Margaret Standley (1897 - 2001)

Margaret's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Standley family tree.

Margaret's Family

Add a parent

Add a parent

Margaret Standley Add a partner Add a child Add a partner Add a child

Add a sibling

We currently do not have photos of Margaret Standley. Below are potential family photos that share Margaret's last name or surname. Pictures really do say a thousand words. Add photos of Margaret during various points of her life

Add photo

Nicholas, Lorene, & Marcia Kirwan, California 1936

Added: Jan 01, 2013

Josephine Jones & Marcia Standley, California

Added: Jan 01, 2013

Martin Stuckey Standley

Added: Sep 24, 2002

What do you remember about Margaret Standley? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about her. Or just leave a comment to show the world that Margaret is remembered.

Post

Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Margaret's lifetime

In 1897, in the year that Margaret Standley was born, on March 4th, William McKinley became the 25th President of the United States. He had beaten William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election by 51% to 46.7% in the popular vote. Six months into his second term as President, McKinley was assassinated.

In 1915, by the time she was 18 years old, in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.

In 1972, by the time she was 75 years old, on September 5th, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, with the assistance of German neo-nazis, kidnapped and killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich. The attackers crept into the Olympic Village and abducted the athletes while they were sleeping. A German policeman was also killed.

In 1989, by the time she was 92 years old, on January 20th, George Herbert Walker Bush became the 41st President of the United States. Previously Ronald Regan's Vice President, he ran against Michael Dukakis and won the popular vote by 53.4% to 45.6%.

In 1995, she was 98 years old when on October 16th, the Million Man March took place on the National Mall in Washington DC. The March was organized to address "the ills of black communities and call for unity and revitalization of African American communities". An estimated 850,000 people attended.