Margaret "Fishy" "Peg" Geraldine Fletcher

Margaret Fish Fletcher Birth: Aug. 24, 1901 Death: Nov. 26, 1971

Born to Mary Pearl Brookings in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Margaret's birth name was "Georgie Geraldine Brookings". Her name was changed to Margaret Fish when she was adopted from the "Home for Little Wanderers" in Boston by Charles and Angie Fish when she was 9 months old.

Margaret grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts. At an early age she joined the First Baptist Church and served as a Sunday School teacher and sang in the choir. She was very talented musically, playing the piano and singing soprano solos. (She later learned to play the organ.)

Margaret also had ability as a public speaker - winning a gold medal in a W.C.T.U. oratory contest and also made up speeches for the Liberty Bond drives during WW I, when she was a high school student. Her talent for writing was shown through the years in the long letters, or chronicles of her life experiences that she wrote to her family and friends.

After graduation from high school she worked for 2 years at the Univ. of Mass. in Amherst until her marriage, July 8, 1922 to Francis S. Fletcher, whom she met when he came to study at the University.

During the years that followed they lived in various places where Francis' studies and work took him: Massachusetts, West Virginia, Louisiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas. Two sons who died young and eight daughters were born to them. The daughters all had the opportunity for study and preparation for useful careers.

Everywhere they lived she and her husband were actively involved in church life. While they were living in Texas Francis died and a few months later she decided to move to San Diego, Calif. with a teenage daughter and a daughter with Down Syndrome. There, due to her interest in, and love for, retarded children (because of her own Judy)she took a number of girls into her home to care for them, something she did as few could have done. This meant a degree of self-sacrifice perhaps little realized by others, for in a way it cut her off from fellowship and things that she would have enjoyed otherwise. Now her sufferings are over and she has gone to be with loved ones gone before - and to meet her Savior whom she served so faithfully.

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Parents:

 Mary Pearl Brookings Woodman (1882 - 1942)

Spouse:

 Francis Summers Fletcher (1898 - 1959)*

Children:

 Eleanor Freeman Fletcher Strauss (1923 - 1994)*

 Dorothy Frances Fletcher Burr (1926 - 2009)*

 Ruth Ida Fletcher Miner (1930 - 2000)*

 Nancy Louise Fletcher (1931 - 1995)*

 Barbara Anne Fletcher Lindstrom (1934 - 2008)*

 Judith Joan Fletcher (1937 - 2008)*

*Calculated relationship

Note: Widow Of Fletcher, Francis Summers

Burial: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA Plot: Sec: 51, Site: 273

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1910 United States Federal Census about Margaret Fish Name: Margaret Fish Age in 1910: 8 Estimated Birth Year: 1902 Birthplace: Massachusetts Relation to Head of House: Adopted Daughter Home in 1910: Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Charles T Fish 39 Angie F Fish 39 Laura Fish 4 Margaret Fish 8 Lauriston C Fish 79 Mary A Fish 44 Hattie F Fish 36

1920 United States Federal Census about Margaret Fish Name: Margaret Fish Home in 1920: Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts Age: 18 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1902 Birthplace: Massachusetts Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's name: Charles T Fish Father's Birth Place: Massachusetts Mother's name: Angie Fish Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Female Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Charles T Fish 49 Angie Fish 49 Margaret Fish 18 Laura Fish 14 Lauriston Fish 88

U.S. School Yearbooks about Margaret Fish Name: Margaret Fish Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904 Estimated Age: 16 School: Amherst High School School Location: Amherst, Massachusetts Year: 1920 Yearbook Title: Gold Bug [picture]

U.S. School Yearbooks about Margaret Fish Name: Margaret Fish Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904 Estimated Age: 16 School: Amherst High School School Location: Amherst, Massachusetts Year: 1920 Yearbook Title: Gold Bug [picture] text says "Fishy" " Peg" Amherst, Mass Aug. 2, 1901 Junior play "Mrs. Rockingham" Future - stenographer

1930 United States Federal Census about Margaret Fletcher Name: Margaret Fletcher [Margaret Thtcher] Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1902 Birthplace: Massachusetts Race: White Home in 1930: Jamesburg, Middlesex, New Jersey Map of Home: View Map Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: Francis Fletcher Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts Occupation:

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View Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Francis Fletcher 30 Margaret Fletcher 28 Eleanor Fletcher 6 Edward Fletcher 5 Dorothy Fletcher 4 Mildred Fletcher 2 Ruth Fletcher 0 [2/12]

1940 United States Federal Census about Margaret Fletcher Name: Margaret Fletcher Respondent: Yes Age: 38 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1902 Gender: Female Race: White Birthplace: Massachusetts Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Home in 1940: Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania Map of Home in 1940: View Map Street: Wissanukon Ave Wood House Number: Tone Inferred Residence in 1935: Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania Residence in 1935: Same Place Sheet Number: 12A Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age F S Fletcher 41 Margaret Fletcher 38 Eleanor Fletcher 18 Dorothy Fletcher 14 Mildred Fletcher 11 Ruth I Fletcher 10 Nancy L Fletcher 8 Barbara Fletcher 5 Judith Fletcher 2

California, Death Index, 1940-1997 about Margaret F Fletcher Name: Margaret F Fletcher Social Security #: 071205257 Gender: Female Birth Date: 24 Aug 1901 Birth Place: Massachusetts Death Date: 26 Nov 1971 Death Place: San Diego

Margaret F Fletcher Birth: Aug. 24, 1901 Death: Nov. 26, 1971

Note: Widow Of Fletcher, Francis Summers

Burial: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA Plot: Sec: 51, Site: 273

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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about Margaret F Widow of Fletcher Francis Summers Fletcher Name: Margaret F Widow of Fletcher Francis Summers Fletcher Service Info.: PVT USA Birth Date: 24 Aug 1901 Death Date: 26 Nov 1971 Relation: Unknown Relationship To Veteran Interment Date: 10 Dec 1971 Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22211 Buried At: Section 51 Site 273

Info on her birth Mom Mary Pearl Brookings Woodman Birth: Feb. 5, 1882 Newbury Essex County Massachusetts, USA Death: Apr. 16, 1942 Newbury Essex County Massachusetts, USA

Mary Pearl (Brookings)Woodman was the daughter of Susan and Thomas Brookings.

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Spouse:

 Everett Maynard Woodman (1879 - 1945)*

Children:

 Margaret Fish Fletcher (1901 - 1971)*

 Orin Walter Woodman (1913 - 1944)*

 Rhoda Bailey Woodman Davis (1915 - 2002)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Highland Cemetery Newburyport Essex County Massachusetts, USA

Created by: Richard S. Davis Record added: Jul 20, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 114092906