She was born on the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands in 1901 and emigrated with her parents in November 1908. The family crossed the ocean on the RMS Tunisian, landing in St. Johns, Newfoundland. From there, they traveled down the St. Lawrence to Windsor, Ontario and crossed into the USA, ultimately settling in Lansing, Michigan. When asked for the reason the family chose Lansing, they would respond: "Because that's where the jobs are".
She married Martin Henry Bliven in July 1920. Martin and Peggy were next door neighbors in Lansing. They were divorced in 1921. they were the parents of a son, Charles Vincent Bliven.
Unfortunately, Margaret died of complications of Thyroid Disease in 1931 at the young age of 30.
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OBITUARY:
Mrs. Margaret Bliven
Mrs. Margaret Bliven, 29, of 808 Center street, died Wednesday morning at a local hospital following several weeks' illness. She was an employee of the Reo Motor Car company. Besides the son, Charles, she is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vincent, at whose home she resided; three brothers, Herbert and Frank, both of Detroit, and James, of Lansing, and three sisters, Mrs Ivy DeVaney, Mrs. Kathleen Wilkinson, and Mrs. Dorothy Siefert, all of Lansing. Funeral services will be held from the home of the parents to St Mary's church at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery.
published in The Lansing State Journal on 2 Sep 1931
She was born on the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands in 1901 and emigrated with her parents in November 1908. The family crossed the ocean on the RMS Tunisian, landing in St. Johns, Newfoundland. From there, they traveled down the St. Lawrence to Windsor, Ontario and crossed into the USA, ultimately settling in Lansing, Michigan. When asked for the reason the family chose Lansing, they would respond: "Because that's where the jobs are".
She married Martin Henry Bliven in July 1920. Martin and Peggy were next door neighbors in Lansing. They were divorced in 1921. they were the parents of a son, Charles Vincent Bliven.
Unfortunately, Margaret died of complications of Thyroid Disease in 1931 at the young age of 30.
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OBITUARY:
Mrs. Margaret Bliven
Mrs. Margaret Bliven, 29, of 808 Center street, died Wednesday morning at a local hospital following several weeks' illness. She was an employee of the Reo Motor Car company. Besides the son, Charles, she is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vincent, at whose home she resided; three brothers, Herbert and Frank, both of Detroit, and James, of Lansing, and three sisters, Mrs Ivy DeVaney, Mrs. Kathleen Wilkinson, and Mrs. Dorothy Siefert, all of Lansing. Funeral services will be held from the home of the parents to St Mary's church at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery.
published in The Lansing State Journal on 2 Sep 1931
Gravesite Details
Headstone lists incorrect birth year
Family Members
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Nellie Elizabeth Vincent Preston
1877–1963
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Florence Vincent
1878–1878
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Frances Mary Vincent
1880–1882
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Percy John Vincent
1882–1884
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Herbert Henry Vincent
1883–1957
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James Collins Vincent
1886–1964
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Francis George Vincent
1888–1981
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Ivy Agnes Vincent Devaney
1891–1979
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Charles Henry Vincent
1892–1893
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Kathleen Josephine Vincent Wilkinson
1894–1959
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Dorothy Catherine Vincent Siefert
1896–1977
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Mary Magdalene Vincent
1898–1898