Re: Margaret Wightman 1825 Charleston SC
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In reply to:
Re: Marjory Robertson WIGHTMAN-Charleston SC
Ruth Sutch 8/05/07
I am seeking information on Margaret Wightman, born 1825 in Charleston, SC.
On Aug. 7, 1848, she entered the Sisters of Charity of New York, a Catholic religious community based in the Bronx, NY, of which I am a member. She served as head of the community from Dec. 1891 until her death March 14, 1894as a result of a stroke.
Our oral tradition says that Margaret was a mulatto but we have no documentation of that fact, nor of her parents' names.
Any help you can give would be much appreciated by myself (a researcher/writer) and by the community's archivist.
(Sister) Regina Bechtle, SC