Mike Hitch Blog Genealogy William Henry Megley Sr.

William Henry Megley Sr.
(1804/1805-Abt 1888)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth (Betsy) Houghtaling

William Henry Megley Sr.

Born: 1804-1805, NY ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶
Marriage (1): Elizabeth (Betsy) Houghtaling on 07 Sep 1838 in Geauga Co., OH ¹
Marriage (2): Jane (?) on 04 Apr 1860 in Lake Co., OH ²
Marriage (3): Martha Brooks on 15 Nov 1873 in Lake Co., OH ²
Died: Abt 08 Apr 1888, Lake Co., OH
Buried: 11 Apr 1888, Lake Co., OH

Notes:

Listed in Painesville, Lake Co., OH Youth Enumuration of 1844 index: William Megley, parent to Anna and Frank Carrel Megley. Funeral records from Painesville for 1886-1888 list William Megley's funeral as Apr 11 1888, he being age 92 (but this is either a transcription error or wrong information of the funeral director because census records point to a birth year of 1804/05 or so).

William married Elizabeth (Betsy) Houghtaling on 07 Sep 1838 in Geauga Co., OH.¹ (Elizabeth (Betsy) Houghtaling was born before 1821 in Mentor, Lake Co., OH and died in 1852-1859 in Mentor, Lake Co., OH.)

William next married Jane (?) on 04 Apr 1860 in Lake Co., OH.² (Jane (?) was born in 1814-1815 in NY ⁷ ⁸ and died 1871-15 Nov 1873 in Lake Co., OH.)

William next married Martha Brooks, daughter of (?) Brooks and Betsy (?), on 15 Nov 1873 in Lake Co., OH.² (Martha Brooks was born in 1822 in OH ⁹.)

1 OH Marriage Records, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-X4JZ-YR?i=713&cc=1614804.

3 Lake Co., OH Funeral Records 1886-1888 Index, Listed as funeral date of Apr 11 1888, age 92.

4 1860 OH Census, Listed as William Megling, age 55, in Mentor Twp., Lake Co., OH, born in NY.

5 1870 OH Census, Listed as William Megley, age 66, in Mentor Twp., Lake Co., OH, born in NY.

6 1880 OH Census, Listed as William Magley, age 80, in Mentor Twp., Lake Co., OH, born in NY with parents born in NY.

7 1860 OH Census, Listed as Jane Megling, age 45, in Mentor Twp., Lake Co., OH, born in NY.

8 1870 OH Census, Listed as Jane Megley, age 56, in Mentor Twp., Lake Co., OH, born in NY.

9 1880 OH Census, Listed as Martha Magley, age 58, in Mentor Twp., Lake Co., OH, born in OH.

William Henry Megley Sr.

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