Margaret J. Coyle ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

Margaret's exact birth date is not known with any certainty as she gave various ages reflecting different birth years on many of the documents during her life. Probably the most accurate would be the 1900 US Census when she still lived with her parents in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania and upon which her birth date was reported as May 1887.
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  Birth Notes:

This birth date was given on her 1900 US Census while she was age 13 and living with her parents.
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  Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial 172120432

  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth information of 27 May 1888.This birth date appears on her gravestone but is not supported by any documents.
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• She has alternate birth date of 1891 and a birth location of Pennsylvania.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 39 on the 1930 US Census. It was also referenced by her age of 29 on marriage license issued in 1920.
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• She has alternate birth date of 1895 and a birth location of Pennsylvania.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 45 on the 1940 US Census. ³

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Lebanon, PA on 11 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 16B, 17A, District 24, Family 391, Roll 2062
Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
1014 Orchard Avenue, house rented, $20; 7th Ward
Margaret Martin..Wife..39..PA

(Living with husband, 2 sons, and widowed father.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in May 1887, then her age should have been 42 instead of 39.

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Bayonne, NJ on 23 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 9-11, Family 143, Roll 2344
Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey, United States, Ward 1
41 West 8th Street; Home rented, $31
Margaret Martin..Wife..45..PA..4th grade

(Living with husband and 2 sons.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in May 1887, then her age should have been 52 instead of 45.
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• Her obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper after 26 June 1965 in New Jersey.

Margaret married Boyd Penrose Martin, son of John H. Martin and Mary Ann Martin, on 27 June 1920 in Pennsylvania.^{1 2 3} (Boyd Penrose Martin was born on 7 September 1897 in Pennsylvania,^{2 5 6 7} died on 5 April 1947 ⁸ and was buried after 5 April 1947 in Lebanon, PA ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 27 June 1920, in , Lebanon County, PA. ¹

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Lebanon, PA on 11 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 16B, 17A, District 24, Family 391, Roll 2062
Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
1014 Orchard Avenue, house rented, $20; 7th Ward
Boyd P. Martin..Father..33..PA..Construction Worker, Steel Plant
Margaret Martin..Wife..39..PA
Bernard Martin..Son..9..PA
William Martin..Son..1y 7m..PA
James Coyle..Father-in-law..79..PA..Widowed
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Bayonne, NJ on 23 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 9-11, Family 143, Roll 2344
Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey, United States, Ward 1
41 West 8th Street; Home rented, $31
Boyd Martin..Head..40..PA..12th grade..Electric burner, Wholesale Scrap Iron..earned $1500 in 1939
Margaret Martin..Wife..45..PA..4th grade
Bernard Martin..Son..18..PA..11th grade
William Martin..Son..11..PA..4th grade
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Boyd P. Martin
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Jun 1920
Event Place: , Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
Event Place: Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
Father's Name: John H. Martin
Mother's Name: Mary A. Martin
Spouse's Name: Margaret Coyle
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 29
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1891
Spouse's Father's Name: James Coyle
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Kattni
Reference ID: p 25

Citing this Record
"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF91-K1T : 5 November 2017), Mary Kattni in entry for Boyd P. Martin and Margaret Coyle, 27 Jun 1920; citing Marriage, , Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States, various county courts and registers, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 21,474.
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After the 1930 US Census which showed them living in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, they moved about 150 miles eastward to Bayonne, New Jersey. They appeared there in the 1940 US Census. Boyd died in 1947 at a yet unknown location and was buried back in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Apparently his widower must have remained in Bayonne, New Jersey because she died there in 1965 and was then buried back in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
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