Margaret Van Gilder ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Death Notes:

Name: Maggie Cleavenger
Death Date: 05 Jan 1948
Death Place: Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Female
Age: 87 years
Estimated Birth Year: 25 Apr 1868
Birth Place: Fairmont, WV
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Jack Cleavenger
Father's Name: Martin S. Van Gilder
Mother's Name: Rebecca Fast
Occupation: Housewife
Cemetery: Mt. Zion
Burial Date: 07 Jan 1948
Film Number: 834819
Digital Folder Number: 4229121
Image Number: 29
Source: County Records
Reference Number: v 9 p 26
Collection: West Virginia Deaths, 1853-1970
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of Mar 1870 and a birth location of West Virginia.

This birth date was provided on her 1900 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 26 Aug 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 12, Dwelling 80, Family 81
Winfield Township, Marion County, West Virginia
Maggie Vangilder..2..WV..At Home
(Living with parents.)

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on Jun 1880. ⁶

1880 US Census
Page 532D, District 93, Dwelling 250, Family 254, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Maggie Van Gilder..Dau..12..WV..At Home
(Living with parents.)

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Braddock Township, Allegheny, PA on 16 Jun 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 353, Dwelling 95, Family 101
Braddock Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
home owned with mortgage
Married 4 years
Maggie Cleavenger..Wife..Mar 1870..30..WV..2/2
(Living with husband and 2 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 25 Apr 1868, then her age should have been 31 instead of 30.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 7 Jan 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 19, Dwelling 104, Family 114, Roll 1961
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
1110 Conaway Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
May Cleavenger..Wife..51..WV
(Living with husband and 5 children.)

• She was buried after 5 Jan 1948 in the Mount Zion Cemetery in , Marion County, WV.

Margaret had a relationship with someone about 1889.

Margaret next married Paul Mestrezat Cleavenger, son of William Kramer Cleavenger and Louisa Elizabeth Girard, on 9 Dec 1895 in , Marion County, WV.^{1 2 3} (Paul Mestrezat Cleavenger was born on 22 Feb 1861 in Mapletown, PA,^{1 3 9 10} died on 24 Mar 1948 in Fairmont, WV ^{1 9 10} and was buried on 26 Mar 1948 in , Marion County, WV ^{1 10}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Braddock Township, Allegheny, PA on 16 Jun 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 353, Dwelling 95, Family 101
Braddock Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
home owned with mortgage
Married 4 years
Zack Cleavenger..Head..May 1864..36..PA..Carpenter
Maggie Cleavenger..Wife..Mar 1870..30..WV..2/2
Edith Cleavenger..Dau..Oct 1896..3..WV
Quincy Cleavenger..Son..Oct 1897..2..WV

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 7 Jan 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 19, Dwelling 104, Family 114, Roll 1961
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
1110 Conaway Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Jack Cleavenger..Self..58..PA..Carpenter, House
May Cleavenger..Wife..51..WV
Clifton Cleavenger..Son..17..WV..Operator, Glass Factory
Hazel Cleavenger..Dau..15..WV
Leslie Cleavenger..Son..13..WV
Ivy Cleavenger..Dau..10..WV
Louise Cleavenger..Dau..7..WV

  Marriage Notes:

Groom's Name: Zack Cleavenger
Bride's Name: Maggie Vangilder
Marriage Date: 09 Dec 1895
Marriage Place: Marion, West Virginia
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59624-6
System Origin: West Virginia-EASy
Source Film Number: 464957
Reference Number: pg 8
Collection: West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932
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