Margaret Willie (Arvin) Sissons (1879 - 1947)

Born 21 Apr 1879 in Henderson, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William H Tiller — married 28 Mar 1925 in Orange, Florida, United States

Wife of Robert Henry Sissons — married 27 Nov 1931 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States

Died 9 Sep 1947 at age 68 in Henderson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Margaret (Arvin) Sissons is Notable.

Margaret (Arvin) Sissons was awarded the Purple Heart.

Margaret (Mary) Willie Arvin ARRC was a nurse from Henderson, Kentucky, who served in the First World War in France at a British Army Hospital, and was the most decorated Kentucky woman veteran serving in World War I.

Margaret Willie "Mary" (Arvin) (Tiller) Sissons was born on the 21st of April 1879 in Henderson, Kentucky, United States.^[1] She was the daughter of William Meade Arvin and Elizabeth "Bettie" (Towles) Arvin.^[1]

Betty joined the American Red Cross in 1917. She was stationed at The Harvard Unit, Base Hospital #5, a hospital unit staffed by physicians and nurses from the Harvard University Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts.^[1]

Mary first married William H. Tiller, a World War I veteran.^[1]

The 1926 Orlando City Directory lists Mrs. Mary W. Tiller as living at 615 E. Concord Avenue.^[2]

On 23 April 1930, Mary A. Tiller (listed as being a 35-year-old widow) lived at 615 Concord in Orlando. She owned her home. She worked as a registered nurse at a hospital.^[3]

Mary married second on 27 November 1931 in Jacksonville, Florida to Robert H. Sissons, also a World War I veteran.^[1][4]

In 1935, R. H. and Mary W. Sissons lived in Precinct 14 of Orange County, Florida.^[5]

In 1945, Robert H. and Mary W. Sissons lived in Precinct 14 of Orange County, Florida. He was retired and she was a housewife.^[6]

Mary died from carcinoma of the uterus on the 9th of September 1947 in her hometown of Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky. She was laid to rest in the Fernwood Cemetery in Henderson.^[1][7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} "Mary Willie Arvin" as viewed on Wikipedia.org 12 June 2023.
2. ↑ U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995"
   Florida > Orlando > 1926 > Orlando, Florida, City Directory, 1926
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 22 June 2023)
   Mary W Tiller.
3. ↑ 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1930; Census Place: Orlando, Orange, Florida; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2340061
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #103262250 (accessed 22 June 2023)
   Mary A Tiller (35), widowed, Nurse Reg, head of household at 615 Concord, Orlando, Orange, Florida, USA. Born in Kentucky.
4. ↑ Sissons-Tiller. Orlando Evening Star (Orlando, Florida), 29 November 1931, page 9, column 1.
5. ↑ 1935 Census: "Florida, U.S., State Census, 1867-1945"
   Page: 27; Line: 17
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1506 #2053257 (accessed 22 June 2023)
   Mary W Sessions (52), wife, in household of R.H Sessions (55) in Precinct 14, Orange. Born in Kentucky.
6. ↑ 1945 Census: "Florida, U.S., State Census, 1867-1945"
   Page: 44; Line: 48
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1506 #871051 (accessed 22 June 2023)
   Mary W Sissons (64) in Precinct 14, Orange. Born in Kentucky.
7. ↑ Death: "Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965"
   Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1222 #1311880 (accessed 22 June 2023)
   Mary Willie Sissons death 9 Sep 1947 (born 21 Apr 1880), daughter of William Arvin & Bettie Towles, in Henderson, Kentucky, USA.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCC5-LF2 : 14 January 2022), Mary Arvin in household of William Arvin, Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M94F-C5D : 9 March 2022), Willie A Arvin in entry for William Arvin, 1900.
• Year: 1940; Census Place: Orlando, Orange, Florida; Roll: m-t0627-00603; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 48-11. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9ZT-XMP : 2 March 2021), Mary Willie Sissons, 1947; citing Death, Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,944,497.
• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP74-5YXN : 30 April 2018), Mary W Arvin Sissons, died 1947; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States.
• "Nurse Mary W. Arvin" by Whitney Todd, http://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/401
• Find A Grave: Memorial #198511919