Margaret Percy

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Joseph George Voelker (son of John Voelker and Marie _____)

+1.	Fannie T. Voelker

2.	Mary Voelker

+3.	John J. ‘Jack’ Voelker

+4.	Margaret Eleanor Voelker

+5.	Josephine Caroline Voelker

6.	Percy David Voelker

Spouse 2

Charles Elmer Brighton (son of John Brighton and Catharine Elmer)

+1.	Evelyn Brighton

Sources

1. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 (available at ancestry.com), Image 96 of 335, Margarate Percey [sic], daughter of David and Rebecca Percey, born 11 April 1974 and baptized 9 July 1876 [this is considered the most accurate source for her birth date; other sources give 1875 and 1876 as her birth year].
2. Find a Grave (website). Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, Charles Elmer Brighton and Margaret Brighton: Brighton / Margaret / 1875 - 1945 / Charles / 1879 - 1933 [from grave marker]. The record for Margaret provides the names and approximate birth years of Margaret’s children obtained from census records. The record for Charles indicates his birth date of 8 February 1879 from World War I Draft Registration Card.
3. Record of visit between Lee Gazlay and Margaret (nee Voelker) Blake, George and Stella Blake, Spring 1996, in which Margaret, George, and Stella provided numerous details about the Voelker family and families that Voelker women married into.
4. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Social Security Applications, Margaret Percy Brighton, born: 11 April 1876 in Phila[delphia], Pennsylvania; father: David Percy; mother: Rebecca Cornwall.
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New Jersey, Essex County, Bloomfield City, Enumeration District 201, Sheet No. 20A, family of Joseph Volker (31, Germany, Aug 1868, wool carder, immigrated in 1872); wife of 7 years Margaret Volker (25, Pennsylvania, April 1875, 3 children, 3 living); daughter Fannie Volker (7, New Jersey, Nov 1892); daughter Mary Volker (5, New Jersey, April 1895); son John Volker (3, New Jersey, April 1897); mother Mary Volker (75, Germany, Oct 1824, widow, 9 children, 1 living, immigrated in 1872).
6. New Jersey State Census, 1905, Essex County, family of Joseph Volker (37); Margurett Volker (31); Faney T. Volker (12); John J. Volker (8); Margurett E. Volker (2); Josephine C. Volker (1).
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New Jersey, Essex County, Bloomfield City, Enumeration District 152, Sheet No. 18B, family of Joseph Volker (41, Germany, carpenter, house); wife of 13 years Margaret Volker (35, New Jersey, 5 children, 5 living); daughter Fannie Volker (17, New Jersey); daughter Margaret Volker (7, New Jersey); daughter Josephine Volker (6, New Jersey); son Jack Volker (13, New Jersey); son Percy Volker (2, New Jersey).
8. New Jersey State Census, 1915, Essex County, Bloomfield Township, E.D. 4, Sheet No. 10A, Margaret Voelker, 41, Penna., Ap. 1874; John Voelker, 18, New Jersey, Ap. 1897; Marguerite Voelker, 12, New Jersey, May 1903; Josephine Voelker, 11, New Jersey, July 1903; Percy Voelker, 7, New Jersey, Aug. 1907.
9. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New Jersey, Essex County, Orange, Enumeration District 308, Sheet No. 5A, family of Margaret Brighton (42, New Jersey); daughter Evelyn Brighton (3 6/12, New Jersey); daughter Margaret Voelker (16 11/12, New Jersey, machine worker, magneto plant); daughter Josephine Voelker (15 11/12, New Jersey, machine worker, magneto plant); son Percy Voelker (11, New Jersey).
10. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New Jersey, Essex County, Bloomfield, Enumeration District 7-349, Sheet No. 2B, family of Charles Brighton (49, New York, machinist, farm implements, first married age 28); wife Margaret Brighton (57, New Jersey, first married age 17); stepson Percy Voelker (22, New Jersey, salesman, oils-wholesale); daughter Evelyn Brighton (14, New Jersey).
11. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, New Jersey, Essex County, East Orange, Enumeration District 7-88, Sheet No. 9A, family of Frank Vitale (28, New Jersey, truck driver, label plant); wife Evelyn Vitale (23, New Jersey); mother-in-law Margaret Brighton (65, Pennsylvania, widow); son Frank Vitale, Jr. (4, New Jersey).
12. New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985, Joseph Geo. Voelker, age 23, born in Germany; and Margaret Percy, age 19, born in the U.S.; married on 6 January 1891 in Newark, Essex [County], New Jersey.