiah Riffle, son of Joseph Riffle and Martha Fast, about 1868.1 2 3 (Isaiah Riffle was born in Dec 1839 in Pennsylvania,1 2 3 4 6 died in 1924 6 and was buried in 1924 in Pittsburgh, PA 6.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in German Township, Fayette, PA on 26 Jul 1870. 4

1870 US Census
Page 7, Dwelling 48, Family 48
German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Isaiah Riffle..30..PA..Farm Laborer
Margaret Riffle..25..PA..Keeps House
Cyrus Riffle..10M..PA
(Same Dwelling as Isaiah's parents.)

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 7 Jun 1880. 1

1880 US Census
Page 330B, Roll 1130, District 47, Family 135
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Isaiah Riffle..Self..40..PA..Farmer
Margaret Riffle..Wife..36..PA..Keeping House
Cyrus Alva Riffle..Son..10..PA
David T. Riffle..Son..5..PA

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 3 Jul 1900. 2

1900 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 42, Dwelling 186, Family 186, Roll 1411
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
farm owned, no mortgage
married 31 years
Isaiah Riffle...Head..Dec 1839..60..PA..Farmer
Margaret A. Riffle...Wife..Feb 1844..56..PA..2/2

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Penn Township, Allegheny County, PA on 20 Jan 1920. 3

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 311, Family 127, Roll 1516
Penn Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Home owned, no mortgage
Isiah Riffle..Self..80..PA
Margaret Riffle..Wife..76..PA
Henry Lee..Servant..80..VA..Servant, Private Family


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Sources


1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 47, p. 330B, family 135, Isaiah Riffle and Margaret A. (Unknown); index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Aug 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1130.

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 42, p. 9B, dwelling 186, family 186; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Penn Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 311, sheet 6B, family 127, Isaiah Riffle and Margaret A. (Unknown); index and images (accessed 14 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1516.

4 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, p. 7, dwelling 48, family 48; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 21 Jul 2016), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Riffle&GSiman=1&GScid=46245&GRid=108909536&.

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 21 Jul 2016), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108909418.


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