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Margaret Malinda <I>Clawson</I> Margeson

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Margaret Malinda Clawson Margeson

Birth
Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Death
21 Sep 1922 (aged 66–67)
Alpha, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Orchard Row 23 Plot 29
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Mrs. Margaret M. Margeson, widow of the late John N. Margeson, died at 4:15 o'clock this morning at home at Alpha, of a complication of ailments, aged 67 years.
Express-Times September 21, 1922 page 2

Oral history, shared by a Margeson cousin, states that she was half Native American and that a lot of Native Americans relatives attended her funeral. He also states that two of his aunts told him of an Indian Princess being in the family tree. He was 8 years old when he attended his grandfather's funeral and he recalls a lot of Lenape Indians being present. Another Vanderbilt cousin also stated that she was told by her aunt, (the daughter of a Margeson who married a Vanderbilt), that someone married an Indian princess.
The Lenape tribe occupied New Jersey, so she was probably a Lenape. Her mother, Catharine Tappin Clawson, was thought to be full blooded Native American.

According to NJ Marriages 1678-1985 on FamilySearch.org:

John Margeson 25 years old
married
Malinda Clausen 18 years old
on June 18, 1873
in German Valley, Washington Twp. NJ (Morris Co.)
Mrs. Margaret M. Margeson, widow of the late John N. Margeson, died at 4:15 o'clock this morning at home at Alpha, of a complication of ailments, aged 67 years.
Express-Times September 21, 1922 page 2

Oral history, shared by a Margeson cousin, states that she was half Native American and that a lot of Native Americans relatives attended her funeral. He also states that two of his aunts told him of an Indian Princess being in the family tree. He was 8 years old when he attended his grandfather's funeral and he recalls a lot of Lenape Indians being present. Another Vanderbilt cousin also stated that she was told by her aunt, (the daughter of a Margeson who married a Vanderbilt), that someone married an Indian princess.
The Lenape tribe occupied New Jersey, so she was probably a Lenape. Her mother, Catharine Tappin Clawson, was thought to be full blooded Native American.

According to NJ Marriages 1678-1985 on FamilySearch.org:

John Margeson 25 years old
married
Malinda Clausen 18 years old
on June 18, 1873
in German Valley, Washington Twp. NJ (Morris Co.)

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