A Wilson Family Tree

Notes for Mary Elaine (Mamie) Ryall

Unknown newspaper, 19 Apr 1933 (obtained from Richard & Lauretta Gillen):

Mrs. Mary E. Wilson Passed Away Last Night At Fruita

Mrs. Mary E. Wilson passed away last night at the Whitehouse hotel at Fruita where she had made her home for the past 12 years. She had been in failing health for some time. Mrs. Wilson was the widow of the late Byrd Wilson of the Gridell and Wilson store at Fruita. He died about a year ago.

Born in LaSalle, Ill., on March 12, 1869, Mrs. Wilson was 62 years of age. With her husband she took up residence in Fruita in 1921 at the Whitehouse hotel.

A surviving daughter, who resides in Wyoming, will be in Fruita for the services, to be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Starks-DeYarman chapel at Fruita. Rev. Edwin Elder will officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood cemetery beside her husband.

The 1910 census says she had only one child. She was previously married to Samuel H. Elbert in about 1886, and she had a daughter named Evelyn Frances Elbert from that marriage. The 1900 census says she had no children, and Evelyn is not living with her and Byrd; perhaps Evelyn was living with her father. I don’t think that Byrd and Mamie had children together.

The name on her death certificate is Mary E. Wilson. Cause of death is listed as uremia. Her parents are listed as Arthur Ryall and Mary E. Kilbourn.
Headstone says Mary E. Wilson, 1869 - 1933

Note: Some of the information in these pages is uncertain. Please let me know of errors or omissions using the email link above. ...Mike Wilson

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