Mary E. “Mamie” Ware

Mary E. “Mamie” Ware (3 July 1874 – 8 February 1960)

Mary E. "Mamie" Ware
Mary E. “Mamie” Ware

Born:

3 July 1874 in Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States2,3
Married:
13 December 1899 in Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States to John S. Garrison5,16
Died:
8 February 1960 in Elmer, Salem, New Jersey, United States
Parents:
George W. Ware (1837 – 1929)2,3
Mary E. Craner (1843 – 1907)2,3
Spouse:
John S. Garrison (26 Feb 1877 –         )
Children:
Milford Russell Garrison, Orville Wilson Garrison.

Ancestors
Mary E. “Mamie” Ware is a descendant of George Ware & Naomi Ackley, Jacob Coleman & Rebecca Venable, Arthur Venable & Rebecca Slim, and Hudson Craner & Phebe Clark.

Biography
Mary E. “Mamie” Ware1 was born on 3 Jul 1874 in Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States.2,3 She grew up in Camden, New Jersey. She lived at 735 Mount Vernon Street in that city on 1 Jun 1880.4
Mamie Ware and John Samuel Garrison were married on 13 Dec 1899 in First United Methodist Church, Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA.5,16 At the time of her marriage she lived at 741 Mt. Vernon in Camden.5 She moved to Bridgeton, New Jersey with her husband. They lived at 49 New St. in Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States on 1 Jun 19006 and at 120 Church St. in Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States on 15 Apr 1910.7 They lived at 18 Parker Street in Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States on 1 Jan 19208 and she was still living there without her husband in 1924.9 She lived at 101 Church St. in Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States in 1926, 1928 and possibly into 1930.10,11,12

Mamie at work
Mamie worked at R. Esterbrook & Co. in Camden, NJ in 1941.  Click to see full image.

She moved to Pitman, New Jersey and lived there alone at 366 Snyder Avenue on 1 Apr 1930.13 She lived at 37 Arbustus in Pitman, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States on 1 Apr 1940 along with her son, Orville and his wife and daughter.14

Mamie died on 8 Feb 1960 at the age of 85 in Elmer, Salem, New Jersey, USA.15 She was buried on 11 Feb 1960 at Evergreen Cemetery in Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States.15

 

Last updated: 08 June 2014

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Citations

  1. Orville W. Garrison pension file, 1968; Records of the Railroad Retirement Board, National Archives Record Group 184; National Archives, Atlanta, Georgia. Application for Social Security (1936).
  2. Mamie Ware Garrison, 157-05-3184, 26 May 1937, Application for Account Numbers (Form SS-5), Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.
  3. New Jersey, “Returns of Births,” Vol. CI, p. 163, Mary E. Ware, July 1874; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton.
  4. 1880 U.S. Census, Camden County, New Jersey, population schedule, 1st Prect. 7 Ward, Camden, enumeration district (ED) 17, p.34, dwelling 334, family 357, George W. Ware; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683 : accessed 30 May 2014).
  5. Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), First United Methodist Church marriages, Bridgeton, NJ, image 698, John S. Garrison & Mamie E. Ware; digital images, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Historic Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451 : accessed 14 March 2014).
  6. 1900 U.S. Census, Cumberland County, New Jersey, population schedule, Ward 3, Bridgeton, enumeration district(ED) 121, sheet 5A, dwelling 113, family 114, John Garrison; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 25 June 2011).
  7. 1910 U.S. Census, Cumberland County, New Jersey, population schedule, Ward 4, Bridgeton, enumeration district (ED) 101, sheet 10B, line 83, dwelling 270, family 270, John Garrison; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1727033 : accessed 5 November 2013).
  8. 1920 U.S. Census, Cumberland County, New Jersey, population schedule, Ward 4, Bridgeton, enumeration district (ED) 138, sheet 12A, line 38, dwelling 326, family 338, John S. Garrison; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411 : accessed 5 November 2013).
  9. Polk’s Bridgeton (New Jersey) City Directory, Vol. 1924-25. R.L. Polk & Co., New Brunswick, N.J., digital images, Ancestry.com U.S.City Directories database (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469 : accessed 9 May 2014), p.201.
  10. Polk’s Bridgeton (New Jersey) City Directory, Vol. 1926-27. R.L. Polk & Co., New Brunswick, N.J., digital images, Ancestry.com U.S.City Directories database (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469 : accessed 30 May 2014), p.134.
  11. Polk’s Bridgeton (New Jersey) City Directory, Vol. 1928-29 III. R.L. Polk & Co., New Brunswick, N.J., digital images, Ancestry.com U.S.City Directories database (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469 : accessed 9 May 2014), 115.
  12. Polk’s Bridgeton (New Jersey) City Directory, Vol. 1930-31. R.L. Polk & Co., New Brunswick, N.J., digital images, Ancestry.com U.S.City Directories database (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469 : accessed 18 March 2014), p102.
  13. 1930 U.S. Census, Gloucester County, New Jersey, population schedule, Borough of Pitman, enumeration district (ED) 8-48, sheet 6A, dwelling 174, family 182, Mamie Garrison; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1810731 : accessed 24 June 2011).
  14. 1940 U.S. Census, Gloucester County, New Jersey, population schedule, Pitman, enumeration district (ED) 8-42, sheet 7B, line 55, household 17, Mary Garrison; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2000219 : accessed 7 June 2013).
  15. New Jersey, State Department of Health, death certificate 09544 (1960), Mamie (Mary) E. Garrison; Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, Trenton.
  16. “Ebb and Flow in Jersey’s Cities and Towns,” article, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 11 February 1900, mentions marriage of John Garrison & Mamie Ware.

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