Person:Margaret Corbett (8)

Watchers
Margaret CORBETT
b.13 Feb 1882 Bweeng, Cork, Ireland
m. Abt 1860
  1. Thomas Corbett1862 - Abt 1943
  2. Ellen CORBETT1864 - 1947
  3. Patrick CORBETTAbt 1866 - 1906
  4. Mary A. CORBETT1868 - 1949
  5. Julia CorbettAbt 1869 - 1946
  6. Catherine CORBETT1872 - 1957
  7. Richard CORBETT1874 - Abt 1899
  8. Dennis CORBETT1877 - 1936
  9. John CORBETTAbt 1879 - Abt 1963
  10. Margaret CORBETT1882 - 1964
m. 28 Jun 1908
  1. Margaret Alice MOORE1910 - 1958
  2. Mary Grace MOORE1913 - 1995
m. Aft 1920
  1. Frances M. LAVINAbt 1922 - 1972
Facts and Events
Name Margaret CORBETT
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3][7] 13 Feb 1882 Bweeng, Cork, Ireland
Baptism[3] 15 Feb 1882 Bweeng, Cork, Ireland
Occupation[6][10] Bet 1901 and 1908 Cambridge, Middlesex, MassachusettsDomestic servant
Marriage 28 Jun 1908 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusettsto James Brady MOORE
Occupation[6][11] Bet 1916 and 1921 South Boston, Suffolk, MassachusettsDomestic servant and did home knitting
Marriage Aft 1920 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusettsto James J. LAVIN
Death[4][5][8] 13 Jun 1964 Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Burial[4][5][9] 16 Jun 1964 West Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
References
  1. John Stephen Gracey
    Personal knowledge.

    _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page
    VALUE: Personal knowledge.

  2. Massachusetts Death Records
    1964 Vol.107 p.24 Reg#44.

    _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page
    VALUE: 1964 Vol.107 p.24 Reg#44

  3. 3.0 3.1 Letter from Cairan Crowley (Ahadallane, Donoughmore, County Cork, Ireland) to John S. Gracey, February 27, 200.

    _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page

    Letter contains descendancy charts prepared from information gathered by author, mostly from extant church records or family stories.

  4. 4.0 4.1 John Stephen Gracey
    Personal knowledge.

    _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page
    VALUE: Personal knowledge

  5. 5.0 5.1 Massachusetts Death Records
    1964 Vol.107 p.24 Reg#44.

    _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page
    VALUE: 1964 Vol.107 p.24 Reg#44 _QUAL:
    _INFO: P

  6. 6.0 6.1 John Stephen Gracey
    Family stories.

    _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page
    VALUE: Family stories.

  7. Listed on death certificate:
    Father: Patrick CORBETT
    Mother: Mary HORGAN
    Place of birth told to JSG by grandmother, Margaret CORBETT.
  8. Primary case of death - Cardiovascular accident
    Contributing causes - Cerebral arteriosclerosis; aortic aneurysm
    Death occurred at Cochituate Nursing Home, Wayland, Middlesex Co., MA, where Margaret had been a patient for 6 mos and 6 days prior to her death.
    Residence given as 107 Wauchusetts Rd, Needham, Norfolk Co., MA, home of youngest daughter Frances (LAVIN) BREUNIG, who is listed on death cert. as informant. Age a death given as 77 years, which is inaccurate. Actual age was 82 years, 4 months.
  9. St. Joseph's Cemetery
    F.A. McDonald, Jr., 556 Cambridge St., Allston, Suffolk Co., MA, listed as undertaker on death cert.
  10. According to family stories told by my mother, Mary Grace MOORE, Margaret worked as a domestic servant after her immigration to the US. During this period she may have worked in the household of the VALIANT family of Cambridge, MA , where her elder sister, Katherine CORBETT, was employed as a cook for many years.
  11. According to family story told by my mother, Mary Grace MOORE, Margaret may have worked as a domestic servant in the household of the VALIANT family in Cambridge, MA for some period after her husband's death in January 1916. During the First World War she also knit hundreds of pairs of socks, mittens and head warmers for the Army, allegedly damaging her vision while knitting late into the night by lamplight.