Margaret Tobin Brown page 13

 Margaret Tobin Brown page 13 by ric gustafson

On July 18 1867 in Hannibal Missouri, a daughter was born to John and Johanna Tobin. She was named Margaret. People called her Maggie. Hannibal was already famous for a new railroad and for Samuel Clemens. Clemens became known as Mark Twain. The Tobins were a close knit Irish Catholic family. The couple had two children from previous marriages. They also had four children Daniel, Margaret, William and Helen.

The Tobin home was only blocks from the Mississippi River. They lived in a four bedroom cottage. Margaret's father was a laborer at the Hannibal Gas Works. Both of Margaret's parents were born in Ireland. John in 1823, Johanna in 1825. The Tobin family was very proud of it's Irish roots.

Margaret's father worked at the Hannibal Gas Works for twenty years. The Gas Works was one of the largest employers in Hannibal. By 1860, Hannibal had tripled in population.

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