Margaret Rebecca Sheldon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]}

1884 - 1963  (79 years)

• Name	Margaret Rebecca Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Born	12 Mar 1884	Millvale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14]
  	Birth place sometimes shown as Pittsburgh in 1885, but a letter from her mother in 1917 noted in Millvale and the date of 12 Mar 1884
  Gender	Female
  Residence	4 Jun 1900	Millvale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA   [8]
  	Census: "Eliza Sheldon", born Mar 1884, with parents, no occupation noted. It's unclear why she is listed as Eliza in this record, she did have an earlier sister Eliza who seems to have died young. Perhaps she temporarily took the name as a child.
  Residence	10 Apr 1910	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [9]
  	Census: "Margaret R. Sheldon", 26, a cook at the "Salvation Army Rescues Maternity Home" on LaSalle Ave.
  Residence	20 Aug 1917	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [2]
  	Passport Application: To sail on the Rochambeau 1 Sep 1917 to serve with the Salvation Army in the American Camps. Confirmed she was born 12 Mar 1884 in Millvale, PA to Joseph and Martha Sheldon, both originally from England.
  Departure	1 Sep 1917	New York City, New York, USA   [2]
  	On the SS Rochambeau to serve with the Salvation Army in the American Camps in France.
  Departure	23 Jul 1931	San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA   [4]
  	On the SS Ventura, with husband Bryson Stufflebeam.
  Arrival	31 Jul 1931	Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA   [4]
  Departure	29 Dec 1931	Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA   [1]
  	On the SS Niagara "Margaret Stufflebeam", with husband Bryson.
  Arrival	1 Jan 1932	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada   [1, 3]
  Residence	1935	Mount Scott, Multnomah, Oregon, USA   [5]
  Residence	1937	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA   [6]
  	City Directory: "Stufflebeam, Bryon R. (Margt) lab h317 N Cherry"
  Residence	16 Apr 1940	Mount Scott, Multnomah, Oregon, USA   [5]
  	Census: "Margaret R. Stufflebeam", with husband
  Residence	1 Aug 1963	Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, USA   [14]
  	Her residence was given as being in Roseburg in her obituary in the News-Review, Roseburg, Oregon
  Died	2 Aug 1963	Elgin, Kane, Illinois, USA   [14]
  	"died last Friday in Elgin, Ill., while en route to visit relatives in the East".
  Person ID	I412386580446	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph E. Sheldon,   b. 22 Jan 1854, England ,   d. 28 Nov 1906, Millvale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Martha Ann Wright,   b. 29 Feb 1859, England ,   d. 21 Jan 1932, Millvale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
  Married	1876  [8]
  Family ID	F2764	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bryson Robert Stufflebeam,   b. 31 Jan 1893, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, USA ,   d. 27 Nov 1944, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA  (Age 51 years)
  Married	27 Sep 1923	Oahu, Hawaii, USA   [13, 15]
  	At the Salvation Army Boy's Home at 4 o'clock, performed by "Brig W. C. Bourne, who performed the ceremony under a bower of maile, and the American Flag, and the Salvation Army Flag."
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F1591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Mar 1884 - Millvale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Residence - 4 Jun 1900 - Millvale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Residence - 10 Apr 1910 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 20 Aug 1917 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Departure - 1 Sep 1917 - New York City, New York, USA Departure - 23 Jul 1931 - San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Arrival - 31 Jul 1931 - Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Departure - 29 Dec 1931 - Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Arrival - 1 Jan 1932 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Residence - 1937 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA Residence - 1 Aug 1963 - Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, USA Died - 2 Aug 1963 - Elgin, Kane, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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