Birth year in question - b: 1914 in 1920 census , b 1912 in 1930; 1916 per SSDI, used here.
Dau of Wellington Lee Mantonya and Clara Matilda Jenks
m: Frank Ervine Coones 1927
Mary left Frank for another man, taking children Lois and Ray. Lois ran away back to her father and Mary later returned Ray before she left the area. The last heard from was a letter postmarked New York to Lois about the time Lois graduated from high school.
Frank married her sister, Grace, in 1940;
A descendant has located a NY death cert for Mary Coones who died March 13 2001. The DOB (Nov 1916) is not the same as family notes (Mar 1912), but Mary's dau Lois maintained that Mary didn't have a birth certificate and didn't know her birthdate, year.
Anyone with information about Mary and her family, please contact via the edit/suggestion link.
Birth year in question - b: 1914 in 1920 census , b 1912 in 1930; 1916 per SSDI, used here.
Dau of Wellington Lee Mantonya and Clara Matilda Jenks
m: Frank Ervine Coones 1927
Mary left Frank for another man, taking children Lois and Ray. Lois ran away back to her father and Mary later returned Ray before she left the area. The last heard from was a letter postmarked New York to Lois about the time Lois graduated from high school.
Frank married her sister, Grace, in 1940;
A descendant has located a NY death cert for Mary Coones who died March 13 2001. The DOB (Nov 1916) is not the same as family notes (Mar 1912), but Mary's dau Lois maintained that Mary didn't have a birth certificate and didn't know her birthdate, year.
Anyone with information about Mary and her family, please contact via the edit/suggestion link.
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