Mary Louise Wentz, daughter of Arthur A. Wentz and Clarissa Pardy Blackman, was born May 19, 1878 in Taylor Twp., Benton, Iowa. [1] She died February 20, 1953 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. She is buried at Orange Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. [2]
Mary married 1st William Pitre on 28 June 1898 in First Presbyterian, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Their marriage ended about 1913.
She married 2nd Joseph David Carter.
William and Mary became the parents of; Marion Arthur and Ruth Eugenia.
Research Notes
Mary Louise (Wentz) (Pitre) Carter can be found in the following census records:
1900 -- Ward 4 Vincent Settlement, West lake & Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States [3]
↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKB-5V6T : accessed 6 March 2016), Mary Louise Carter, ; Burial, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, Orange Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 58237524, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPT-DVN : accessed 6 March 2016), Mary L Petre in household of Willis H Petre, Ward 4 Vincent Settlement, West lake & Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States; citing sheet 21A, family 407, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,561.
See Also:
The Pitre Trail from Acadia: (Site Author: Wendy Pitre Roostan) This site is designed to assist Pitre descendants in finding their way back through history.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKP-T28 : 19 February 2021), Mary L Wentz in household of A A Wentz, Taylor, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 38, sheet 308B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,327.
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