Notes for: Margaret Watson Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
From Montgomery County, Penn. Marriage Records:
James Edward Brooke, 22, of West Point, Penn., station agent, son of Henry Stout Brooke & Maggie Martin AND Maggie Watson Bodine, 22, of West Point, Penn., teacher, daughter of Henry & Lydia Ann Bodine, 1st marriage of both, were married 8 June 1892 at West Point, Penn., by J. D. Detrick.
From Pennsylvania Federal Census Records:
1900 (22 June) Moreland Twp., Montgomery Co.: James E. BROOKE Oct 1869 PA RR station agent, Margaret W. April 1870 PA wife, Edith L. Aug 1893 PA dau, Marie N. Sept 1895 PA dau. James & Margaret were married 8 years and had 3 children of whom 2 were then living.
1920 (13 Jan) Philadelphia, Odd Fellows Home: Margaret W. BROOKS 48 PA widow Asst Matron-Odd Fellows.
Newspaper Obituary, Public Ledger (Philadelphia, Pa.) of 24 Nov 1918.
BROOKE--Nov. 22, JAMES EDWARD, husband of Margaret W. Brooke (nee Bodine), aged 49. Relatives and friends, Friendship Lodge, No. 400, F. and A.M.; North Wales Lodge, No. 610, I.O.O.F., and Veterans Employees' Asso. of the P. and R. invited to funeral, Mon. 2:30 p.m., Bethayres, Pa. Int. Hillside Cem. Auto will meet train leaving Reading Terminal-:02 p.m. at Bethayres Sta.
From State of Pennsylvania Certificate of Death for Margaret W. Brooke: born 16 Jan 1862 in Penn, died 16 Jan 1923 in Philadelphia and was burie din Hillside Cemetery. Parents are Harry Bodine & _____ Garner. Informant was H. Carroll Brooke.