Mary Donaby
b. circa 1865, d. 16 October 1952
- Father: Richard Donaby b. 5 December 1835, d. 27 October 1903
- Mother: Mary E. Jones b. circa 18 January 1846, d. 7 June 1890
- Mary Donaby married George A. Watson.
- She was born circa 1865 in Albany, New York.
- Mary Donaby became a widow at the 1941 death of her husband George A. Watson.
- Mary Donaby died on 16 October 1952.
- She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
- The following appeared on 17 October 1952 in the Niagara Falls Gazette:
Mrs. Mary E. Watson, wife of the late George A. Watson, a North end hardware dealer who switched to farming, died yesterday in Lewiston.
Mrs. Watson was born in Albany and came to this city in 1878. She was 87 at the time of her death.
She and her husband, who died in 1941, moved to Lewiston in 1912.
Mrs. Watson was a member of the Presbyterian church in Lewiston, president of the BYC society and a member of the Study club.
Survivors include a son, George A. Watson, Jr., Lewiston; a daughter, Mrs. Janet G. Bump, Albany; two sisters, Mrs. Clark Shipston, this city, and Mrs. Chester Hart, Highland Park, Ill; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Cornell and Daggett Funeral chapel at 2 p.m. tomorrow, with the Rev. George H. Bost officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood cemetery.
- Last Edited: 1 Sep 2010