Mary Louise Wacaster ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Mary's 1910 census record shows that she was "0 years old" meaning she was born in 1909 or early 1910 before the 15 Apr 1910 official date of the census. However, she was married on 27 Apr 1924 which means she would have been only about 14 years of age at the time of her marriage. On her marriage record she indicated that she was born in 1903 which means she would have been about 21 years of age. Logically the marriage record sounds as if her correct birth year was in 1903 but one cannot imagine just how the 1910 census would manage to record an age of 0 when it should have been about 7 years of age.

Additional source citations from other researchers provide her birth date as 8 Nov 1909 which means that she was only 14 years old when married to her 22 year old husband.
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The army enlistment record for her husband indicates that he was divorced on the date of his entry into military service, 7 Sep 1942. One researcher, Janice Schluter, indicates that Mary was remarried two more times following her divorce from Charles Brooks Pitts. Mary's second husband was named Mr. Van Balen. Her third and find husband was Mr. Lancaster. Mary was apparently buried at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Tampa, Florida under the name of Mary L. Lancaster. Tampa was the area where older sister, Anna Lorena Wacaster, had gone to live with her family.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1903 and a birth location of , Rockingham County, NC.

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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Drayton Mills, Spartanburg, SC on April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 88, Household 157
Drayton Mills, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States
Mary L. Waycaster..Daughter..0..NC
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Reidsville, NC on January 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 18B, District 221, Household 338
Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States
Mary Wacaster..Daughter..10..NC
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Laurens, SC on April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 3A, Roll 2202, District 0025, Household 55
Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina, United States
Mary Pitts..Wife..21..NC
(Living with husband and 2 children.)

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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Laurens, SC on 12 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 12A, Roll 3821, District 30-27, Family 271
Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina, United States
Last Place of Residence: Tampa, Florida
620 Irby Avenue
Home rented, $15
Mary L. Pitts..Wife..30..NC..10th grade..Quiller at rayon mill..earned $780 in 1939
(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She was buried after 13 March 1985 in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Tampa, FL.

Find A Grave Memorial #56868673
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Mary married Charles Brooks Pitts, son of Henry Lee Pitts and Mary Caldwell, on 27 April 1924 in , Pittsylvania County, VA.^{1 2 3} (Charles Brooks Pitts was born on 13 July 1901 in , Laurens County, SC,^{1 2 7} died on 23 April 1974 in Charleston, SC ⁷ and was buried after 23 April 1974 in Hickory Tavern, SC ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Laurens, SC on April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 3A, Roll 2202, District 0025, Household 55
Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina, United States
Brooks Pitts..Head..28..SC
Mary Pitts..Wife..21..NC
Charles Pitts..Son..4..NC
Peggy Pitts..Daughter..0..SC
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Laurens, SC on 12 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 12A, Roll 3821, District 30-27, Family 271
Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina, United States
Last Place of Residence: Tampa, Florida
620 Irby Avenue
Home rented, $15
Charles B. Pitts..Head..36..SC..10th grade,,Mechanic at retail auto agency..earned $1170 in 1939
Mary L. Pitts..Wife..30..NC..10th grade..Quiller at rayon mill..earned $780 in 1939
Charles Pitts..Son..14..NC..7th grade
Peggy Pitts..Daughter..10..SC..4th grade
Laura Pitts..Daughter..5..SC
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