Mary Watkins

Female19 July 1902–24 September 1979

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Watkins was born on 19 July 1902, in Mason City, Mason, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas Grant Watkins, was 33 and her mother, Bertha Eugenia Santee, was 30. She had at least 1 daughter with Lewis C Clark. She lived in Twin Grove Township, Greenwood, Kansas, United States in 1910 and Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 24 September 1979, in Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Lewis C Clark
1897–
Mary Watkins
1902–1979
Lucia K Clark
1930–

Sources (7)

  • Mary Clark in household of Lewis Clark, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Mary Watkins, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Watkins - Government record: Social Security record: death: 24 September 1979; Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

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Siblings (7)

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World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

Age 1

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1910 · Boy Scouts of America

Age 8

When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Age 21

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

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: variant of Watkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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