Born in Highland Park, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of William T. DeCoursey
and Margaret (Madden) DeCoursey
Wife of
Guy Vinson
— married
29 Sep 1918 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 87
in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2010
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Biography
Mary Ellen DeCoursey was my grandmother. She owned the house we lived in where I grew up in Louisville, Ky. Later we moved to the South End of the city and lived there until I married. "Two Moms" raised me.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M94Y-C64 : 20 January 2015), Mary E Decoursey in household of William Decoursey, Magisterial District 3, Spring Garden Precinct Highland Park village (part), Jefferson, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 1B, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,533.
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch, accessed 29 January 2022, Guy Vinson and Mary Ella DeCoursey, 29 September 1918, Jefferson County, Kentucky, FHL film #005561018, image 283 of 1245; citing multiple county clerks, county courts, and historical societies, Kentucky.
- "1940 United States Federal Census". Year: 1940; Census Place: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01368; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 121-124. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #48271818 (accessed 28 January 2022). Mary E Vinson (49), widowed, Saleslady, head of household in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky. Born in Kentucky.
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