Mary May (Dietz) Gable (1904 - 1980)

Born 31 Mar 1904 in York Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Oct 1980 at age 76 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Mary (Dietz) Gable has German Roots.

Mary (Dietz) Gable was a Pennsylvanian.

Mary, daughter of John Christopher Dietz and Leah Alverta Shaffer, was born 31 March 1904 in York Township, York County, Pennsylvania.^[1]

By 1910, her parents John C. (age 36, mill owner) and Leah A. Dietz (32, mother of four, all living) owned their farm on Harding Road in York Township, where they resided with their children Mary May (6), Charles Franklin (12), Florence Rachel (10), and Paul Edward (3), as well as the hirelings Eli Ferree (23) and Lottie Shaffer (21).^[2]

Her family moved to the city of York before 1918.^[3] By 1920, Mary M. (age 16) labored at the chain works, while living with her parents John C. (age 46, chauffeur(?) for Atlantic Refining Company) and Leah A. (42) in the home they owned at 839 South Queen Street, York.^[4] Her siblings Florence R. (19, laborer, chain works), Paul E. (13) and Lucretia Alverta (3) also resided there.^[4]

John C. (age 56, box factory worker), Leah A. (53), Mary M. (26, hosiery mill forelady), Paul E. (24, hosiery mill weaver), Lucretia A. (13) remained in the same house in 1930.^[5]

About 1932-33, Mary married Paul M. Gable. son of Isaac Tyson Gable and Agnes McDowell.^{[citation needed]} They had at least one son:

• John Philip Gable (b. 26 June 1933;^[6] married;^[6] d. 18 January 2019).^[6]

By 1935, the couple settled in Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania.^[7] Paul (age 38, public school teacher) and Mary Gable (36) rented a home there on West Ridge Road, where they lived with their son John P. (6) in 1940.^[7]

Mary died 2 October 1980 in York,^[1] and was buried at Salem Union Cemetery in Jacobus, York County.^[8]

^{[2] [4] [5] [7] [1] [8] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Mary Gable, Oct 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 2 November 2019), Mary M Dietz in household of John C Dietz, York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 140, sheet 14A, family 270, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1435; FHL microfilm 1,375,448.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (26 August 2019), John Christopher Dietz, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 2 November 2019), Mary M Dietz in household of John C Dietz, York Ward 10, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 137, sheet 11A, line 43, family 47, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1669; FHL microfilm 1,821,669.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 2 November 2019), Mary M Dietz in household of John C Dietz, York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 16A, line 11, family 397, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2167; FHL microfilm 2,341,901.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 30 December 2020), memorial page for John Phillip Gable (26 Jun 1933–18 Jan 2019), Find A Grave: Memorial #196247827, Maintained by Dahly (contributor 49005791) Burial Details Unknown. John's memorial includes a detailed obituary.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (20 August 2019), Mary Gable in household of Paul Gable, Millcreek Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25-37, sheet 24B, line 58, family 512, 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, roll 3501.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 29 December 2020), memorial page for Mary Dietz Gable (31 Mar 1904–2 Oct 1980), Find A Grave: Memorial #52339078, citing Salem Union Cemetery, Jacobus, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Wayne Irons (contributor 46936606). Mary shares a headstone with her husband that is engraved with birth and death years. Her memorial is linked to her son's.

• Family Tree, database, FamilySearch (modified 02 November 2019, 01:32), entry for Mary May Dietz; contributed by various users.

Acknowledgements

This profile was created, researched and initially written by Kathy Rabenstein (unrelated).