Mary Etta Ann (Beck) Watson (abt. 1883 - 1949)

Born about 15 Dec 1883 in Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Clyde Mitcheltree — married about 1901 (to before 1920) in Pennsylvania

Died 9 Nov 1949 at about age 65 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Biography

She married first Clyde Mitcheltree about 1902 by whom she had:^[1]

1. Emerson
2. Gerald
3. Donald
4. Josephine
5. Elizabeth
6. Romunda
7. William
8. Theodore

They divorced by 1920, when she married Harry M. Bennett; her Mitcheltree children stayed with her.^[2] It appears from later records that some of her children took Bennett's surname. She appears to have had children by Bennnet, including:

1. Mary, b abt 1921
2. Dorothy, b abt 1922

Mary and Harry divorced by 1930 when she was enumerated as such with the surname Dennett in Detroit, with her children, William (19), Vernon (17), Mary K (9), and Dorothy (8).^[3]

She married third (per her find-a-grave memorial) Richard Perceval Watson in 1932.^[4]

She was enumerated as a widow in 1940 in Detroit. Living with her were her children: Mary and Dorothy Bennett (both single), married daughter Josephine with her husband Henry Beckman.^[5]

She died in 1949.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVK-5ZV?cc=1727033&wc=QZZW-5BK%3A133638001%2C142898901%2C142926001%2C1589089862 : 24 June 2017), Pennsylvania > Lycoming > Williamsport Ward 7 > ED 90 > image 20 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RX9-9YH?cc=1488411&wc=QZJ5-CSC%3A1036473501%2C1040259701%2C1040263401%2C1589332798 : 13 September 2019), Pennsylvania > Lycoming > Williamsport Ward 3 > ED 82 > image 11 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RHN-WMF?cc=1810731&wc=QZFQ-MJX%3A648805801%2C649542601%2C651645901%2C1589286587 : 8 December 2015), Michigan > Wayne > Detroit (Districts 0751-0879) > ED 817 > image 62 of 130; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85716488/mary-etta-watson: accessed 05 April 2023), memorial page for Mary Etta Beck Watson (15 Dec 1883–9 Nov 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 85716488, citing Mount Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Debbie Bleger (contributor 46976247).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-PDS5?cc=2000219&wc=QZFM-3XV%3A790103601%2C796947201%2C802740301%2C802754501 : accessed 7 April 2023), Michigan > Wayne > Detroit City, Detroit, Ward 17 > 84-1073 Detroit City Ward 17 (Tract 760 - part) > image 27 of 36; 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.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6WK3-X92?cc=1325221&wc=9BWQ-JHG%3A1030550501%2C1035894701%2C1035900501 : 5 August 2014), Pennsylvania > Lycoming > ED 53 Loyalsock Township, Precinct 1 > image 6 of 41; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).