Brief Life History of Mary Blodgett
When Mary Blodgett Wells was born on 25 August 1888, in Le Roy, LeRoy, Genesee, New York, United States, her father, George Harrison Wells, was 40 and her mother, Mary Blodgett Anderson, was 24. She married Harold James Spelman on 2 September 1912, in Genesee, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Cabell, West Virginia, United States in 1920 and Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia, United States in 1950. She died on 8 August 1952, in Falls Church, Virginia, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Machpelah Cemetery, LeRoy, Genesee, New York, United States.
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- Mary W Spelman, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mary B Wells, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Mary Wells Spelman, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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1889 · Washington Becomes a State
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
1907 · Pike's Market
Pike’s Market is one of the oldest still working farmer’s markets in the US. It is located in Seattle’s central business district, just north of Belltown , and southwest of central waterfront and Elliott Bay. One of the attractions there is the gum wall.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Wells next the Sea (Norfolk) or Wells (Somerset), both named with the plural of Old English wella ‘spring, stream’, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a group of springs or streams.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dupuis ‘from the well’.
History: One of numerous early immigrants from England bearing this name was Thomas Welles, governor of colonial CT, who was in Hartford, CT, by 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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