Helen Louise Mayle

b. 3 October 1907, d. 11 May 2003
  • Helen Louise Mayle was born on 3 October 1907 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
  • Martin Helmuth Mayle and Louise Margaret Barnett appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1136 Willow Avenue. Other members of the household included Helen Louise Mayle.
  • Martin Helmuth Mayle and Louise Margaret Barnett appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Niagara Falls, New York, at 1136 Willow Avenue. Other members of the household included Helen Louise Mayle, Elizabeth Magdalena Mayle.
  • Martin Helmuth Mayle and Louise Margaret Barnett appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 2230 South Avenue. Other members of the household included Helen Louise Mayle, Elizabeth Magdalena Mayle.
  • She was a bookkeeper in a bank, according to the 1930 census.
  • The following appeared on 24 July 1931 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Mayle of South avenue wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Helen Louise, to James Wilbur Cameron, of Trenton, Mich., formerly of this city. The wedding will take place October third.
  • She married James Wilbur Cameron on 3 October 1931 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at Pierce Avenue Presbyterian Church.
  • The following appeared on 8 October 1931 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: The Pierce Avenue Presbyterian Church was the scene of a very pretty wedding, Saturday, October 3, when Helen Louise Mayle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mayle, of 2230 South avenue became the bride of James Wilbur Cameron, son of James Cameron, of Pine avenue. Rev. Louis F. Mayle, of Groveland, N. Y., uncle of the bride, who also married the bride's parents, 25 years ago, that day, performed the ceremony, assisted by Rev. W. C. Crofts. As the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march, played by Robert Sterling, filled the church, the bridesmaid, Miss Helen Cameron, sister of the groom entered, followed by the maid of honor, Miss Betty Mayle, sister of the bride. The bride, who was also celebrating her birthday, was given in marriage by her father. She wore a beautiful gown of ivory satin, made n princess style with ivory velvet hat and moire pumps to match and carried a shower bouquet of roses. The maid of honor was gowned in yellow satin, wore eggshell moire pumps and carried butterfly roses. The bridesmaid wore green satin and moire pumps and carried white roses. The best man was William Lewis and the ushers were Bert Robertson and Leonard Day.
         After the ceremony a reception and wedding supper were held at the church. The tables were decorated in yellow and white with bouquets of gladioli.
         Mr. and Mrs. Cameron left for a trip through the east and will be at home after November 1, at Wyandotte, Mich.
         The out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Mayle and daughter, Amy, of Groveland, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. Bloy, of Detroit, Mich; Mrs. George Barnett, Miss Elizabeth Barnett, Miss Ruth Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lepine and two children, Glen Richards, of Buffalo, N. Y; Mrs. Mary M. Cushman, Miss Ethel Staffen, Wilbur Cushman, George Cushman, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ulcholson of St. Catharines; Mr. and Mrs. Amos Stuart, of Niagara Falls, Ont; Mrs. John Guinther, of Niagara Falls, N. Y., bridesmaid at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Mayle 25 years ago was also present.
         Pre-nuptual affairs were showers given by Miss Helen Cameron, Mrs. Joseph Kobus, the Misses Dorothy and Marjory McCracken, the Girls' Club and the employees of the bank, also the Beta Sigma Class of the Sunday school, the Intermediate teachers and the Christian Endeavor Society.
  • The following appeared on 7 September 1956 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Louise Barnett Mayle, 77, of Lockport Rd., died Thursday (Sept 6, 1956) in Ransom Nursing Home, NIagara Falls, after a year's illness.
         Mrs. Mayle was born in Buffalo. She was a member of Riverdale Rebekah Lodge No. 195, IOOF, the Rural Club, and the Women's Society of the Niagara United Presbyterian Church.
         Widow of the late Mrtin H. Mayle, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. David Stirling, Winnipeg, Man., and Mrs. Wilbur Cameron, Tiffin, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Bloy, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Joseph Lepine, Clarence, N. Y., and Mrs. Glen Rickard, Buffalo; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
         Funeral services will be conducted at the Bell Funeral Chapel at 2:30 p. m. Saturday, by the Rev. William J. Devine. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls.
  • Helen Louise Mayle became a widow at the 29 September 1977 death of her husband James Wilbur Cameron.
  • The SSDI lists Trenton, Wayne County, Michigan, as the last residence of record of Helen Louise Mayle.
  • Helen Louise Mayle died on 11 May 2003 at age 95 in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, at St. Francis Nursing Home.
  • She was interred at Seneca Memory Gardens, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio.
  • The following appeared in a local newspaper: Helen Louise Cameron, 95, died at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, May 11, 2003, in St. Francis Nursing Home, Tiffin, where she resided.
         She was born Oct. 3, 1907, in Niagara Falls, N.Y., to the late Martin and Louise (Barnett) Mayle. Her husband, James W. Cameron, whom she married Oct. 3, 1931, in Niagara Falls, died Sept. 29, 1977.
         Surviving are a son, James M. Cameron of Tiffin; two daughters, Elizabeth J. Thomas of Trenton, Mich. and Margaret L. Hippler of Bellevue; 13 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Elizabeth Stirling of Thurmont, Md.
         A great-granddaughter and a brother, Ralph Martin Mayle, also are deceased.
         Mrs. Cameron, a homemaker, was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church and its United Methodist Women's Club. She was a graduate of Niagara Falls High School.
         The service will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 17 in the Turner-Engle Funeral Home, 135 N. Washington St., with the Rev. Scott Blevins officiating. Burial will be in Seneca Memory Gardens.
         Visitation will be 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
  • Last Edited: 23 Oct 2015

Family: James Wilbur Cameron b. 31 January 1907, d. 29 September 1977