"Mrs. Margaret McGinnis died Saturday night at the residence, 718 Weller Street, at the age of 80 years.  The funeral will take place at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning from the Church of Our Lady of Good Help.  Interment following at Cavalry cemetery."

Special Thanks to the Heritage and More Blog for sharing this article on Margaret McCarron It had to have been a difficult year for our great-grandmother. Her husband John died in February of the year leaving her with a family of six to support and none of age enough to have working skills of their own.  The oldest, her stepson Patrick, was sixteen and probably capable of finding some sort of minor employment in order to bring in a meager amount of support to help with the sustenance of the...