Person:Mary Reed (127)

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Mary May REED
b.1892
d.4 Jun 1975
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1882
  1. Harvey Hartly REED1883 - 1970
  2. James I. REED1886 - 1981
  3. Ernest Eugene REED1887 - 1970
  4. William Curtis REED1889 - 1894
  5. Charles Delroy REED1891 - 1970
  6. Mary May REED1892 - 1975
  7. Stuart G. REED1896 - 1961
  8. Anna Grace REED1898 - 1912
  9. Emerson Larue REED1900 - 1983
  10. Alta REED1902 - 2004
  11. Clay REED1904 - 1983
  12. Abigail (Abbey) Bluetta REED1908 - 1981
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Facts and Events
Name Mary May REED
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1892
Marriage to Roswell Gerlach
Death[1] 4 Jun 1975
Burial[1] Muncy Cemetery, Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania

Mary May "May" was married when she was 14 years old to George Emery according to family lore and they never divorced. May was a WWI Red Cross Nurse. After the war she worked in the hospitals around Chemung County, New York, in Elmira and Penn Yan. She worked as a private duty nurse for the mother of Claude Burgett in Elmira. She also took care of Claude and they presented themselves as husband and wife. May then took care of the mothers of other well-to-do gentlemen until they died and then she took care of the gentlemen until they died.

May married Roswell Gerlach "Ross" when she was 75 years old. She was still married to George Emery and held property jointly with him but Ross didn't find out until after she died.

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REED siblings, Mary May is 2nd from right
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REED siblings, Mary May is 2nd from right
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find A Grave.

    Mary May Reed GERLACH, 5 June 1897 - 4 June 1975. (Inscription)

    Her father, Sam REED's, Civil War Pension Records records Mary May's birthdate as 16 May 1893.

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Reed&GSiman=1&GScnty=2281&GSsr=1&GRid=40866272&

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