Individual Details
Melissa Margaret Cain
(Abt 1845 - 6 Aug 1933)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1845 | Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Birth | 15 May 1847 | Massachusetts | | ||
| Marriage | 6 Jan 1865 | Dane, Wisconsin, United States - John Rowe Jr | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 4 Dec 1872 | mentioned in mother's will | | ||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Thomaston, Wadena, Minnesota, United States - John Rowe Jr | | ||
| Residence (family) | 28 Sep 1883 | Thomastown, Wadena, Minnesota, United States - John Rowe Jr | | ||
| Death | 6 Aug 1933 | Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington | | ||
| Alt name | Margaret M Cain |
Families
| Spouse | John Rowe Jr (1841 - ) |
| Father | Marshall Cain (1801 - 1881) |
| Mother | Almina Brown (1805 - 1872) |
| Sibling | John Cain (1825 - 1912) |
| Sibling | Sarah Cain (1827 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Horace Cain (1830 - 1899) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Marshall Cain (1838 - ) |
| Sibling | Peter A Cain (1843 - 1924) |
Endnotes
1. 1850 US Federal Census, Woodcock, Crawford, Pennsylvania, , image 21 of 56, 1234, Marshal Cane (cain); digital images, (ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2014).
2. 1860 U.S. census, Dane Co., WI, population schedule, , image 14, 106, Peter Cain - Marshal Cain Head; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 July 2014); NARA published microfilm M653, roll 1403.
3. "Death Certificates (Washington State), 1907-1960 ; Index to death certificates, 1907-1979," digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XW19-Y6X?i=246&lang=en: accessed 19 October 2025), Margaret Melissa Rowe, 6 Aug 1933; citing FHL microfilm 4221707.
4. "Death Certificates (Washington State), 1907-1960 ; Index to death certificates, 1907-1979," digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XW19-Y6X?i=246&lang=en: accessed 19 October 2025), Margaret Melissa Rowe, 6 Aug 1933; citing FHL microfilm 4221707.
5. "Marriage Index," database, Wisconsin Hitorical Society (wisconsinhistory.org: accessed 4 September 2014), Marriage of Margaret M Cain to John Rowe Jr.
6. "Wisconsin, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1987," digital images, Ancestry (http://home.ancestry.com/: downloaded 26 August 2016), Almina Cain probate and will, 1872; citing thanks to pointer from Ann Scott 26 Aug 2016.
7. 1880 U.S. census, Wadena Co, Minnesota, population schedule, Thomaston, enumeration district 180, p. 16b, dwelling 41, family 41, Marshall Cain household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 3 August 2025); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 636.
8. , in Loren Cain , between 1977 and 1988, privately held by Cousin of Vi Riemer Loren Cain, , 1988. Genealogy of Cain Family - Copy of the book given to Jackie, Vi Riemer's sister, who gave it to me..
9. "Death Certificates (Washington State), 1907-1960 ; Index to death certificates, 1907-1979," digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XW19-Y6X?i=246&lang=en: accessed 19 October 2025), Margaret Melissa Rowe, 6 Aug 1933; citing FHL microfilm 4221707.