Myrtle Belle (Gilbert) Letson (1915 - 1995)

Born 4 Oct 1915 in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

Wife of Charles DeWitt Letson Jr. — married 21 Jul 1934 in Salamanca, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

Died 1995 at about age 79 in Salamanca, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

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Biography

Myrtle Belle Gilbert was born between 1912 - 1915 to Daisy Warner and William Gilbert.

On July 21, 1934, Myrtle married Charles DeWitt Letson, Jr. in Salamanca, Cattaraugus, New York.^[1]

In 1940, Myrtle and Charles and their three children - Charles, Olive and Gloria - were living in Buffalo, Erie, New York. Charles was employed as a molder in a steel foundry.^[2]

Myrtle died in 1995 and was buried in Crawford Cemetery, Salamanca, New York. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKN1-SMGB : 26 September 2017), Charles DeWitt Letson and Myrtle Belle Gilbert, 21 Jul 1934, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing ref. ID 36, county clerk’s office,; FHL microfilm 1,010,211.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ3P-RZ7 : accessed 4 May 2018), Myrtle Letson in household of Charles Letson, Ward 21, Buffalo, Buffalo City, Erie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-445, sheet 4B, line 63, family 75, 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 2837.
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 May 2018), memorial page for Myrtle Gilbert Letson (1915–1995), Find A Grave Memorial no. 59703093, citing Crawford Cemetery, Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA ; Maintained by MSue (contributor 47040510) .