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Mary Grace Elizabeth Wacaster
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Mary Grace Elizabeth Wacaster 1 2 3 4
- Born: 1 July 1907, Marion, NC 1 5
- Marriage (1): Robert Ernest Gray on 22 September 1934 in Richmond, VA 1
- Died: 26 February 1970, Charlotte, NC at age 62 4
- Buried: 3 March 1970, Winston-Salem, NC 4
 Noted events in her life were:
• She has alternate birth date of 1 July 1903 and a birth location of Marion, NC.
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Higgins, NC on April 1910. 2
1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 95, Household 46
Higgins, McDowell County, North Carolina, United States
Mary Waycaster..Daughter..6..NC
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Higgins, NC on January 1920. 3
1920 US Census
Sheet ?B, District 117, Household 35
Higgins, McDowell County, North Carolina, United States
Mary G. Wacaster..Daughter..15..NC
(Living with parents.)
NOTE - If her birth date was 1 Jul 1903, then her age should have been 16 instead of 15.
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• She was buried on 3 March 1970 in the Bowman Gray Med. School in Winston-Salem, NC.
Her death information indicates that her cemetery was "Bowman Gray Med. School" (now Wake Forest School of Medicine). I assume that this means that her body was donated for medical research.
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Mary married Robert Ernest Gray, son of R. A. Gray and Annie, on 22 September 1934 in Richmond, VA.1 (Robert Ernest Gray was born in 1902 in Greensboro, NC 1 and died after 22 September 1934.)
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Sources
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"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1708698 : accessed 27 Jul 2014), Name: Robert Ernest Gray; Spouse's Name: Mary Elizabeth Wacaser; Event Date: 22 Sep 1934; Event Place: Richmond, Henrico, Virginia.
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1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Higgins, McDowell County, North Carolina, United States, enumeration district (ED) 95, sheet 7B, family 46, Charles Drewry Wacaster and Lula Evelyn Higgins; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Jul 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.
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1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Higgins, McDowell County, North Carolina, United States, enumeration district (ED) 117, sheet ?B, family 35, Charles Drewry Wacaster and Lula Evelyn Higgins; index and images (accessed 26 Jul 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.
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"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (accessed 27 Jul 2014), Name: Mary Wacaser Gray; Event Date: 26 Feb 1970; Event Place: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
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"North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000," index, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949336 : accessed 27 Jul 2014), Name: Mary Grace Elizabeth Wacaser; Event Date: 01 Jul 1907; Event Place: Mcdowell, North Carolina.
