Mary Ann (Russell) Bethel (abt. 1831 - aft. 1885)

Born about 1831 in Great Harbour, Bahama Islands, Bahamas

Wife of John Curry — married 16 Nov 1848 in Monroe County, Florida

Wife of Noah T Bethel — married 6 Jun 1871 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida

Descendants

Died after 1885 after about age 54 in Monroe County, Florida

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Mary (Russell) Bethel is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Mary Ann was born circa 1830–31 in Great Harbour, Berry Islands, Bahamas.^[1] Her parents remain unidentified.

She married first John Curry on 16 November 1848 in Key West, Florida, in a ceremony performed by Charles C. Adams, Rector of St. Paul's Church.^[2]

She married second Noah T. Bethel on 6 June 1871 in Key West in a ceremony performed by W. C. Maloney.^[3] Noah and Mary Ann apparently lived together in a Common Law marriage before they were formally married, as they had a son together in 1867.^[4]

Mary Ann was still alive when the 1885 state census was taken in Key West.^[5] That is the last record known of her.

Sources

1. ↑ Mary Ann was 20 in 1850, 30 in 1860, 49 in 1880, and 54 in 1885. Even the outlier census places her birth circa 1832, as she was 38 in 1870. Her son John Curry's death record states that his mother was Marion Curry, born in Great Harbour, Bahamas. 1850 U.S. Census, Dade County, Florida, population schedule, Dist. No. 1, stamped page 87, dwelling 15, family 15, John Curry household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/8054/4193083-00174/18438764?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/29552302452/facts/citation/155079599655/edit/record#?imageId=4193083-00174 : accessed January 2016); citing National Archives microfilm M432, roll 58. 1860 U.S. Census, Dade County, Florida, population schedule, Settlement of Indian Key, sheet 66, dwelling 549, family 528, John Curry household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7667/4211365_00243/7328648?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/29552302452/facts/citation/155145136204/edit/record : accessed January 2016); citing National Archives microfilm M653, roll 106. 1870 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West, stamped page 334, dwelling 314, family 320, Noah Bethel household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7163/4263358_00676/2483049?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/29552302639/facts/citation/155079598126/edit/record#?imageId=4263358_00676 : accessed January 2016); citing National Archives microfilm M593, roll 132. 1880 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West, enumeration district 116, stamped page 271C, sheet 51, dwelling 300, family 325, Noah T. Bethel household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/6742/4240123-00184/5091081?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/29552302639/facts/citation/155079597725/edit/record : accessed January 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T9, roll 131. 1885 Florida State Census, Monroe County, Key West, enumeration district 4, pages 31–32, dwelling 304, family 345, Noah Bethel household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6XS4-YT?mode=g&i=180&wc=M6PP-XTG%3A41820601%2C41819602%3Fcc%3D1457854&cc=1457854 : accessed January 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M845. "Florida Deaths, 1877–1939," John Curry, 8 November 1932, Monroe County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP31-6Z1 : accessed January 2016).
2. ↑ Monroe County Deeds D: 673, marriage license, John Curry and Miss Mary Ann Russell, 16 November 1848; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QR-MLNY?mode=g&i=694&wc=QCLD-W36%3A350470101%2C350516701%3Fcc%3D2046765&cc=2046765 : accessed January 2016).
3. ↑ Monroe County Deeds G: 812, marriage license, Noah Bethel and Mary Ann Curry, 6 June 1871; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Q5-2LVK?mode=g&i=461&wc=QCL8-RM8%3A350470101%2C350515001%3Fcc%3D2046765&cc=2046765 : accessed January 2016).
4. ↑ "Florida Deaths, 1877–1939," Noah Bethel Jr., 3 September 1918, Monroe County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPZR-6HJ : accessed January 2016).
5. ↑ 1885 Florida State Census, Monroe County, Key West, enumeration district 4, pages 31–32, dwelling 304, family 345, Noah Bethel household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6XS4-YT?mode=g&i=180&wc=M6PP-XTG%3A41820601%2C41819602%3Fcc%3D1457854&cc=1457854 : accessed January 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M845.