Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameMargaret Beaty ORMSBY [4583]
Birth1839, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania [4582]
FatherDr. John S. ORMSBY (1806-1876)
MotherJane HINDMAN (1815-1898)
Individual Notes
• Name given as Jane. [5777, p 2]
Census
• 1850 Census: Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. Age 11, b PA. [4607]
• 1860 Census: Placerville, El Dorado, California. Age 20, b PA. Enumerated as M. B. Ormsby. [5786]
• 1870 Census: Sacramento, Sacramento, California. Age 30, b PA. Enumerated as Maggie B. [5785]
• 1880 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 41, b PA. Parents b PA. Enumerated as Margaret. [4584]
Spouses
Death1886, San Francisco, San Francisco, California [5787] Age: 63
OccupationChief Justice of the California Supreme Court [5777, p 2]
Residenceof Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania [4583]
Residenceof El Dorado County, Calif. [5787]
Individual Notes
• Member of California state assembly, 15th District, 1863; chief justice of California state supreme court, 1864-70. Burial location unknown. [5787]
Census
• 1860 Census: Placerville, El Dorado, California. Age 36, b VT. Lawyer. $4000; $11,000. Living in household of S. B. Hayes, age 31, Barber. [5786]
• 1870 Census: Sacramento, Sacramento, California. Age 46, b VT. Atty. at Law. $35,000; $10,000. [5785]
• 1880 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 56, b VT. Ex. Judge Sup. Court. Parents b VT. [4584]
Marriage3 Mar 1858, Sacramento, Sacramento, California [4583]
ChildrenSibyl (~1865-)
 Jennie (~1867-)
 Marion (~1869-)
 Edith (~1871-)
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