Mary E. (?)

Mary E. (?)

• Mary E. (?) was born circa 1873 in Maryland.
• She married Francis Farmer.
• Mary E. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Baltimore, Maryland, at 571 Dolphin Street. Other members of the household included Lloyd Jeremiah Farmer. Also in the household were daughters Atlanta ["Airy"] M. (age 18) and Beatrice B. (9), and two lodgers.
• She was employed as laundress by a hospital, according to the 1910 census.
• She married George Nicholson circa 1919.
• George Nicholson and Mary E. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Baltimore, Maryland, at 643 George Street Also in the household were Mary's daughters Beatrice Farmer (age 19) and Airy Watts (24), and Airy's husband Webster Watts (32) identified as a stepson, and one male lodger.
• She was employed as a laundress by a private family, according to the 1920 census.
• Lloyd Jeremiah Farmer and Mamie Nicholson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland, at 733 Dolphin Street. Other members of the household included Mary E. (?), Augustus Michael Farmer, Gladys Givens and George Nicholson. Augustus Farmer is identified as an adopted son, whose parents were born in Virginia, and Gladys Farmer as an adopted daughter, whose parents were born in Maryland.
• She was employed as a house worker by a private family, according to the 1930 census.
• The following appeared on 5 March 1968 in The Baltimore Afro-American: A requiem mass for Mrs. Airy Watts, 1027 Sarahann St., was celebrated Monday morning at St. Pius Catholic Church with burial following in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
       Mrs. Watts, 76, died Wednesday morning at Franklin Square Hospital after being hit ba a car on her way to church.
       A life-long member of St. Pius, Mrs. Watts, the daughter of the late Mary and Francis Farmer, was born and educated in Baltimore.
       She was married to the late Webster Watts.
       Mrs. Watts is survived by a brother, Lloyd J. Farmer.

• Last Edited: 21 Sep 2015