Margaret M. Brindle

     Margaret M. Brindle was born on 28 September 1877 at Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of Phillip Kuhns Brindle and Sophia Blank. Margaret M. Brindle went by the nick-name of Maggie.¹ Margaret, age 2, appeared on the US Census of 1880 living at Paradise, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,in the household of her parents, Phillip Kuhns and Sophia Brindle.⁴ Margaret, age 22, appeared on the US Census of 1900 living at Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,in the household of her parents, Phillip Kuhns and Sophia Brindle.¹ Margaret, age 32, appeared on the US Census of 1910 living at 7347 Race Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,in the household of her parents, Sophia and Blank. She was a nurse.⁵ As of 2 June 1913,her married name was Smead.

Margaret M. Brindle, age 35, married William Edwin Smead, age 39 , son of Thomas Edwin Smead and Martha Jane Weaver, on 2 June 1913 at Detroit, Michigan.



Margaret, age 42 years, and William, age 46 years, appeared on the US Census of 1920 on Frankstown Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.⁶ Margaret's husband, William, died on 27 February 1920; from pancratic cancer.^2,9,10 Margaret, age 52 years, appeared on the US Census of 1930 at 6904 Hamilton Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is listed as a widow and a laundress.¹¹ Margaret, age 62 years, appeared on the US Census of 1940 on 6904 Hamilton Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.¹² Margaret, age 72 years, appeared on the US Census of 1950 on 6904 Hamilton Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, She was a widow.¹³ In 1965, the year Margaret died, she lived at 823 Pierson Run Road, Plum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.^3,14 She died on 15 January 1965 at Columbia Hospital, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at age 87 from a cerebral concussion due to a fall to the floor two days before.^2,14,3,9 Margaret was buried on 18 January 1965 at Union Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.^2,14,9