Margaret E. Vallance1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 20642, (1860 - 1921)
FatherJohn A. Vallance4 (abt 1816 - abt 1860)
MotherMargaret Flora4 (abt 1 Aug 1823 - 16 Feb 1893)

Key Events:

Birth: 6 Aug 1860, Pennsylvania5,6,7
Marriage: about 1881, Lewis E. Conrad (6 Aug 1859 - 12 Oct 1931)8,9,10
Death: 8 Mar 1921, Middle Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania4
Burial: 12 Mar 1921, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery4
ChartsDescendants of David Dutt/Toot
AncestryThe Dutt/Toot Family

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Narrative:

     Margaret E. Vallance was born on 6 Aug 1860 in Pennsylvania.5,6,7
     Her father died about 1860, when Margaret an infant, or perhaps before her birth.11,12
     Margaret appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Knobsville, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 8 Jul 1870, in the household of Samuel M. Kelso, a prosperous farmer, and his family. They are not known to have been relatives, but were apparently helpful neighbors.13
     Margaret appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Susquehanna Twp., Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 25 Jun 1880, in the household of Gabriel Heister, a farmer, and his family. She is listed as "help" with her occupation shown as a servant.14
     Margaret married Lewis E. Conrad, son of Jacob Conrad and Adeline Shoffer, about 1881.8,9,10
     Margaret and Lewis appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Middle Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 5 Jun 1900, reporting they owned their home, which was mortgaged. Their children Flora, Jennie, John and George were listed as living with them.15
     Margaret and Lewis appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Middle Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 21 Apr 1910, reporting they owned their home, free of mortgage. Their children John, George and Walter were listed as living with them, as were Mary and Flora McCarty, ages 5 and 2, daughters of their late daughter Flora.16
     Margaret and Lewis appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Middle Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 24 Jan 1920, reporting they owned their home, which was mortgaged. Their son Walter was listed as living with them, as were Mary and Flora McCarty, ages 14 and 11, daughters of their late daughter Flora.17
     Margaret died on 8 Mar 1921 in Middle Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, at age 60.4 She was buried on 12 Mar 1921 in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.4

Children:
     Children with Lewis E. Conrad

Lewis and Margaret had another child, whose name is not known, who was born before 1900.25,26
  • Flora Conrad18 (Aug 1884 - 1908)
  • Harry C. Conrad19 (21 Dec 1886 - 24 Feb 1887)
  • Jennie A. Conrad18,20 (13 Aug 1889 - Jan 1984)
  • John Franklin Conrad21,22,23 (25 Jan 1892 - )
  • George W. Conrad21,22 (11 Nov 1898 - Jul 1977)
  • Walter L. Conrad22,24 (abt 1901 - )

Citations

  1. [S6714] Samuel M. Kelso household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows name as Margaret Vallance.
  2. [S6713] Gabriel Heister household, 1880 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, shows name as Maggie Vallance.
  3. [S6716] Lewis Conrad household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, shows name as Maggie E. Conrad.
  4. [S6712] Maggie Valance Conrad, Certificate of Death.
  5. [S6712] Maggie Valance Conrad, Certificate of Death, shows date and state.
  6. [S6714] Samuel M. Kelso household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 10 and state.
  7. [S6715] Lewis Conrad household, 1900 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, shows month, year, age 39, and state.
  8. [S6715] Lewis Conrad household, 1900 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, shows married 19 years.
  9. [S6716] Lewis Conrad household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, shows married 29 years.
  10. [S6717] Lewis E. Conrad household, 1920 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, shows married.
  11. [S6670] Margaret Valance household, 1860 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows his wife as managing the farm with five children but not him.
  12. [S6664] Will Books, Washington Co., Maryland, F:804-5, will of Joseph Flora, 1877, shows his wife as widowed.
  13. [S6714] Samuel M. Kelso household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania.
  14. [S6713] Gabriel Heister household, 1880 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.
  15. [S6715] Lewis Conrad household, 1900 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.
  16. [S6716] Lewis Conrad household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.
  17. [S6717] Lewis E. Conrad household, 1920 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.
  18. [S6715] Lewis Conrad household, 1900 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, shows the girl as daughter of Maggie's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  19. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 42700976, Harry C Conrad, includes tombstone photo showing same.
  20. [S6720] Isaac N. Fite and Jennie A. Conrad, Application for Marriage License, Dauphin County.
  21. [S6715] Lewis Conrad household, 1900 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  22. [S6716] Lewis Conrad household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  23. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for John Franklin Conrad.
  24. [S6717] Lewis E. Conrad household, 1920 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, shows him as the son of her husband.
  25. [S6715] Lewis Conrad household, 1900 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, shows her as the mother of 6, with 5 living.
  26. [S6716] Lewis Conrad household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, shows her as mother of 7, with 6 living.