Fablinger, Margaret

Notes:

In the census of 1860, he was listed as being eight years old. In 1889, he was living in Saratoga, California; in 1904 was living in California, and in 1916 in Campbell, California these two cities are in San Mateo County.

James went to California as a young man with his brother, George. Both of them taught school, but George later went to Nebraska. James married Ellen Brown when he was about 23 years old. James and his wife had 11 children. They were baby, baby 2, Bessie, Sarah (Lesuer), Mary Agnes, Margaret, Frances (Swane), Vera Brown (Rorke), John Brown, Winifred Brown (Burke), And James Brown.

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Update from MaryAnn Opet, maryannist@aol.com, Dec. 12, 2001:

"Both Campbell and Saratoga are in Santa Clara Co. and always have been. James's and Ellen's daughter, Miss Fablinger was my mother's eighth grade teacher at the Campbell Grammar School in 1932."
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James married Brown, Ellen on 23 Jan 1876. Ellen was born on 25 Sep 1854; died on 25 Jul 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ellen brown is the daughter of John Brown of Harper's Ferry episode and his second wife, Mary Ann Day. Ellen's brother John Brown Jr. Collected papers of his family and they are stored in the Ohio archives.

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George was raised by his father and stepmother, because his mother had died when he was two and a half years old. At the age of eighteen he took up the trade of a stonemason, which he followed for about six years. In 1837, he came to America and after a thirteen-week trip; he landed in the city of Baltimore. He soon found employment with the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, where he worked for two years. Later he went to Allegheny County, Maryland, where he worked in a sawmill. He, also, worked in the furnaces at Lonaconing.

While a resident of Maryland, he married Margaret Pope, who was also a native of Germany. About 1848-49, they came to Jo Daviess County and after a short residency in Galena, they settled on 120 acres on section 3 of the Hanover Township. They paid $1.25 an acre and by hard work made improvements that made the farm, one of the best in the township. At the time of his death, he owned 200 acres. Margaret had a hard life as she bore him twelve children. They were Phillip, John, Nicholas, Lewis, George, Margaret, James, Elizabeth, William, Theresa, Peter, and Agnes. She died in 1861, shortly after the birth of the youngest daughter, Agnes or Aggie. Although there are some reports that she died in 1864. George contracted a second marriage with Mary Thompson. While married to George, she helped with raising of two of George's grand children, until her death in 1885. They were the son and daughter of Nicholas. In the census of September 8, 1860, he was listed as being 47 years old and his wife was 42. The value of their property was $1500 and the personal estate $700. George and Margaret are buried in the Edgerton cemetery in Hanover, Illinois.

Buried:
Edgerton Cemetery

George married Pope, Margaret in 1842 in Maryland, USA. Margaret was born in 1817 in Germany; died on 19 Jul 1891 in Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]