Martha Louise (Hill) Wells (1884 - 1947)

Born 10 Aug 1884 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Wife of Lee Shepard Wells — married 16 Apr 1914 (to 16 Mar 1947) in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1947 at age 62 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Martha was born in 1884. Martha Hill ... She passed away in 1947. ^[1]

Marriage

Spouse: Lee S. Wells.
1914. ^[2]

Census Records

1900 - US ^[3]
Note: Occupation: At School.
1910 - US ^[4]
Note: Occupation: Bookkeeper - Mail Order.
1920 - US ^[5]
Note: Occupation: None.
1930 - US ^[6]
Note: Surname spelled as Wills instead of Wells.
Note: Occupation: None.
1940 - US ^[7]
Note: Occupation: Not listed.

Death

1947. ^[8]

Research Notes

1. Father: P. Wm. Hill, POB: New York. ^[8]
   
2. Mother: Elizabeth Weir. POB: Illinois. ^[8]
   
3. Born in Chicago, Illinois. Source: Daughter Helen's birth record. ^[9]
   

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Robin Kueppers, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7ZS-749 : 26 December 2014), Lee S. Wells and Martha Louise Hill, 16 Apr 1914; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, 660176, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,030,569.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS3X-4BC : accessed 25 January 2018), Louise Hill in household of P W Hill, Precinct 42 Chicago city Ward 12, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 370, sheet 11A, family 248, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,260.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKCR-K4Q : accessed 25 January 2018), M Louise Hill in household of Philetus W Hill, Chicago Ward 14, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 707, sheet 5A, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 256; FHL microfilm 1,374,269.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCP-YSC : accessed 25 January 2018), Louise Wells in household of Lee Wells, Hageman, Gooding, Idaho, United States; citing ED 172, sheet 12A, line 8, family 136, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 292; FHL microfilm 1,820,292.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQBD-N4D : accessed 25 January 2018), Louise E Wills in household of Lee S Wills, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 15B, line 89, family 51, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 998; FHL microfilm 2,340,733.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4LY-NGT : accessed 25 January 2018), Louise Wells in household of Lee S Wells, Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39-53, sheet 13B, line 61, family 307, 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 1772.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQG-JVS : 9 December 2014), Martha Louise H. Wells, 16 Mar 1947; citing Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, reference rn 171; FHL microfilm 2,075,135.
9. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ1G-TPB : 18 May 2016), Martha Louise Hill in entry for Helen Elizabeth, 05 Apr 1915; , Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 23045, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,288,355.

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