Mary Zelma Ashcroft
1921–1987 (Age 65)
Widtsoe, Garfield, Utah, United States
The Life of Mary Zelma
When Mary Zelma Ashcroft was born on 23 May 1921, in Widtsoe, Garfield, Utah, United States, her father, Josiah Emer Ashcroft, was 55 and her mother, Arrilla Hamblin, was 34. She married William Floyd Deets on 14 November 1942. She died on 6 February 1987, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Eagar, Apache, Arizona, United States.
Family Time Line
Spouse & Children
1921–1987Female
1922–1995Male
14 November 1942
Parents & Siblings
1865–1924Male
1886–1962Female
(6)
1911–1961Male
1912–1994Female
1915–1991Female
- Dudley Joy Ashcroft
1917–2010Male
1921–1987Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
Age 2
Age 6
Age 20
Name Meaning
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Story Highlight
Bull Snake
My Grandmother, Mary Zelma Ashcroft, was married to a military man. Consequently, she would spend months on end as the only parent in a household with five children, four of them rambunctious boys. Sh …
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Sources (3)
Zelma Ashcroft in household of Arrilla Ashcroft, "United States Census, 1930"
Zelma Ashcroft in household of Joseph Udahl, "United States Census, 1940"
Mary Zelma Ashcroft, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
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