Margaret Mary MAHER

1896 - 1987  (91 years)

• Birth	11 Mar 1896	Saginaw, Saginaw, MI   [1, 2, 3]
  	Birth Certificate lists Peg's name as Margueritte Maher. Peg said that the person that recorded the birth preferred the name Margueritte to Margaret.
  Baptism	29 Mar 1896	St. Mary's Church, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI   [4]
  	Baptismal sponsors were James Hendrick and Margaret (illegible).
  Census	15 Apr 1950	Edina, Hennepin, MN   [5]
  Note	Apr 1919	Puerto Rico   [6]
  	April 5, 1919 - April 21, 1919 aboard the S.S. Brazos. Peg is shown on ship manifests as traveling from the port of New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The family story is that her father sent her on a trip to get over a break-up with her boyfriend, Skin Gadine. Given that Peg and Mac marry in January of 1920 it seems as if they had a whirlwind romance!
  Death	11 Dec 1987	Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN   [7]
  Burial	14 Dec 1987	Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN   [1, 7]
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  Father	James Gervais MAHER,   b. 15 Aug 1870, East Saginaw, Saginaw, MI d. 6 Mar 1934, Detroit, Wayne, MI (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Sophia Maria Fredrica TECHENTIEN,   b. 1 Sep 1872, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI d. 7 May 1951, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William James MCGOLDRICK, Sr.,   b. 15 May 1894, Milltown, Charlotte, New Brunswick, CANADA d. 30 Aug 1969, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1920	Detroit, Wayne, MI   [8, 9, 10]
  	Newspaper clippings, dated Jan 25, 1920, no publication listed. A pretty wedding occurred Saturday morning at 9 o'clock when Miss Margaret Maher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Gervus Maher, became the bride of William James McGoldrick, son of Mr. James McGoldrick, of Waltham, Mass. Mgr. Dempsey performed the ceremony, which was followed by a wedding breakfast at the Hotel Statler for the immediate families. The bride wore an attractive gown of blue tricotine embroidered in gold and Nile green, with a green hat and a corsage boquet of orchids and valley lilies. Mr. and Mrs. McGoldrick left for a western trip. The bride's grandmother, Mrs. John Maher, of Saginaw, was present at the wedding. McGoldrick-Maher Miss Margaret Maher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Gervis Maher and Mr. William James McGoldrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. James McGoldrick, were married Saturday at 9 o'clock by Monsignor M. Dempsey. The ceremony was a quiet one, witnessed by the members of the immediate families only. The bride was most attractive in a frock of midnight blue tricolette, embroidered in nile green, with a Batavia cloth hat of nile green. Miss Maher and Mr. McGoldrick were unattended. They went on a wedding trip. An interesting wedding was that of Miss Margaret Maher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Gurvus Maher, and William J. McGolderick, which was solemnized at 9 o'clock, Saturday morning in SS. Peter and Paul's cathedral church. Mgr. M. Dempsey officiating. It was a quiet simple ceremony, only the immediate families being present. The bride was very charming in her traveling gown of midnight blue tricotine trimmed in green and embroidered in gold and black. She wore a small hat of green batavia cloth and a corsage of orchids and sweetheart roses. Miss Maher and Mr. McGoldrick were unattended. A breakfast in the Hotel Statler for just the families, followed the church ceremony, after which the bridal couple left on a western trip. They will be at home to their friends upon their return at 188 Tennyson ave. The only out-of-town guest at the wedding was Mrs. John Maher, of Saginaw, the bride's grandmother.
  Children	1. Margaret Ann MCGOLDRICK,   b. 22 Mar 1922, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO d. 1 Jul 2015, Mt. Kisco, Westchester, Ny (Age 93 years)   2. William James MCGOLDRICK, Jr.,   b. 12 Nov 1923, Ferguson, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO d. 3 Dec 2020, St. Louis Park, Hennepin, MN (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 11 Mar 1896 - Saginaw, Saginaw, MI Baptism - 29 Mar 1896 - St. Mary's Church, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI Note - Apr 1919 - PUERTO RICO Marriage - 24 Jan 1920 - Detroit, Wayne, MI Census - 15 Apr 1950 - Edina, Hennepin, MN Death - 11 Dec 1987 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN Burial - 14 Dec 1987 - Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S12] Funeral Card, 12. [S116] Michigan State Record of Birth, 116. [S118] St. Mary's Church Records, 118. [S118] St. Mary's Church Records, Birth Records, 1896, page. 439., 118. [S1950] 1950 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1950), 1950. [S1145] Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1901-1962, (National Archives, Washington DC), 1145. [S1] MKM, 1. [S19] Wm & M. Maher Marr. Lic., 19. [S18] Peg's Collection, 18. [S263] Michigan Marriages, 263.