Early, Margaret Mary

1894 - 1975  (80 years)    Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Early, Margaret Mary
  Born	15 Aug 1894	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Female
  Family History Researcher	From Rootsweb; # ID: I114032135 # Name: Margaret Mary C. EARLY # Given Name: Margaret Mary C. # Surname: Early # Sex: F # Birth: August 15, 1894 in Green Bay, Wisconsin # Death: June 21, 1975 in Denver, Colorado, while living at 1924 Welton # Occupation: Nurse who never married. Held the responsible position of superintendent of the Nurses' Training School in New York City (around 1913) # Burial: Allouez Cemetary in Green Bay, Wisconsin # Event: Margaret weighed only 80 pounds when she was released form a Japenses prison camp in China after World War II, but the Japanese never abused her. She went to Denver and the Army let her live at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital where she died many years later. Medical She did not attend her brother Edward J. Early's funeral in October 1955. # Event: Mary, who holds the responsible position of superintendent of the Nurses' Training School in New York City Description From her father's obituary: # Note: Fourth oldest. Margaret was a nurse at Cook County Hospital in Chicago where she received her RN. She was a nurse in the Army during World War I and went to China with the Army after World War I where she was head of nurses at the American Hospital in Shanghi. She went to China at the same time her sister Ella (Sister Mary James) went into the convent at 16, stating that this is why she went to China. She was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese and placed a prison camp in China during World War II for 7 years, being released in 1945. Upon her release from prison, she sailed home on a Swedish sailing vessel called the Gripsholm and was met in New York harbor by her 3 brothers and Sister Mary James and then settled in Denver, Colorado, where she worked at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital. She never married and it is thought that few if any family members saw here after her return to the United States. When she died in Denver in 1975 she left a small sum to her niece, Elizabeth Jane Early Andrews, who used the money to convert the front porch of the farm house in Lewisburg, Tennessee to a sun room. CONVERSATION WITH ELIZABETH JANE EARLY ANDREWS 2/15/04: A priest had told her that Aunt Margaret was the most religious person he had ever met. 12/23/06 Elizabeth Jame Early Andrews commented that Margaret threatened her sister Ella with going to China if Ella entered the convent. Ella joined the convent and Margaret went to China and ended up loving the Chinese people. Margaret's niece, Elizabeth Jane Early never met her Aunt Margaret. When she was released from a Japenesse prison camp in China after World War II, Margaret went straight to Denver, Colorado to work at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital and left Betty Jane and her other nieces and nephews money when she died in the early 1970s. Betty used this money to enclose the farm's front porch. ____________________ ALL THIS HELL by Evelyn M. Monaham & Rosemary Neidel-Creenlee U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese The University Press of Kentucky 1991 Page 81. The Tunnel and the Rock "...Toward noon, General Wainwright received word that two PBYs had reached Mindanno and would be on mtheir way to Corregidor that night. Wainwright and Capt. Kenneth Hoeffel, senior naval officer on the Rock, selected the water between Caballo Island and Corregidoe as the safest place to land the planes. PHOTO Pg 84. Red Cross ship Gripsholm carried comfort kits meant for POWs and acted as transport in a prisoner of war exchange in the Far East during World War II. Capt. Hoeffel's cousin in law, Margaret Early, was carried home on this ship and met by her brother Edward James Early when in arrived in New York. _________________ Name: Mary Early Residence: Green Bay city, Brown, Wisconsin Birth date: Oct 1889 Birth place: Wisconsin Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Spouse name: Spouse titles: Spouse birth place: Father name: John Early Father titles: Father birth place: Ireland Mother name: Mother titles: Mother birth place: Wisconsin Race or color (expanded): White Head-of-household name: John Early Gender: Female Marital status: Single Years married: Estimated marriage year: Mother how many children: Number living children: Immigration year: Enumeration district: 0021 Sheet number and letter: 1A Household id: 5 Reference number: 35 GSU film number: 1241778 Image number: 00888 Collection: 1900 United States Census
  Died	21 Jun 1975	Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
  Buried	Allouez Catholic Cemetery, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I148955	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	4 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Early, John J.,   b. Abt Jan 1850, Askeaton, Limerick, Munster, Ireland ,   d. 27 Nov 1910, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Brogan, Mary,   b. Abt 1864, Askeaton, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 9 Jan 1898, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Family ID	F40016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 15 Aug 1894 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Died - 21 Jun 1975 - Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA Buried - - Allouez Catholic Cemetery, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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