Margaret Virginia HOWELL^[1]

1850 - 1919  (68 years)

• Name	Margaret Virginia HOWELL
  Nickname	Maggie
  Birth	Jun 1850	Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Female
  birth2 (conflicting)	1852	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [1]
  Death	23 Mar 1919  [3]
  	Maggie died on 23 March 1919.
  Burial	25 Mar 1919	Portsmouth City, Virginia   [3]
  	Her body was interred on 25 March 1919 in the C.C. Virnelson family plot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I1567	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert HOWELL
  Mother	Martha J. (UNKNOWN)
  Family ID	F1933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Columbus Clinton VIRNELSON,   b. 6 Mar 1848, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 26 Feb 1918 (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1875	Portsmouth City, VA   [1]
  	The couple was married later the same day in Portsmouth by H.P. Mitchell.
  Children	1. Winston Clinton VIRNELSON,   b. 7 Dec 1876, Portsmouth City, VA d. 2 Dec 1957 (Age 80 years)   2. Columbus Watts VIRNELSON,   b. 24 Feb 1880, Portsmouth City, VA d. Nov 1965, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 85 years)   3. Margaret May VIRNELSON,   b. 13 Feb 1884, Portsmouth City, VA d. 2 Oct 1973 (Age 89 years)   4. Robert Fletcher VIRNELSON,   b. 29 Mar 1886, Portsmouth City, VA d. Aft 6 Jan 1920, Portsmouth, VA (Age > 34 years)   5. Ethel Howell VIRNELSON,   b. 17 Sep 1889, Portsmouth City, VA d. 18 Oct 1890, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos		1900 US Census / Virnelson, Columbus 311 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, Virginia
  		1910 US Census / Virnelson, Columbus C. 317 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

  
  

• Sources

  [S3895] Columbus C. Virnelson - Maggie V. Howell, Portsmouth, VA marriage license & minister’s return no. 1827 (1875). . [S1879] 1900 US Census / Virnelson, Columbus. [S5362] Cedar Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. information obtained August 2005.