Person:Wally Ayres (1)

1900 census-Wally; Apr 1887; 13; VA

1910 census-MD-Frederick-Brunswich-19 Apr 1910-ED 84-sheet 5B-Petersville Road-lines 68-70-dwelling 81-family 91-Wylie Ayres; 22; m 4 yrs; fireman; locomotive; rents house; Pearl; 23; m 4 yrs; mother of 1/1; Arlington; 3; all b MD

1917-World War I draft registration-5 Jun 1917-Wylie F Ayers; age 30; residence Weverton, MD; b 28 Apr 1887 Lovettsville, Loudoun, VA; engineer B & ) RR Brunswick; wife; 3 children under age 12; mother; religious standpoint; med tall; stout; brown eyes; dark hair

1930 census-MD-Frederick-Brunswick-8 Apr 1930-ED 11-51-sheet 10B-413 A Street-lines 54-58-dwelling 199-family 205-W F Ayers; owns $3,000; has radio; 42; m @ age 19; VA; VA; VA; trainman; railroad; Pearl W; 43; m @ age 20; MD; MD; MD; Catherine; 19; MD; Leonard; 15; MD; John S Holm; brother-in-law; 25; MD; train service; railroad (Harry and Wally are on the same census page)

1940 census-MD-Frederick-Brunswich-15 Apr 1940-ED 11-59-sheet 13A-line 34-413 A Street-family 261-owns $2000-Wallie Ayres; 52; married [no others listed]; school 8; b VA; worked 40 hrs 24-30 Mar 1940; engineer; railroad; worked 50 wks 1939; $2900

1942-World War II draft registration-Wallie Franklin Ayres; res 413 A Street, Brunswick; phone Brunswick 5966; age 55; b 25 Apr 1887 Loudoun, VA; contact Mrs Pearl M Ayres; same address; employer B & O Railroad; [use image 1819 for pg 2]; 6'1 1/2"; 227 lbs; hazel eyes; gray hair; light complexion; dated 26 Apr 1942

2015-FindAGrave-photo of headstone-Wallie F Ayers; 25 Apr 1887-30 Nov 1961; wife Pearl M Ayres; 12 Oct 1886-25 Jan 1879

Birth: Apr. 25, 1887; Death: Nov. 30, 1961; Brunswick, Frederick, MD

Wallie Franklin Ayers, 74, husband of Pearl Holmes Ayers, died Thursday morning at his home at 413 East "A" St., Brunswick. He was a son of the late Charles and Mary Baker Ayers.

Surviving are his wife and the following children: Arlington F. Ayers, Brunswick; Mrs. Catherine Guassoford, Hialeah, Fla., Leonard E. Ayers, Silver Spring; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Two brothers, Ernie and C.E. Ayers, both of Brunswick, two sisters, Mrs. Estella Ambrose, Baltimore, and Mrs. Jessie Scully, Frederick, also survive.

He was a member of the Brownsville Church of the Brethren, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and the B&O Veterans and Carmans Lodge.

Friends may call at the C.H. Feete and Bro. Funeral Home, Brunswick, where services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Further services will be held at the Brownsville Heights Church of the Brethren, with Rev. Albert Huston officiating at 2 p.m. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Source: The Frederick Post (Frederick, Md) Dec. 1, 1961

Family links: Spouse: Pearl M. Holmes Ayres (1886 - 1979); Children: Arlington F. Ayres (1907 - 1988); Leonard E. Ayres (1914 - 2002); James L. Ayres (1916 - 1916)

Burial: Old Brownsville Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Brownsville. Washington, MD