Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thumbury, Margaret September 21, 1904
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Virginian-Pilot, Fri, Sept 23, 1904, pg 3

Died after 72 Years in Poor House

Margaret Thumbury a white inmate of the city almshouse died at that institution 
Wednesday evening. She was 88 years old, and had been an inmate of the 
almshouse for seventy-two years having gone there from the Lambert Point 
section of the county in 1832, when she was 16 years of age.

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Norfolk Dispatch, Thurs, Sept 22, 1904, pg 2


Was Seventy-Two Years in Almshouse

Margaret Thumberry Dies Today After Being There Since Age of Sixteen


Margaret Thumberry died in the almshouse today, at the age of 88 years. She had 
been an inmate of the home for seventy-two years, being taken there when she 
was only 16 years old.

Miss Thumberry came from Lambert's Point and was an epileptic. She suffered a 
stroke of paralysis Tuesday. The funeral will be held tomorrow. The remains 
were buried in Elmwood cemetery by friends of the deceased.

Additional Comments:
Elmwood-unrecorded
the two obits have last name spelled different

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