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Mary Louise (Wentz) Carter (1878 - 1953)

Mary Louise (Louise) Carter formerly Wentz aka Pitre
Born in Taylor Township, Benton County, Iowa, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 28 Jun 1898 (to 1913) in First Presbyterian, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisianamap
Died at age 74 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

Mary Louise Wentz, daughter of Arthur A. Wentz and Clarissa Pardy Blackman, was born May 19, 1878 in Taylor Twp., Benton, Iowa. [1] She died February 20, 1953 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. She is buried at Orange Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. [2]

Marriages and Children

(1) Willis Pitre, m. 28 June 1898 in First Presbyterian Church, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. [citation needed] They had two children:

Willis and Mary divorced before Dec 1913. She maintained custody of their daughter.

(2) Joseph David Carter [citation needed]

Burial

Find A Grave: Memorial #58237524

Orange Grove Cemetery
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA

Research Notes

Mary Louise (Wentz) Pitre Carter can be found in the following census records:

  • 1900 -- Ward 4 Vincent Settlement, West lake & Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States [4]

Sources

  1. "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJP1-4VF : accessed 6 March 2016), Mary Louise Wentz, 1878.
  2. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKB-5V6T : accessed 6 March 2016), Mary Louise Carter, ; Burial, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, Orange Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 58237524, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  3. Birth Record for Ruth Eugenia Pitre
  4. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPT-DVN : accessed 6 March 2016), Mary L Petre in household of Willis H Petre, Ward 4 Vincent Settlement, West lake & Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States; citing sheet 21A, family 407, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,561.
  • Birth Record for Ruth Eugenia Pitre. Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.s., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Accession Number: 998.25 81d 6. Ancestry.com. U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

See Also:

  • The Pitre Trail from Acadia: (Site Author: Wendy Pitre Roostan) This site is designed to assist Pitre descendants in finding their way back through history.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKP-T28 : 19 February 2021), Mary L Wentz in household of A A Wentz, Taylor, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 38, sheet 308B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,327.




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