Mary Antoinette (Boucher) Pletzer (1911 - 2008)

Born 3 Feb 1911 in Quebec, Canada [uncertain]

Wife of Edgar Pletzer — married 28 Jan 1930 in Ellicott City, Howard, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 2008 at age 97 in Barre City, Washington, Vermont, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Mary Antoinette Boucher was born in either Beebe, Quebec;^[1], French-speaking Canada^[2] or Newport, Orleans, Vermont.^[3],^[4],^[5]

Her death record and obituary report her parents as Adelard Boucher and Emma Proux.^[6][4] (Her mother's maiden name is "Proulx" in some other records; her mother died in 1954 in Berkshire, Massachusetts.^[7]. Her father died in 1965 in Grafton, NH.^[8]

While her obituary claims a marriage date of 29 Jan 1930 in Ellicott City, Maryland,^[4] she was enumerated in April 1930 as single daughter Antoinette M Boucher of parents Adelard and Emma in Grafton, New Hampshire.^[2] Her father was a "fore carpenter" for the railroad. Her husband was also still single in April 1930, when he was enumerated in Washington DC with parents and working for the railroad.

In 1940, they were enumerated in Hyattesville, Maryland where Edgar was a hotel baggage porter.^[5]

By April 1931, they were living in Ft Worth, Texas when and where their first child was born.^[9]

They must have moved a lot because their children were born in Texas (1931), DC (1935), New Hampshire (1936), DC (1937), and Maryland (1938-1940).

In 1950, they resided in Woodside, Grafton, New Hampshire; Edgar was working as a carman (repair car) for the Boston-Maine railroad. May was a waitress in a hotel.^[10] Mother (with Edgar Pletzer) of:

• Georgia Lee Pletzer, b 4 Nov 1931 Ft Worth, Texas.^[9]
• Leonard Maurice Pletzer, (1934-1995)^[11]
• Beverly Ann Pletzer, m 1954 Charles Theodore Thygusen.^[12]
• Joyce Patricia Carruba, b 27 Oct 1936; m1 ____ Carrubba (divorced); m2 1993 Richard Polonski.^[13]
• Gloria, b 19 Dec 1937 Hyattesville, Maryland; m 1960 Romeo Paul Bilodeau (1937-2020); d 27 Feb 2017 Barre, VT.^[14]
• Doris, b abt 1940 Maryland
• Richard Alan Pletzer (1945-1994)^[15][16]
• Edgar Milburn "Peanut" Pletzer Jr (1955-1981)^[17]; married Marilyn Ann John by 1960.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Record of child _____
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRHR-3PD?cc=1810731&wc=QZFQ-WHN%3A649401101%2C649538501%2C649570401%2C1589282424 : 8 December 2015), New Hampshire > Grafton > Haverhill > ED 19 > image 20 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29442920/mary-antoinette-pletzer: accessed 19 August 2023), memorial page for Mary Antoinette Boucher Pletzer (3 Feb 1911–27 Jul 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29442920, citing Wilson Cemetery, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Rick OBrien (contributor 46911607).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} "Mary A Pletzer, 97," Obituary, in Times-Argus, (Montpelier-Barre, Vermont), 29 Jul 2008; digital copy at genealogybank.com
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-Z3K9?cc=2000219&wc=QZXB-FG8%3A790103401%2C797360501%2C797588501%2C952254201 : accessed 19 August 2023), Maryland > Prince George's > Election District 16, Hyattsville, Ward 3 > 17-50 Election District 16 Hyattsville, Hyattsville Town Ward 3, Sanitary District bounded by Wine Av; Ralston Av, Columbia Av; corporate limits, ward line > image 31 of 38; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
6. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN3V-SMB : 6 December 2014), Mary A Pletzer, Death, 27 Jul 2008, Barre, Washington, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #210102383
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #228674061
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9THQ-BRS?cc=1803956&wc=M6RC-QP8%3A146756901 : 22 May 2014), 005035194 > image 736 of 3555; Texas Department of Health, Austin.
10. ↑ 1950 US Census: Woodside, Grafton, New Hampshire: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-SQH4-WGGL
11. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KM7-NJM7 : 10 February 2023), Edgar M Pletzer in entry for Leonard Maurice Pletzer, .
12. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8B22-HV5?cc=1784223&wc=MFVH-N29%3A1029423901 : 22 May 2014), 005204332 > image 1054 of 2949; Citing Secretary of State. State Capitol Building, Montpelier.
13. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHD-VFS6?cc=1726957 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.
14. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #176909073
15. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KMW-W6PT : 10 February 2023), Edgar M Pletzer in entry for Richard Alan Pletzer, .
16. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #140492440
17. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KM7-TMYV : 10 February 2023), Edgar M Pletzer in entry for Edgar Milburn Pletzer, Jr, .