Marion Webb (1894-1931) was placed in an orphanage with her sister Lillie after her father died young. She later took her own life when she discovered her husband didn't have a valid divorce from his previous wife. (b. March 8, 1894; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA - d. August 1931; Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA)
Parents:
Daughter of Cornelia M. Patterson (1863-1940) and Edwin Webb. Edwin abandoned the family or he died young leaving his wife a widow.
Birth:
March 8, 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. The 1910 US census for Brooklyn, New York lists her birth in Illinois.
Siblings:
She had the following siblings: Louise Florence Webb (1883-1943) who married Jacob Henry Stark; John G. Webb (1887-?) who married May; and Lillian R. Webb (1890-?) who married Edward Meyer.
Orphanage:
By 1900 her father had abandoned the family and she and her sister Lillie were living at the Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn.
Marriage:
She married Frederick T. Lewis in 1927 in Connecticut who worked for the merchandising department of Hahne & Company in Newark, New Jersey. Frederick was previously married to Augusta C. Augusta had her divorce from Frederick set aside, but he had married Marion and moved to New Jersey. Legally he was now a bigamist and his marriage to Marion was not legitimate.
Bigamy:
The New York Times, February 12, 1929: "Attacks marriage of her ex-husband. Former Mrs. Frederick T. Lewis alleges she had divorce set aside. Mrs. August C. Lewis of the Hotel Leonori, Madison Avenue and Sixty-third Street, sued in the Supreme Court yesterday to void the marriage of Frederick T. Lewis, who she asserts is still her husband, and Marion Webb, to whom Lewis was married in Connecticut in 1927, after obtaining a divorce decree which Mrs. Lewis had set aside. Mrs. Lewis asks that the defendants be restrained from living together and that Marion Webb be enjoined from using the name Lewis, on the ground that Lewis's pretended divorce from the plaintiff subjects her to ignominy and unpleasantness and to a false suspicion that the defendant divorced the plaintiff because of infidelity. Justice Glennon ordered that the papers be served on Lewis by mail to the merchandising department of Hahne & Company, Newark. The affidavits of Mrs. Lewis and her attorney, Henry Woog, asserted that Lewis is now living in East Orange with Marion Webb and that he is remaining out of New York to avoid alimony in a suit for separation brought by the plaintiff."
Suicide attempt:
Chicago Suicide Victim Resided Here. Mrs. Marion Webb Lewis, who jumped from an eighth floor window of a hotel in Chicago yesterday morning in an attempt to commit suicide, was married to Frederick T. Lewis in Reno on November 13, 1929, after Lewis secured a divorce from his first wife here. Chicago dispatches say she was thought to have been despondent over a separation from Lewis which occurred in Los Angeles recently. Lewis and Miss Webb, who were both formerly connected with the Lord & Taylor department store in New York, and were both well known here. Lewis secured a divorce from his first wire, Augusta C. Lewis, on grounds of cruelty on September 3, 1929, and later was married to Miss Webb. They went from here to San Francisco to reside and later went to Los Angeles. (Source: Reno Gazette-Journal of Reno, Nevada on 12 August 1930)
Suicide attempt:
Woman Jumps 8 Floors and Lives. Chicago, Illinois; August 11, 1930. Mrs. Marion Webb Lewis, 35 of Los Angeles, who suffered fractures of both legs and several ribs when she jumped from the eighth floor of the Park-Edgewater apartment hotel on the northside early today, was still alive this afternoon, but in a critical condition. She was despondent over separation from her husband, Fred Lewis, whom she left in Los Angeles when she came here to visit distant relatives, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hayes, at the hotel. (Source: Appeal-Democrat of Marysville, California on 11 August 1930)
Suicide:
Her cause of death was "asphyxiation by illuminating gas".
Burial:
She was buried on August 14, 1931 at Evergreen cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey, in lot 5A of the Lawn Crest 4 section on map 7. The undertaker was T.J. O'Mara.
Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on October 4, 2004. Updated on March 21, 2009 with information on Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn from the 1900 US census. Updated on November 19, 2014 with information on her birth in Chicago. Updated on May 7, 2020 with the text of her first suicide attempt.
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Parents:
Daughter of Cornelia M. Patterson (1863-1940) and Edwin Webb. Edwin abandoned the family or he died young leaving his wife a widow.
Birth:
March 8, 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. The 1910 US census for Brooklyn, New York lists her birth in Illinois.
Siblings:
She had the following siblings: Louise Florence Webb (1883-1943) who married Jacob Henry Stark; John G. Webb (1887-?) who married May; and Lillian R. Webb (1890-?) who married Edward Meyer.
Orphanage:
By 1900 her father had abandoned the family and she and her sister Lillie were living at the Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn.
Marriage:
She married Frederick T. Lewis in 1927 in Connecticut who worked for the merchandising department of Hahne & Company in Newark, New Jersey. Frederick was previously married to Augusta C. Augusta had her divorce from Frederick set aside, but he had married Marion and moved to New Jersey. Legally he was now a bigamist and his marriage to Marion was not legitimate.
Bigamy:
The New York Times, February 12, 1929: "Attacks marriage of her ex-husband. Former Mrs. Frederick T. Lewis alleges she had divorce set aside. Mrs. August C. Lewis of the Hotel Leonori, Madison Avenue and Sixty-third Street, sued in the Supreme Court yesterday to void the marriage of Frederick T. Lewis, who she asserts is still her husband, and Marion Webb, to whom Lewis was married in Connecticut in 1927, after obtaining a divorce decree which Mrs. Lewis had set aside. Mrs. Lewis asks that the defendants be restrained from living together and that Marion Webb be enjoined from using the name Lewis, on the ground that Lewis's pretended divorce from the plaintiff subjects her to ignominy and unpleasantness and to a false suspicion that the defendant divorced the plaintiff because of infidelity. Justice Glennon ordered that the papers be served on Lewis by mail to the merchandising department of Hahne & Company, Newark. The affidavits of Mrs. Lewis and her attorney, Henry Woog, asserted that Lewis is now living in East Orange with Marion Webb and that he is remaining out of New York to avoid alimony in a suit for separation brought by the plaintiff."
Suicide attempt:
Chicago Suicide Victim Resided Here. Mrs. Marion Webb Lewis, who jumped from an eighth floor window of a hotel in Chicago yesterday morning in an attempt to commit suicide, was married to Frederick T. Lewis in Reno on November 13, 1929, after Lewis secured a divorce from his first wife here. Chicago dispatches say she was thought to have been despondent over a separation from Lewis which occurred in Los Angeles recently. Lewis and Miss Webb, who were both formerly connected with the Lord & Taylor department store in New York, and were both well known here. Lewis secured a divorce from his first wire, Augusta C. Lewis, on grounds of cruelty on September 3, 1929, and later was married to Miss Webb. They went from here to San Francisco to reside and later went to Los Angeles. (Source: Reno Gazette-Journal of Reno, Nevada on 12 August 1930)
Suicide attempt:
Woman Jumps 8 Floors and Lives. Chicago, Illinois; August 11, 1930. Mrs. Marion Webb Lewis, 35 of Los Angeles, who suffered fractures of both legs and several ribs when she jumped from the eighth floor of the Park-Edgewater apartment hotel on the northside early today, was still alive this afternoon, but in a critical condition. She was despondent over separation from her husband, Fred Lewis, whom she left in Los Angeles when she came here to visit distant relatives, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hayes, at the hotel. (Source: Appeal-Democrat of Marysville, California on 11 August 1930)
Suicide:
Her cause of death was "asphyxiation by illuminating gas".
Burial:
She was buried on August 14, 1931 at Evergreen cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey, in lot 5A of the Lawn Crest 4 section on map 7. The undertaker was T.J. O'Mara.
Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on October 4, 2004. Updated on March 21, 2009 with information on Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn from the 1900 US census. Updated on November 19, 2014 with information on her birth in Chicago. Updated on May 7, 2020 with the text of her first suicide attempt.
