Margaret Elizabeth Wilkins (abt. 1896 - 1951)

Born about 17 Dec 1896 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Died 23 Oct 1951 at about age 54 in Hibbing, Saint Louis Co., Minnesota, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth Wilkin was born in December 1896 in Columbus, Ohio. She is the daughter of Charles Wilkin and Martha Burke.

1900 census -- Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Chas A Wilkins, head, white, male, born Mar 1863, age 37, married 5 years, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, bill clerk in Express Co, own mortgaged house; Martha B. Wilkins, wife, white, female, born Feb 1871, age 29, married, 5 years, 1 child/1 living, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana; Elizabeth Wilkins, daughter, white, female, born Dec 1896, age 3, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana; Ray Shaeffer, boarder, white, male, born Sept 1877, age 22, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, student OS^[1]

1910 census -- Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Charles A Wilkins, head, male, white, age 47, married 14 years, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio, express manager railroad, rent house; Martha L Wilkins, wife, female, white, age 39, married 14 years, 4 children/4 living, born Indiana, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Indiana; Elizabeth A Wilkins, daughter, female, white, age 13, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, attended school; Dorothy E Wilkins, daughter, female, white, age 9, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, attended school; Maxine E Wilkins, daughter, female, white, age 7, single, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, attended school; Donna E Wilkins, daughter, female, white, age 3, single, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana^[2]

1920 census -- Columbus, Franklin Co, Ohio, USA

Sallie A Mitchell, head, rent, female, white, age 59, single, born Ohio, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland, keeper boarding house; Sarah A Murphy, aunt, female, white, age 83, widow, emigrated 1853, naturalized, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland; Jane Maufer, boarder, female, white, age 32, married, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, stenographer insurance co.; Elizabeth M Wilkins, boarder, female, white, age 23, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, clerk steam railroad; William E Adams, boarder, male, white, age 29, single, born Ohio, father born US, mother born US, salesman retail dept store.^[3]

1930 census -- Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA

Josephine Lewis, head, own $15000, white, female, age 67, widow, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Louise E Lewis, daughter, white, female, age 35, single, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Ohio, copywriter advertising agency; Elizabeth Wilkins, roomer, white, female, age 36, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, music teacher conservatory^[4]

She died 23 October 1951 in Hibbing, Minnesota. ^[5][6]She is buried in Glen Cove Cemetery in Knightstown, Indiana.^[7]

Additional Information:

History of the Descendants of John Hottel, Part 3 - Barbara Hottel; William David Huddle & completed by his wife Lulu May Harden Huddle, published by Shenandoah Publishing House, Strasburg, Va., 1930, pp. 993:

1190y-a Elizabeth Margaret Wilkin7, b. Dec. 1897. Lives in Chicago, Ill. Unm.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMZ1-ZT8 : accessed 03 Apr 2014), Elizabeth Wilkins in household of Chas A Wilkins, Montgomery Township, Precinct D Columbus City Ward 19, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241270.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLF1-29G : accessed 03 Apr 2014), Elizabeth A Wilkins in household of Charles A Wilkins, Columbus Ward 11, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 164, sheet 8B, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375196.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD57-ZTR : accessed 03 Apr 2014), Elizabeth M Wilkins in household of Sallie A Mitchell, Columbus Ward 4, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 1B, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821381.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XST7-RWP : accessed 20 April 2017), Elizabeth Wilkins in household of Josephine Lewis, Chicago (Districts 0001-0250), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 168, sheet 4A, line 53, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 421; FHL microfilm 2,340,156.
5. ↑ Minnesota Department of Health; St Paul, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2017
6. ↑ Tri-County Banner (Knightstown IN), 10/25/1951, p 1:

   Former Resident Dies in Minnesota

   Miss Elizabeth Wilkin, 54, died at Hibbin, Minn. Monday at 10 am following an illness of three months. Graveside services will be held at Glen Cove Friday at 2 pm with the Rev T.R. White, of Pendleton, officiating. Interment will follow in Glen Cove cemetery.

   The body will arrive at the Butcher funeral home Thursday afternoon.

   Born in Columbus, Ohio, Dec 17, 1896, she moved to Knightstown when five years old, living here some five years before moving on to Minnesota with relatives.

   She was a music teacher in public schools and colleges in Minnesota for a number of years.

   The Ohio flood of 1913 took the lives of both of her parents and all other members of her immediate family.

   An aunt, Mrs Florence Burk Hardy, of Pendleton, and three cousins survive.

7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114901941/m_elizabeth-wilkin: accessed February 17, 2024), memorial page for M. Elizabeth Wilkin (17 Dec 1896–23 Oct 1951), Find A Grave: Memorial #114901941, citing Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Angels A-Far (contributor 47320339).