Mary Violet Law

Mary Violet Law

• Mother: Sarah F. Williams b. 1 July 1883, d. 8 March 1947

• Mary Violet Law was born on 29 June 1903 in Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota.
• Elizabeth J. Morris appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota, at 507 South Mill Street. Other members of the household included Mary Violet Law, Margaret Williams.
• Elizabeth J. Morris appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota, at 507 Bleeker Street. Other members of the household included Mary Violet Law.
• She married Frederick Walker.
• The following appeared on 27 November 1923 in the Lead Daily Call: Miss Mary Violet Law left on the Burlington this afternoon for Los Angeles, called there by the illness of her mother, Mrs. Sarah Rankin, formerly of Lead. Miss Law has been living in Lead for many years with her grandmother, Mrs. E. J. Williams.
• She married Edmund Joseph de Winstanley on 30 March 1929 in Los Angeles County, California, by license issued the same day, with Henry C. Kendrick officiating.
• Edmund Joseph de Winstanley and Mary Violet Law appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Montebello, Los Angeles County, California, at 1310 Record Street. Other members of the household included Howard Noble Walker. Mary's son Howard Walker is identified as Howard N. de Winstanley.
• Edmund Joseph de Winstanley and Mary Violet Law appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Montebello, Los Angeles County, California, at 1242 Rowan Avenue enumerated next to the household of Mary's mother. Other members of the household included Henry Hugh de Winstanley. Also in the household was one elderly female lodger.
• She married Daniel Earl Lewis on 29 June 1945 in California, with Erwin H. Norden oficiating.
• Mary Violet Law became a widow at the 18 October 1974 death of her husband Daniel Earl Lewis.
• Mary Violet Law died on 28 January 1989 at age 85 in California.

• Last Edited: 24 May 2016