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Marion Webb (1894-1931) was placed in an orphanage with her sister Lillie after her father died young. She later took her own life when she discovered her husband didn't have a valid divorce from his previous wife. (b. March 8, 1894; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA - d. August 1931; Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA)
Parents:
Daughter of Cornelia M. Patterson (1863-1940) and Edwin Webb. Edwin abandoned the family or he died young leaving his wife a widow.
Birth:
March 8, 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. The 1910 US census for Brooklyn, New York lists her birth in Illinois.
Siblings:
She had the following siblings: Louise Florence Webb (1883-1943) who married Jacob Henry Stark; John G. Webb (1887-?) who married May; and Lillian R. Webb (1890-?) who married Edward Meyer.
Orphanage:
By 1900 her father had abandoned the family and she and her sister Lillie were living at the Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn.
Marriage:
She married Frederick T. Lewis in 1927 in Connecticut who worked for the merchandising department of Hahne & Company in Newark, New Jersey. Frederick was previously married to Augusta C. Augusta had her divorce from Frederick set aside, but he had married Marion and moved to New Jersey. Legally he was now a bigamist and his marriage to Marion was not legitimate.
Bigamy:
The New York Times, February 12, 1929: "Attacks marriage of her ex-husband. Former Mrs. Frederick T. Lewis alleges she had divorce set aside. Mrs. August C. Lewis of the Hotel Leonori, Madison Avenue and Sixty-third Street, sued in the Supreme Court yesterday to void the marriage of Frederick T. Lewis, who she asserts is still her husband, and Marion Webb, to whom Lewis was married in Connecticut in 1927, after obtaining a divorce decree which Mrs. Lewis had set aside. Mrs. Lewis asks that the defendants be restrained from living together and that Marion Webb be enjoined from using the name Lewis, on the ground that Lewis's pretended divorce from the plaintiff subjects her to ignominy and unpleasantness and to a false suspicion that the defendant divorced the plaintiff because of infidelity. Justice Glennon ordered that the papers be served on Lewis by mail to the merchandising department of Hahne & Company, Newark. The affidavits of Mrs. Lewis and her attorney, Henry Woog, asserted that Lewis is now living in East Orange with Marion Webb and that he is remaining out of New York to avoid alimony in a suit for separation brought by the plaintiff."
Suicide attempt:
Chicago Suicide Victim Resided Here. Mrs. Marion Webb Lewis, who jumped from an eighth floor window of a hotel in Chicago yesterday morning in an attempt to commit suicide, was married to Frederick T. Lewis in Reno on November 13, 1929, after Lewis secured a divorce from his first wife here. Chicago dispatches say she was thought to have been despondent over a separation from Lewis which occurred in Los Angeles recently. Lewis and Miss Webb, who were both formerly connected with the Lord & Taylor department store in New York, and were both well known here. Lewis secured a divorce from his first wire, Augusta C. Lewis, on grounds of cruelty on September 3, 1929, and later was married to Miss Webb. They went from here to San Francisco to reside and later went to Los Angeles. (Source: Reno Gazette-Journal of Reno, Nevada on 12 August 1930)
Suicide attempt:
Woman Jumps 8 Floors and Lives. Chicago, Illinois; August 11, 1930. Mrs. Marion Webb Lewis, 35 of Los Angeles, who suffered fractures of both legs and several ribs when she jumped from the eighth floor of the Park-Edgewater apartment hotel on the northside early today, was still alive this afternoon, but in a critical condition. She was despondent over separation from her husband, Fred Lewis, whom she left in Los Angeles when she came here to visit distant relatives, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hayes, at the hotel. (Source: Appeal-Democrat of Marysville, California on 11 August 1930)
Suicide:
Her cause of death was "asphyxiation by illuminating gas".
Burial:
She was buried on August 14, 1931 at Evergreen cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey, in lot 5A of the Lawn Crest 4 section on map 7. The undertaker was T.J. O'Mara.
Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on October 4, 2004. Updated on March 21, 2009 with information on Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn from the 1900 US census. Updated on November 19, 2014 with information on her birth in Chicago. Updated on May 7, 2020 with the text of her first suicide attempt.
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Parents:
Daughter of Cornelia M. Patterson (1863-1940) and Edwin Webb. Edwin abandoned the family or he died young leaving his wife a widow.
Birth:
March 8, 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. The 1910 US census for Brooklyn, New York lists her birth in Illinois.
Siblings:
She had the following siblings: Louise Florence Webb (1883-1943) who married Jacob Henry Stark; John G. Webb (1887-?) who married May; and Lillian R. Webb (1890-?) who married Edward Meyer.
Orphanage:
By 1900 her father had abandoned the family and she and her sister Lillie were living at the Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn.
Marriage:
She married Frederick T. Lewis in 1927 in Connecticut who worked for the merchandising department of Hahne & Company in Newark, New Jersey. Frederick was previously married to Augusta C. Augusta had her divorce from Frederick set aside, but he had married Marion and moved to New Jersey. Legally he was now a bigamist and his marriage to Marion was not legitimate.
Bigamy:
The New York Times, February 12, 1929: "Attacks marriage of her ex-husband. Former Mrs. Frederick T. Lewis alleges she had divorce set aside. Mrs. August C. Lewis of the Hotel Leonori, Madison Avenue and Sixty-third Street, sued in the Supreme Court yesterday to void the marriage of Frederick T. Lewis, who she asserts is still her husband, and Marion Webb, to whom Lewis was married in Connecticut in 1927, after obtaining a divorce decree which Mrs. Lewis had set aside. Mrs. Lewis asks that the defendants be restrained from living together and that Marion Webb be enjoined from using the name Lewis, on the ground that Lewis's pretended divorce from the plaintiff subjects her to ignominy and unpleasantness and to a false suspicion that the defendant divorced the plaintiff because of infidelity. Justice Glennon ordered that the papers be served on Lewis by mail to the merchandising department of Hahne & Company, Newark. The affidavits of Mrs. Lewis and her attorney, Henry Woog, asserted that Lewis is now living in East Orange with Marion Webb and that he is remaining out of New York to avoid alimony in a suit for separation brought by the plaintiff."
Suicide attempt:
Chicago Suicide Victim Resided Here. Mrs. Marion Webb Lewis, who jumped from an eighth floor window of a hotel in Chicago yesterday morning in an attempt to commit suicide, was married to Frederick T. Lewis in Reno on November 13, 1929, after Lewis secured a divorce from his first wife here. Chicago dispatches say she was thought to have been despondent over a separation from Lewis which occurred in Los Angeles recently. Lewis and Miss Webb, who were both formerly connected with the Lord & Taylor department store in New York, and were both well known here. Lewis secured a divorce from his first wire, Augusta C. Lewis, on grounds of cruelty on September 3, 1929, and later was married to Miss Webb. They went from here to San Francisco to reside and later went to Los Angeles. (Source: Reno Gazette-Journal of Reno, Nevada on 12 August 1930)
Suicide attempt:
Woman Jumps 8 Floors and Lives. Chicago, Illinois; August 11, 1930. Mrs. Marion Webb Lewis, 35 of Los Angeles, who suffered fractures of both legs and several ribs when she jumped from the eighth floor of the Park-Edgewater apartment hotel on the northside early today, was still alive this afternoon, but in a critical condition. She was despondent over separation from her husband, Fred Lewis, whom she left in Los Angeles when she came here to visit distant relatives, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hayes, at the hotel. (Source: Appeal-Democrat of Marysville, California on 11 August 1930)
Suicide:
Her cause of death was "asphyxiation by illuminating gas".
Burial:
She was buried on August 14, 1931 at Evergreen cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey, in lot 5A of the Lawn Crest 4 section on map 7. The undertaker was T.J. O'Mara.
Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on October 4, 2004. Updated on March 21, 2009 with information on Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn from the 1900 US census. Updated on November 19, 2014 with information on her birth in Chicago. Updated on May 7, 2020 with the text of her first suicide attempt.
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