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Born on February 7, 1922 in Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She was the twelfth child of '''[[Michael Berish]]''' and [[Anna P. Mudry|'''Anna P. Mudry''']].

== Description ==
Margaret who stood about 5 foot 6 inches tall was of average build. She had brown eyes and brown hair.

== Early Years ==

* '''Childhood'''
* '''Siblings'''
** '''[[Anna Veronica Berish]]'''
** '''[[Michael George Berish]]'''
** '''[[John Paul Berish]]'''
** '''[[Andrew Michael Berish]]'''
** '''[[Mary Louise Berish]]'''
** '''[[Elizabeth Helen Berish]]'''
** '''[[Peter John Berish]]'''
** '''[[Susan Elizabeth Berish]]'''
** '''[[Theresa E. Berish]]'''
** '''[[Joseph Berish]]'''
** '''[[Paul Joseph Berish]]'''
** '''[[Emma Eleanor Berish]]'''

== Education ==
Margaret complete the 8th grade. Later she would obtain her GED and receive her high school equivalency diploma.

== Religion ==
Margaret was baptized into the Catholic faith.

She was a member of St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

== Family Years ==
Married Edward Shine on about 1935 but the couple later divorced. The couple had no children. Margaret later married '''[[Frank John McBride]]''' in 1960 in Manhattan, NYC Borough, New York County, New York. The couple also did not have children.

Neither couples had children.

== Residences ==
Lived in New York City, New York County, New York for 50 years.

Lived in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania from 1984 until her death in 1998.

== Working Years ==
She was employed as a bookkeeper at Cascade Linen Services in Brooklyn, New York County, New York for 37 years.

== Personal Life ==
Member of the St. Ambrose Rosary Society in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

== Death ==
Margaret died from cardiac arrest on September 14, 1998 at Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

She was buried on September 17, 1998 at St. Bernard's Cemetery in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

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 Born on February 7, 1922 in Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She was the twelfth child of '''[[Michael Berish]]''' and [[Anna P. Mudry|'''Anna P. Mudry''']].
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 == Early Years ==
-* '''Childhood'''
+* '''Childhood''' - At the age of 15 (the year was 1934) she left Pennsylvania with only a cardboard suitcase and traveled to New York City in the midst of the Great Depression to live with her sister Theresa ("Tillie, as she was called). There she got a job as a domestic housekeeper.
 * '''Siblings'''
 ** '''[[Anna Veronica Berish]]'''
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 Margaret was baptized into the Catholic faith.
-She was a member of St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
+She was a member of St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. She later became a member of the St. Ambrose Rosary Society in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
 == Family Years ==
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 Lived in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania from 1984 until her death in 1998.
 == Working Years ==
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 == Personal Life ==
-Member of the St. Ambrose Rosary Society in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
+After she later married Frank McBride and lived most of her adult life on the West Side of Manhattan. Around the age of thirty-five she and her husband contracted Tuberculosis and left the city to rest and recuperate at Lake Placid, New York. In that year and a half, she became skilled at the typewriter and worked diligently to obtain her GED degree.
 == Death ==
-Margaret died from cardiac arrest on September 14, 1998 at Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
+Margaret died from cardiac arrest on September 14, 1998 at Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Louise Dellafiora was named beneficiary in Margaret’s will.
 She was buried on September 17, 1998 at St. Bernard's Cemetery in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

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