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Margaret Rebecca Ratchford

Female 1839 - 1911  (71 years)

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  • Name Margaret Rebecca Ratchford  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 28 Nov 1839  Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1850  Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Age: 11 
    Residence 1880  Crowder Mountain, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial 1911  Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Olney Presbyterian Cemetery
    Death 13 Apr 1911  Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I13153  MontyHistNotes_2014 | William Azmon Sample and Esther Garrison
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Father Joseph Ratchford,   b. 30 May 1798, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1870, Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Esther "Hettie" Carothers,   b. 24 Nov 1802, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1885, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 24 Feb 1825  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8041  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Franklin Alexander Dickson,   b. 21 Mar 1835, Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1872, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1859  North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    >1. George Meek Dickson,   b. 14 Nov 1860, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1917, Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Frances E Dickson,   b. 6 Jun 1862, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1923, Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Captain William Thomas Dickson,   b. 31 Jul 1866, Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1920, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Laban Eli Dickson,   b. 8 Nov 1870, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1949, Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Jonas Hoffman Dickson,   b. 25 Jul 1868, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1934, Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F8037  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Nov 1839 - Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 11 - 1850 - Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Oct 1859 - North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Crowder Mountain, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1911 - Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Apr 1911 - Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for George M Dickson

    2. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for Francis E Dickson

    3. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for Laban Eli Dickson

    4. [S1653] Olney Presbyterian Church Cemetery, (Name: Name: findagrave; Location: Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA;;).

    5. [S2931] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Crowders Mountian, Gaston, North Carolina; Roll: 964; Family History Film: 1254964; Page: 45D; Enumeration District: 086; Image: 0092.
      Record for Margaret Dixon
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=14504229&indiv=try

    6. [S11] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Gaston, North Carolina; Roll: M432_630; Page: 458B; Image: 528.
      Record for Margaret R Mackford
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=12740265&indiv=try



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