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Mary Ella Mays 1885–1973 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Dec 1885

Birth Location: Jackson, Mississippi

Death Date: 08 Dec 1973

Death Location: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona

Father: Albert Mays

Mother: Elizabeth Jones

Spouse(s): Eugene Mills

Children(s): Lucile Mills, Oleta Mills, Leona Mills, Herbert Mills, Ela Mills, Lillian Mills, Marian Mills, Lillian Mills

Mary Ella Mays was born in 1885 in Jackson, Mississippi, the child of Albert Clifton Mays And Elizabeth Ann Jones. In 1930, Mary Ella Mays resided in Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona. Mary Ella Mays married Eugene Mills, and had children including Ela Vivian Mills, Herbert Cecil Mills, Leona Mae Mills, Lillian B Mills, Lillian Belle Mills, Lucile Mills, Marian Isaac Ike Mills, Oleta Anna Ola Mills, Virginia Mills. Mary Ella Mays passed away in 1973 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona.

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Biography

  • Mary Ella Mays was born in 1885 in Jackson, Mississippi, the child of Albert Clifton Mays And Elizabeth Ann Jones.
  • In 1930, Mary Ella Mays resided in Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona.
  • Mary Ella Mays married Eugene Mills, and had children including Ela Vivian Mills, Herbert Cecil Mills, Leona Mae Mills, Lillian B Mills, Lillian Belle Mills, Lucile Mills, Marian Isaac Ike Mills, Oleta Anna Ola Mills, Virginia Mills.
  • Mary Ella Mays passed away in 1973 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Mays's Ancestors

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Mary Mays
1885–1973
Birth Place: Jackson, Mississippi
Parents
Albert Clifton Mays
1861–1941
Alabama, USA
Elizabeth (Ann) Jones
1865–1912
Marshall County, Mississippi
Grandparents
Albert Mays
1805–
Virginia
Mary (E.) James
1815–
Virginia
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Mays's Descendants

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Mary (Ella) Mays (15 Dec 1885–08 Dec 1973) m. Eugene Mills (15 May 1889–25 Apr 1973)
  1. 1. Lucile Mills 1924–1976 m. Walter Wygal 1921–2003
    1. 1. Walter (R) Wygal 1942–2006
  2. 2. Oleta (Anna "Ola") Mills 1913–1978
  3. 3. Leona (Mae) Mills 1909–1982
  4. 4. Herbert (Cecil) Mills 1911–2003
  5. 5. Ela (Vivian) Mills 1917–
  6. 6. Lillian (B) Mills 1920–
  7. 7. Marian (Isaac "Ike") Mills 1915–1922
  8. 8. Lillian (Belle) Mills 1919–2013

Mary Mays's Timeline

4 Records

1885
15 Dec 1885
Birth of Mary Ella Mays in Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
1930
1930
Age 45
Mary Ella Mays resided here in Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona
Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona
1973
08 Dec 1973
Age 88
Death of Mary Ella Mays in Laveen, Maricopa, Arizona, USA
Laveen, Maricopa, Arizona, USA
1973
08 Dec 1973
Age 88
Death of Mary Ella Mays in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Dec 1885
    Event Place: Jackson, Mississippi
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona; Roll: 59; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 77; Image: 406.0; FHL microfilm: 2339794

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona; Roll: 59; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 77; Image: 406.0; FHL microfilm: 2339794

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Dec 1973
    Event Place: Laveen, Maricopa, Arizona, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Dec 1973
    Event Place: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona

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