Mary Catherine Himmelwright

Female 1889 - 1970  (80 years)


Personal Information    |    PDF

  • Name Mary Catherine Himmelwright 
    Birth 20 Oct 1889  Mount Savage, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 9 Jun 1970  Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Mrs. Mary Catherine Henry, 8O, of 108 Decatur Street, died yesterday at Sacred Heart Hospital where she had been a patient three days. She had been iII for 12 years. Born in Mt. Savage, she was a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth (Rizer) Himmelwright, and was the widow of Clark E. Henry. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Order of Loyal Star, and Veteran of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Goldie Martin, at home, and Mrs. Margaret House, city; two sons, Joseph Martens, city, and James Martens, Houston, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Florence Pryor, Eckhart; a brother, Francis Himmelwright, city; 11 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. The body is at the Silcox-Merritt Funeral Residence where friends will be received from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. A service will be conducted there Friday at 1 p.m. Rev. Benjamin Bruner will officiate and interment will be in Eckhart Cemetery.

      The Cumberland News, June 10, 1970

      She was buried on 12 Jun 1970 in Eckhart Cemetery, Eckhart, Allegany Co., Maryland.

      Mary Catherine HIMMELWRIGHT and John W. LEWIS were married on 21 Aug 1927 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. Frostburg, Md., August 22 - Mrs. Mary Catherine Martens, nee Himmelwright, of Frostburg, and John William Lewis, of Cumberland, were married here yesterday afternoon at the rectory of St. John's Episcopal Church by the Rev. L. B. Browne. Only a few close friends and relatives attended the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis will make their home in Cumberland. The Cumbewrland Evening Times, August 22, 1927
    Person ID I46307  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 

    Father John W. Himmelwright,   b. Apr 1842, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1905, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret Elizabeth Rizer,   b. Apr 1861, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1935, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1882 
    Family ID F16781  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Clark E. Henry   d. UNKNOWN 
    Family ID F17367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 

    Family 2 John Edward Martens,   b. 23 Jul 1873, Wellersburg, Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1926, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1903 
    Children 
     1. Russell T. Martens,   b. 1907   d. 9 Mar 1909, Eckhart, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Margaret E. Martens,   b. 15 Jun 1908, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1992, Fayette County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Joseph Henry Earl Martens,   b. 6 Nov 1908   d. 3 Sep 1985, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Golda F. Martens,   b. 21 Jan 1911, Wellersburg, Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 2002, Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. James Martens,   b. 1918, Mount Savage, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F17368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 

    Family 3 John W. Lewis,   b. 1872, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1943, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 21 Aug 1927  Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F17369  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 


Home Page |  What's New |  Most Wanted |  Surnames |  Photos |  Histories |  Documents |  Cemeteries |  Places |  Dates |  Reports |  Sources