His brother John Rodd married Margaret's sister. Lucinda. They both are daughters of Cornelius Taylor Westbrook. Lucinda may be Margaret's half-sister. Here are Cornelius Taylor Westbrook's descendants.
The question is Do we have the right Cornelius Westbrook?
I started a discussion on Geni, but I want to keep notes here.
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Charlie Hollander found two census records, ten years apart, with four Westbrook children -- two in one household and two in another, next door -- of the same age groupings but ten years' different in the two census years. This would establish that Lucinda and Margaret were sisters or half-sisters in a family where children were farmed out to relatives after some event. There are records of both being born in Seneca, Scipio, Ohio.
It might be worthwhile to focus on Lucinda.
Lucinda Rodd (Westbrook): http://www.geni.com/people/Lucinda-Westbrook/6000000007201399086. She may have been born in 1836 in Seneca, OH. But the 1860 Census for John Rodd in Perry, IL, lists his wife Lucinda, age 25, born in Illinois. This could be an error. John and Lucinda's marriage record does not show birth places. Several genealogical sources (Nelson and Tinkle, for instance) show Lucinda Westbrook as the daughter of Cornelius Taylor Westbrook, but do not show her mother or later husband. There is some notion that Lucinda was married to a man named Eppinger before she married John Rodd.
Charlie provided a list of email addresses of researchers from RootsWeb:
David, I looked at RootsWeb's WorldConnect, and the people who list Margaret daughter of Cornelius have these email addresses:
Charlie
We have evidence that Thursia, LeVega and Donzega's mother was Margaret Westbrook, daughter of Cornelius Westbrook and Nancy Hance. See the green Ancestry records below; each shows Margaret Westbrook as the mother.
LeVega's burial lists Margaret Westbrook as his mother. http://www.geni.com/profile/6000000001440361041/events/600000000727...
His brother Gonzega also lists Margaret Westbrook as his mother: http://www.geni.com/profile/6000000007279143219/events/600000000727...
How about Thursia? Her mother is also Margaret Westbrook. Trifecta.Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Levaga M. Rodd
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Jolerziggie Helman Rodd
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Theresa C Dale
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Several sources list Margaret Rodd's parents as Cornelius Westbrook and Nancy Hance.
Here is a thorough genealogy tree that lists Nancy Hance twice for both Margaret and Lucinda:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/17453621/person/519649670. Is there another father implied?
The above shows Margaret born in Scipio, Seneca, Ohio in 1824 and death in Marion, Illinois, June 7, 1901, at age 77, as opposed to June 7, 1881 (age 56). http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/17453621/person/708700932. McNames/Hill Family Tree
This tree shows children
Pembroke 1852
Theresa (Thursia?) 1856
Dora 1858
Addah L 1859-1938
Regina 1865
Eva 1867
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Levaga (LaVega) Rodd; 1849
Pembrook Rodd; 1851
Gonzega (Dontzega) Rodd; 1853
Adella Rodd; 1861
Thursia C Dale;
Dora A Rodd;
Addah C James;
Esma Rodd;
Regina Rodd and
Eva N Rodd «
I have not found documentation that Cornelius Taylor Westbrook had a child named Margaret.
We did find that Margaret's sister Lucinda lived nearby in 1860 and 1870.
Margaret Westbrook - Born in Ohio, USA on 1824. Margaret married Richard C Rodd and had 10 children. Parents are "Unavailable."
The NELSON AND TINKLE FAMILIES tree on Ancestry.com shows Lucinda but not Margaret, and does not show Lucinda's mother's name.
MyHeritage offered several Smart Matches for Cornelius Taylor Westbrook, but none of them also show his children. So there is no way to check on our Margaret Westbrook's parents.
I have put together a spreadsheet with the possible Cornelius Westbrooks and information from census and other sources.
I wrote to Margaret Brinck and a few others who had MyHeritage pages to see if they had any documentation of Margaret Westbrook (the daughter of Cornelius Taylor Westbrook) and Richard Rodd, later her husband.
Margaret Westbrook - Records - Ancestry.com
Margaret Westbrook Links
Margaret Westbrook (1821 - 1860) - Genealogy - Geni
http://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Westbrook/6000000008074078488Margaret Westbrook (1815 - 1860) - Genealogy - Geni
http://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Westbrook/6000000008085812786Kasire Westbrook - Ancestry.com
Margaret Westbrook (1815 - c.1818) - Genealogy - Geni
Find-a-Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Westbrook&GSiman=1&GScnty=2033&GSsr=41&
Try a search at http://www.mytrees.com/cgi-bin/yaodoqry, but you have to join.
Try a search at http://www.mytrees.com/cgi-bin/yaodoqry, but you have to join.
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