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Margaret Emma Watkins 1887–1937 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 July 1887

Birth Location: Georgia

Death Date: 14 Mar 1937

Death Location: Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States of America

Father: Abner Simonton

Mother: Margaret Johnston

Spouse(s): Howard Watkins

Children(s): Margaret Word

Margaret Emma Watkins was born in 1887 in Georgia, the child of Abner Arthur Simonton And Margaret Dorcas Johnston. Margaret Emma Watkins married Howard Denman Watkins, and had children including Margaret Johnston Peggy Word. Margaret Emma Watkins passed away in 1937 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Margaret Emma Watkins was born in 1887 in Georgia, the child of Abner Arthur Simonton And Margaret Dorcas Johnston.
  • Margaret Emma Watkins married Howard Denman Watkins, and had children including Margaret Johnston Peggy Word.
  • Margaret Emma Watkins passed away in 1937 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Watkins's Ancestors

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Margaret Watkins
1887–1937
Birth Place: Georgia
Parents
Abner Arthur Simonton
1849–1919
Chambers County, Alabama, United States of America
Margaret (Dorcas) Johnston
1850–1923
South Carolina, United States of America
Grandparents
William (Hall) Johnston
1819–1859
Susan (Erixene) Adams
1822–1903
South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
1773–1843
Erixene McEwen
1779–1844
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sr
1733–1799
Margaret Ewart
1746–1824

Margaret Watkins's Descendants

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Margaret (Emma) Watkins (20 July 1887–14 Mar 1937) m. Howard (Denman) Watkins (13 January 1881–20 October 1962)
  1. 1. Margaret (Johnston (Peggy)) Word 1922–2020

Margaret Watkins's Timeline

2 Records

1887
20 July 1887
Birth of Margaret Emma Watkins in Georgia
Georgia
1937
14 Mar 1937
Age 50
Death of Margaret Emma Watkins in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 July 1887
    Event Place: Georgia
    Record Source:
    [1] Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1927, Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics; Atlanta, Georgia
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Mar 1937
    Event Place: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1927, Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics; Atlanta, Georgia
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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