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Margaret Durbin Harper

Margaret Durbin Harper

Female 1852 - 1939  (87 years)

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  1. 1.  Margaret Durbin HarperMargaret Durbin Harper was born 14 Feb 1852; died 28 May 1939.

    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.

    Margaret married Hiram Watson Sibley 1873. Hiram (son of Hiram Sibley and Elizabeth Maria Tinker) was born 2 Mar 1845; died 28 Jun 1932; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Margaret Harper Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Dec 1873; died 30 Nov 1874.
    2. 3. Hiram J. Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Jul 1875; died 12 Apr 1886.
    3. 4. Ruth Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1878; died 1977.
    4. 5. John Durbin Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1883; died 1888.
    5. 6. Fletcher Harper Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1885; died 1959.
    6. 7. Margaret Urling Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1893; died 1951.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Margaret Harper Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margaret1) was born 14 Dec 1873; died 30 Nov 1874.

    Notes:

    Oldest child of Hiram W. Sibley and Margaret Durbin Harper Sibley


  2. 3.  Hiram J. Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margaret1) was born 24 Jul 1875; died 12 Apr 1886.

    Notes:

    Son of Hiram W. and Margaret Harper Sibley


  3. 4.  Ruth Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margaret1) was born 1878; died 1977.

    Notes:

    Daughter of Emily Sibley Watson's brother Hiram Watson Sibley and his wife Margaret Durbin Harper Sibley, Ruth Sibley was close in age to her cousin James G. Averell. Her husband, John Allyne Gade, was architect of the Memorial Art Gallery. Mrs. Gade was one of the early donors of art to the Gallery's collection. In 1912, Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundson named a peak in the Queen Maud range on the South Pole in her honor, as a thank you for their support of his expedition.

    Ruth married 1907. Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Ruth married J.A. Gade [Group Sheet]


  4. 5.  John Durbin Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margaret1) was born 1883; died 1888.

    Notes:

    "Durbin" Sibley was the 4th child of Hiram Watson Sibley and Margaret Durbin Harper Sibley. He was the 3rd of their six children to die young. In a 1/23/93 letter to her daughter, Elizabeth Sibley describes her newborn granddaughter, Margaret Urling Sibley, in terms of her likeness to her deceased brother.


  5. 6.  Fletcher Harper Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margaret1) was born 1885; died 1959.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson’s nephew, and by the 1890s, sole surviving son of Hiram Watson Sibley and Margaret Durbin Harper Sibley. Known as Harper Sibley, he was a businessman, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and active in mission and relief work worldwide.

    Fletcher married 1908. Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Fletcher married Georgiana Harding Farr. Georgiana was born 1887; died 10 Jun 1980. [Group Sheet]


  6. 7.  Margaret Urling Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margaret1) was born 1893; died 1951.

    Notes:

    “Urling,” the youngest child of Hiram Watson Sibley and Margaret Durbin Harper Sibley, was born during Emily Sibley Watson’s 1892-1893 trip to Egypt. She was near in age to and a close friend of Emily Sibley Watson’s son James Sibley Watson, Jr.

    Margaret married O'Donnell Iselin 4 Mar 1919. O'Donnell was born 6 Oct 1884, New York; died 7 Nov 1971, New York. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 8. Peter Iselin  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 9. Emilie Iselin Wiggin  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Peter Iselin Descendancy chart to this point (7.Margaret2, 1.Margaret1)

    Notes:

    Son of Urling Sibley Iselin and O'Donnell Iselin


  2. 9.  Emilie Iselin Wiggin Descendancy chart to this point (7.Margaret2, 1.Margaret1)

    Notes:

    Daughter of Urling Sibley Iselin and O'Donnell Iselin