Margaret Durbin Harper

1852 - 1939  (87 years)

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  Margaret Durbin Harper Sibley

  
  

• Name	Margaret Durbin Harper
  Born	14 Feb 1852
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 May 1939
  Person ID	IMDHS	Sibley Watson Family
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Fletcher Harper, Jr.,   b. 7 Oct 1828,   d. 22 May 1890  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Margaret Cook Durbin,   b. 1830,   d. 16 Feb 1886  (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F97	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hiram Watson Sibley,   b. 2 Mar 1845,   d. 28 Jun 1932  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1873
  Children	1. Margaret Harper Sibley,   b. 14 Dec 1873,   d. 30 Nov 1874  (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   2. Hiram J. Sibley,   b. 24 Jul 1875,   d. 12 Apr 1886  (Age 10 years)   3. Ruth Sibley,   b. 1878,   d. 1977  (Age 99 years)   4. John Durbin Sibley,   b. 1883,   d. 1888  (Age 5 years)   5. Fletcher Harper Sibley,   b. 1885,   d. 1959  (Age 74 years) + 6. Margaret Urling Sibley,   b. 1893,   d. 1951  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2018
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret Durbin Harper Sibley was married to Hiram Watson Sibley, making her Emily Sibley Watson's sister-in-law. She was the only child of Fletcher Harper, Jr., and Margaret Cook Durbin Harper. Her grandfather, father, uncles, and cousins comprised the Harper Brothers publishers. The mother of six children, of whom only three would live to adulthood, Margaret was frequently ill during the early years of the marriage, but went on to become a leader in the field of health care and hospitals in Rochester. She was president of Genesee Hospital for 25 years, and first president of the Nurses Training School board. Mrs. Sibley built the first children's ward and the first nurses home.