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Margaret Edna Amsberry

Margaret Edna Amsberry

Female 1852 - 1925  (72 years)

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  • Name Margaret Edna Amsberry 
    Born 29 Oct 1852  Southside, Mason, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 May 1925  Mason City, Custer, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Died of apoplexy
    Margaret Edna Amsberry obituary
    Margaret Edna Amsberry obituary
    Person ID I24  Mouchet-Roberts genealogy
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2018 

    Father Francis Everett Amsberry,   b. 18 Jan 1824,   d. 6 Aug 1897  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Lucy Caroline Beard,   b. 12 Jan 1827, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1915, Mason City, Custer, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 2 Mar 1848  Mason County, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Francis E Amsbury marraige to Lucy C Beard
    Francis E Amsbury marraige to Lucy C Beard
    Family ID F1858  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Robert Jinks,   b. 4 Dec 1848, Gallia County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1888, Southside, Mason, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1871  Mason, Mason, West Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    William Jinks marriage to Margaret Amsberry
    William Jinks marriage to Margaret Amsberry
    Children 
     1. Rose Alice Jinks,   b. 16 Sep 1874, Southside, Mason, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1958, Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     2. Priscilla Jinks,   b. 24 Mar 1873,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Cora M. Jinks,   b. 13 Nov 1876,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. George Robert Jinks,   b. 29 Sep 1886,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2021 
    Family ID F1765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nikolai Peterson 
    Married 1896 
    Children 
     1. Lucy Baker,   b. 17 Nov 1902  [Adopted]
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2021 
    Family ID F10844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Nikolai Peterson and Margaret Amsberry
    Nikolai Peterson and Margaret Amsberry

  • Notes 
    • From an obituary transcribed on Ancestry.com, source unknown.
      Margaret Edna Amsberry was born in Mason County, West Virginia, October 29, 1851 and died at 8:30 am, May 17, 1925 of apoplexy, being 72 years, 6 months and 19 days old.
      Mrs. Peterson early in life joined the Primitive Baptist Church and ever held strong to that faith. She was married to Robert W. Jinks in 1872 and to this union were born Priscilla J. Caldwell, Brookston, Minnesota, Rose A. Keller of Grand Island, Cora M. Lamb and Robert G. Jinks, also of Brookston, Minnesota, and one child dying in infancy.
      Having been bereaved of her husband in 1888, she moved with her family to Mason City, Nebraska and in 1896 she was united in marriage to Nikoli Peterson, who with an adopted daughter, Mrs. Lucy E. Blake of Brewster, Nebraska, and the children mentioned, besides many grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren are left to mourn her departure.
      She also leaves four brothers; John A. of Mason City, James M. of Bend, Oregon, William D. of Alliance and Francis A. Amsberry of Broken Bow and five sisters; Martha Amsberry, Rosetta C. Greenlee, Laura J. Fisher, all of Mason City, Almira U. Amsberry of Berwyn and Ellie E. Coleman of Ballantine, Montana. A brother, Floyd M. Amsberry, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah E. Frazey, having passed on some years ago.

  • Sources 
    1. [S12105] West Virginia Marriages, image of original record at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=567389&ImageNumber=29.

    2. [S12102] West Virginia Marriages, Actual image at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=567390&ImageNumber=361.