Margaret Wright Leggett

     Margaret was born on Thursday, 27 April 1843 at the family home "Hillside", Roslyn, Queens County, Long Island, New York, at 1:00 am. She went by the nick name "Minnie". She married Lewis Thomas Ives on Tuesday, 26 June 1860 at the family home - "Mill Farm", Waterford Township, Oakland County, Michigan, at 12:15 pm by Rev. A. Taylor, Episcopal. Lewis & Margaret had children: Augustus Wright [6/21/1861-ca. 1953],Percival [6/05/1864-2/15/1928], son [d.y.], son [d.y.], son [d.y.], Valentine [5/ /1870-1917], Lewis . Augustus m. 1st Margaret Eugania Schnoor [1870-1897] & m. 2nd 7/31/1901 Julia Claire Chandler [8/25/1873-ca. 1963] & had children: Margaret [4/10/1903-7/17/2000], Chandler [8/10/1905-10/28/1920], & twin sons: Lewis Livingston & Clarence Chandler [circa 1907-d.y.]. Percival married 6/16/1890 Eliza Caron & had a son, Lewis. Valentine married 6/07/1899 Madge Lucile Hart [1/ /1875-] & had Janet [4/07/1900]][m. 3/01/1923-1953 Donald Duncan] & Thomas [1907- ]. 6 July 1870, Margaret and her husband, Lewis, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were Lewis T. Ives [35 England], his wife: Minnie [26 New York], children: Augustus [9 Michigan], Percival [6 Michigan], Valentine [2 mos. Michigan], Lewis [2 mos. Michigan], & Anna Gallager [23 Canada].² 15 June 1880, Lewis and Margaret was listed on the U.S. Federal Census at Detroit. Enumerated in this household were Corydon C. Randall [39 Canada], his wife: Anna S. [32 New York], childrenb: Lida S. [11 Michigan], Huntley B. [5 Michigan], Ferris S. [3 Michigan]. Lewis T. Ives [46 New York][border-artist], Lewis' wife, Margaret [36 New York], Augustus Ives [19 Michigan], Percival S. Ives [16 Michigan], Valentine S. Ives [9 Michigan], & servants: Bertha Neuman [20 Michigan] & Flora McDermitt [22 Scotland]. Corydon was a photographer.³ 1 June 1900, Margaret was listed on the U.S. Federal Census at Detroit. Enumerated in this household were Augustus W. Ives [August 1863 - 36 Michigan][widow], his mother: Minnie L. Ives [April 1845 - 55 New York][widow], servant, Nina Wilson [February 1878 - 22 Canada], & border, Lenard Carley [May 1875 - 25 England]. Augustus was a physician. Minnie had eight children, three living.⁴ 19 April 1910, the U.S. Federal Census lists Margaret was residing in a rooming house at Detroit. Enumerated in this household were Pulaski Billings [66 New York], Lucy Augusta [67 Michigan], Edna A. [21 Michigan], mother-in-law: Hannah E. [86 New Jersey], lodger: Margaret Ives [66 New York- widow]. Margaret had seven children, three living.⁵ Margaret departed this life on Sunday, 27 May 1928 in Birmingham, Bloomfield Township at the home of her son, Augustus Wright Ives, 816 Southfield at age 85 years and 1 month.

Obituary: Percy Ives Death Fatal to Mother
Mrs. Margaret W. Ives, 84 years old a resident of Detroit for seventy years died at the home of her son A. W. Ives in Birmingham, Michigan yesterday noon. Mrs. Ives became ill after the death of her son, Percy Ives, Detroit artist, who died in February. She was critically ill last week.
Mrs. Ives was born in New York in 1843 and moved with her parents to Pontiac when a young girl. She moved to Detroit soon after and at the age of seventeen married Lewis T. Ives, well known artist, who died thirty four years ago.
Mrs. Ives was the daughter of A. W. & Elisa S. Leggett of New York and was a member of the Unitarian church. Surviving her are her son, Dr. Ives; a brother, Mortimer Leggett, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Randall both of Drayton Plains, Michigan.

She was buried at Detroit in the Elmwood Cemetery.⁶