William Gettings
(Abt 1856-)
Catherine Melly
(Abt 1861-)
Mary Lou Gettings
(1886-1938)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Edgar Harold Willard MD

Mary Lou Gettings 1 2 3

  • Born: 3 February 1886, Maryland 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Edgar Harold Willard MD about 1910 1 2
  • Died: 14 February 1938, , Morgan County, WV at age 52 3
  • Buried: 16 February 1938, Berkeley Springs, WV 3
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bullet  Death Notes:


Name: Mary L. Willard
Event Date: 14 Feb 1938
Event Place: Morgan, West Virginia
Gender: Female
Age (Expanded): 52 years 11 days
Birth Date: 03 Feb 1886
Birthplace: Maryland
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: William Gettings
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Name: Catherine Melly
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Occupation: Housewife
Burial Place: Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Burial Date: 16 Feb 1938

Citing this Record:
"West Virginia, Deaths, 1853-1970," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NM2M-RYC : accessed 31 Aug 2013), Mary L. Willard, 14 Feb 1938.
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Mount Pleasant, MD on 4 May 1910. 1

1910 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 70, Family 192, Roll 564
Mount Pleasant, Frederick County, Maryland
Home rented
Married 0 years
Mary L. Willard..Wife..24..MD..0/0

(Living with husband.)
.

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Cacapon District, Morgan County, WV on 8 April 1930. 2

1930 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 5, Family 135, Roll 2549
Cacapon District, Morgan County, West Virginia
Honaloway(?) Street; Home rented, $20
Mary L. Willard..Wife..44..MD

(Living with husband and 4 children.)
.



• She was buried on 16 February 1938 in the Greenway Cemetery in Berkeley Springs, WV.

Find A Grave Memorial 66963144
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Mary married Edgar Harold Willard MD, son of Charles Francis Willard and Anna Rebecca Hoskinson, about 1910.1 2 (Edgar Harold Willard MD was born on 27 March 1887 in Knoxville, MD,1 2 4 5 6 7 died on 6 May 1953 in Berkeley Springs, WV 7 and was buried after 6 May 1953 in Berkeley Springs, WV 7.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Mount Pleasant, MD on 4 May 1910. 1

1910 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 70, Family 192, Roll 564
Mount Pleasant, Frederick County, Maryland
Home rented
Married 0 years
Edgar H. Willard..Head..23..MD..Physician
Mary L. Willard..Wife..24..MD..0/0
.

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Cacapon District, Morgan County, WV on 8 April 1930. 2

1930 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 5, Family 135, Roll 2549
Cacapon District, Morgan County, West Virginia
Honaloway(?) Street; Home rented, $20
Edgar H. Willard..Head..43..MD..Doctor, Medical
Mary L. Willard..Wife..44..MD
Catherine R. Willard..Dau..14..MD
Edgar H. Willard..Son..11..MD
William G. Willard..Son..6..WV
Jack Willard..Son..5..WV
.


bullet  Marriage Notes:


Based on the ages of the children and their birth locations, the family must have moved from Maryland to West Virginia between 1919 and 1924.
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Sources


1 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Mount Pleasant, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 70, sheet 9A, family 192, Edgar Harold Willard and Mary Lou Gettings; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Dec 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 564.

2 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Cacapon District, Morgan County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 6A, family 135, Edgar Harold Willard and Mary Lou Gettings; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Mar 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2549.

3 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 07 April 2019), memorial page for Mary Lou Gettings Willard (3 Feb 1886'9614 Feb 1938), Find A Grave Memorial no. 66963144, citing Greenway Cemetery, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia, USA

4 Nancy Lou (Snyder) Jacobsen, "Maryland Families," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=6105334 : accessed 30 Aug 2013).

5 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 10 May 2019); Edgar Harold Willard.

6 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Bath, Morgan County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 33-2, sheet 7A, household 150, Edgar Harold Willard; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 Aug 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 4434.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 07 April 2019), memorial page for Edgar Harold Willard (27 Mar 1887'966 May 1953), Find A Grave Memorial no. 66963080, citing Greenway Cemetery, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia, USA


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