Margaret Evelyn Buchanan1

b. circa 1901
FatherJoseph Graham Buchanan2 b. abt 1873
MotherMargaret Sophia Hortenstine2 b. 3 Sep 1874, d. 28 Dec 1948
BirthCircacirca 1901 Margaret Evelyn Buchanan was born in Virginia circa 1901.2 
Childhood Margaret (or Evelyn as she appears to have been known) was born in Virginia but spent a part of her youth in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma, where her father was a college teacher.2 
Migration  At some point Evelyn was apparently in West Virginia, where she married in 1927. 
Marriage12 Jun 1927 She married P. J. Gates on 12 Jun 1927 in Newhall, West Virginia.1 
Cens-19305 Apr 1930  In 1930, she and her husband, P.J., were enumerated in Lee district, Mingo County, West Virginia, with their daughter Nancy. P.J. was working as a coal miner. The couple were renting a home for $12 a month.3 

Family

P. J. Gates
Child
  • Nancy J. Gates3
Last Edited2 May 2011

Citations

  1. [S1218] "Campbell data", My Berry Family (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~langolier/WC10/…). Information is not sourced.
  2. [S1223] Joseph G. Buchanan household, 1910 U.S. cens., Carter Co., Oklahoma, pop. sched., 3rd ward Aardmore, ED ?, sheet 2A (p. 95B stamped), dwelling 45, family ?, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 2005. Enumeration includes: Joseph G. Buchanan, 37, marr #1, 12 yrs, college teacher; Sophia M., 35, marr #1, marr 12 yrs, mother of 4 children, 3 living; Horace W., son, 12; Evelyn M. dau, 9; Virginia C., dau, 2/12 (?), b. OK; all others b. VA; all parents b. VA.
  3. [S1222] P.J. Gates household, 1930 U.S. cens., Mingo Co., West Virginia, pop. sched., Lee district, ED 30-5, sheet 10B, dwelling 138, family 144, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 2005, image 20 of 46. Enumeration includes: P.J. Gates, 23, marr at 20, renting home for $12 mos, b. W. VA, parents b. PA, coal miner; Evelyn, 29, marr at 26, b. VA, parents b. VA; Nancy J., dau, b. W. VA.