Mary Grace Adling

Female16 March 1897–4 May 1989

Brief Life History of Mary Grace

When Mary Grace Adling was born on 16 March 1897, in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States, her father, William Adling, was 24 and her mother, Anna Celica Wallen, was 19. She married John William Clark Sessler on 22 November 1919, in Gila, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Globe, Gila, Arizona, United States in 1920 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 4 May 1989, in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 92.

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Family Time Line

John William Clark Sessler
1897–1979
Mary Grace Adling
1897–1989
Marriage: 22 November 1919
Betty Ann Smith Sessler
1916–1965
Louis Samuel Sessler
1929–1935

Sources (12)

  • Margirete Sessler in household of Jack W Sessler, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Grace Adling, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
  • Margaret Adling in entry for Louis Samuel Sessler, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 November 1919Gila, Arizona, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 1

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

    Age 9

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 26

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English personal name Ayling (Old English Ætheling, a derivative of æthel ‘noble’). This word was commonly used as a byname among Anglo-Saxons before and after the Norman Conquest, and was in use for a time as a personal name. The surname derives from this use rather than from a nickname; still less does it denote descent from Anglo-Saxon nobility.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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