Margaret Flora1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 20444, (abt 1823 - 1893)
FatherGeorge Flora4,5 (12 Apr 1784 - 25 Jan 1861)
MotherRebecca Simpson4,5 (10 Apr 1790 - 17 Feb 1873)

Key Events:

Birth: about 1 Aug 1823, Pennsylvania6,7,8
Marriage: John A. Vallance (about 1816 - about 1860)9,10,11
Death: 16 Feb 189312,13
Burial: Mount Holly Springs Cemetery, Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania12,13
ChartsDescendants of David Dutt/Toot
AncestryThe Dutt/Toot Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Margaret Flora was born about 1 Aug 1823 in Pennsylvania.6,7,8 Her name at birth may have been Leah Margaret, as that is how her brother addressed her in his will. However every record as an adult shows her given name as Margaret.14
     She was probably the female age 5 to 10 listed in the household of her father, George Flora, in the 1830 Federal Census of Air Twp., Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.15 She was probably one of the two females age 15 to 20 listed in the household of her father in the 1840 Federal Census of Air Twp., Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.16
     Margaret married John A. Vallance.9,10,11
     Margaret and John appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Licking Creek Twp., Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 17 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $300. Their children George, Rebecca and Robert were listed as living with them.17
     Her husband apparently died about 1860.18,19 She managed the family farm after the death of her husband, with the aid of her teenage son George. By 1870 she was working as a domestic servant.20,21
     Margaret appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Licking Creek Twp., Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 2 Aug 1860, reporting no real estate, but personal estate of $176. Her children George, Rebecca, Robert, Emma and Virginia were listed as living with her, as was Elizabeth Wadells, age 17, listed as a servant.3
     Margaret appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of McConnellsburg, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 21 Jul 1870, in the household of Thomas Patterson, an apparently prosperous dry goods merchant. Her daughter Virginia was listed as living with her.22
     Margaret was named an heir in the will of Joseph M. Flora, her brother, dated 29 May 1877 in Funkstown, to receive upon the death or re-marriage of George's widow half of the property remaining after their brother George received the real estate, to be shared with her sister Catherine.23
     Margaret appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, in the household of her daughter Virginia and her husband, William H. Peffer.24
     Margaret died on 16 Feb 1893.12,13 She was buried in Mount Holly Springs Cemetery, Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania.12,13

Children:
     Children with John A. Vallance:

Citations

  1. [S6667] Virginia V. Peffer, Certificate of Death, shows name as Margaret Flora.
  2. [S6668] John A. Vallance household, 1850 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows name as Margaret Vallance.
  3. [S6670] Margaret Valance household, 1860 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania.
  4. [S6469] Bunderman, Flory Flora Fleury Family History 1948, pg 126.
  5. [S6664] Will Books, Washington Co., Maryland, F:804-5, will of Joseph Flora, 1877, shows her as his sister.
  6. [S4459] USGenWeb Archives, online, Cumberland County [Pennsylvania] Archives, "Mt Holly Springs: M-Z Surnames," record for Vallance, Margaret, shows age 69 yrs 6 mo 15 days at death 16 Feb 1893.
  7. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 54423208, Margaret Vallance, shows year.
  8. [S6668] John A. Vallance household, 1850 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 27 and state.
  9. [S6668] John A. Vallance household, 1850 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. [S6664] Will Books, Washington Co., Maryland, F:804-5, will of Joseph Flora, 1877, shows name as Leah Margaret Vallens, and widowed.
  11. [S6667] Virginia V. Peffer, Certificate of Death, shows them as her parents.
  12. [S4459] USGenWeb Archives, online, Cumberland County [Pennsylvania] Archives, "Mt Holly Springs: M-Z Surnames," record for Vallance, Margaret.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 54423208, Margaret Vallance.
  14. [S6664] Will Books, Washington Co., Maryland, F:804-5, will of Joseph Flora, 1877, shows name as Leah Margaret Vallens and as his sister.
  15. [S6650] George Flora household, 1830 U.S. Census, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.
  16. [S6651] George Flora household, 1840 U.S. Census, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.
  17. [S6668] John A. Vallance household, 1850 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania.
  18. [S6670] Margaret Valance household, 1860 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows his wife as managing the farm with five children but not him.
  19. [S6664] Will Books, Washington Co., Maryland, F:804-5, will of Joseph Flora, 1877, shows his wife as widowed.
  20. [S6670] Margaret Valance household, 1860 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows her occupation as managing farm and George's, at age 16 as farmer.
  21. [S6671] Thomas Patterson household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupaiton as domestic ser.
  22. [S6671] Thomas Patterson household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania.
  23. [S6664] Will Books, Washington Co., Maryland, F:804-5, will of Joseph Flora, 1877.
  24. [S6672] Wm. H. Peffer household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania.
  25. [S6668] John A. Vallance household, 1850 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  26. [S6670] Margaret Valance household, 1860 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  27. [S6673] Geo. T. Vallance, Certificate of Death.
  28. [S6684] Rebecca A. Ambrose, Certificate of Death.
  29. [S6703] Emma Divilbiss, Certificate of Death.
  30. [S6671] Thomas Patterson household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  31. [S6667] Virginia V. Peffer, Certificate of Death.
  32. [S6712] Maggie Valance Conrad, Certificate of Death.