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Margaret Mather Finlayson

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Margaret Mather Finlayson

Birth
Tilbury, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
7 Apr 1898 (aged 35)
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 134, Section 3
Memorial ID
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In New York, she adopted her mother's maiden name, Mather, and began to work in theatre.

Margaret was twice married, first to Emil Havekorn, an orchestra leader in New York. Her second marriage was to Gustave G. Pabst of the Milwaukee Brewing family. Both marriages were of short duration.

During a performance of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" in Charleston, West Virginia on April 7, 1898, Margaret, playing the role of Imogene, collapsed on stage during the Fourth Act. She died the next day without regaining consciousness. She was buried in one of the costumes she had worn during her spectacular stage career.
In New York, she adopted her mother's maiden name, Mather, and began to work in theatre.

Margaret was twice married, first to Emil Havekorn, an orchestra leader in New York. Her second marriage was to Gustave G. Pabst of the Milwaukee Brewing family. Both marriages were of short duration.

During a performance of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" in Charleston, West Virginia on April 7, 1898, Margaret, playing the role of Imogene, collapsed on stage during the Fourth Act. She died the next day without regaining consciousness. She was buried in one of the costumes she had worn during her spectacular stage career.


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