Mary Elma "May" Downing Ames was born Sept. 6 1868. She was born in Hartford Connecticut. She died March 13, 1929. She was born in Hartford. Connecticut. She was 60 years old.
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🩷: Her loving parents were John Austin Dorwning and Martha W. Mattie Nichols. 🩷
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🫂: She had 1 sibling Martha F. Downing
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The 1870 Census:
🗓: Shows her as age 1.
🫂: Shows her living with her father John A. Downing, and her mother Martha W. Downing.
🏚: She lived in Hartford Connecticut.
🪚: Her fathers occupation was a printer.
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⚘She marries the love of her life Louis Mason Ames.⚘
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She had 2 children:
🦤: Robert Downing Ames
🦤:Harold Frederick Ames
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The 1900 Census:
🗓: The census shows her as 31 years old.
🏚 : She was living at 2 Main Street Hartford Connecticut.
🩷: Showed her married for 13 years . So she would have married in 1887.
⚘: Her loving husband was was Louis M. Ames.
🦤: She gave birth 2 children.
🦤: She had 2 living children.
✔: Can read English: Y
✔: Can write English: Y
✔: Can Speak English: Y
✏: She is listed as being a Teacher - Vocal.
🪚: Her husband is a bookkeeper in a factory.
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The 1910 Census Shows:
🗓; She was 41 years old
✔: She was married.
⚘: She was married to Louis zM Ames.⚘
🩷: Years Married : 23
🩷: So if my math is correct she would have been married in 1887.
🏚: They resided at 13a Adelaide Street , Hartford Connecticut.
🏚; They rented thier home.
🦤: It showed 2 children born.
🦤: It showed 2 children living.
✔: Her native tongue was English.
✔: She was able to read.
✔: She was able to write.
🫂: Mother's name: Martha W. Downing.
✔: Her mother was born in Massachusetts.
✔: Her Father was born in New York.
✏: Her husband's occupation was a bookkeeper for an insurance company.
There 2 children lived with yhem.
🦤: Robert D. Ames, and his wife Alice Ames with thier child Robert G. Ames. Robert D. Ames was employed as an Actor at an Opera House.
🦤: Harold Ames
🫂: As well as her mom Martha W. Downing.
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So we know from the 1910 census that they where married 23 years. Leading us to believe they where married in 1887. I wonder what groceries would have cost? Keep in mind there were where no food pantries, SNAPP Programs,, or any type of help except for maybe your local church in an emergency.
🌶: Barrell Wheat Flour $7.96
🫑: Pound Corn Meal $0.02
🌶: Pound Cod Fish $0.06
🫑: Pound of Rice $0.09
🌶: Pound of Bean $0.08
🫑: Pound of Tea $0.60
🌶: Pound of Coffee $0.26
🫑: Pound of Brown Sugar $0.08
🌶: Pound of Granulated Sugar $0.08
🫑: Gallon Molasses $0.57
🌶: Pound common Soap $0.08
🫑: Pound Starch $0.10
🌶: Pound Beef Roast $0.14
🫑: Pound Beef Soup $0.05
🌶: Pound Corned Beef $0.08
🫑: Pound Veal Cutlets $0.20
🌶: Pound Mutton Chops $0.17
🫑: Pound Pork Chops $0.10
🌶: Pound Hams Cooked $0.13
🫑: Pound Sausage $0.11
🌶: Pound Lard $0.11
🫑: Pound Butter $0.21
🌶: Bushel Potatoes $0.98
🫑: Quart Milk $0.05
🌶: Dozen Eggs $0.25
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🪦: Mary Elma "May" Downing Ames passes away March 13 , 1929.
🪦: She passed away in Hartford Connecticut.
🪦: She is Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Hartford Connecticut.
🪦: Section 21. Lot 105.
🩷: She is buried with her loving husband Louis Mason Ames.
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Obituary: Hartford Courant
14 Mar 1929, Thu · Page 17
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🩷: Her loving parents were John Austin Dorwning and Martha W. Mattie Nichols. 🩷
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🫂: She had 1 sibling Martha F. Downing
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The 1870 Census:
🗓: Shows her as age 1.
🫂: Shows her living with her father John A. Downing, and her mother Martha W. Downing.
🏚: She lived in Hartford Connecticut.
🪚: Her fathers occupation was a printer.
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⚘She marries the love of her life Louis Mason Ames.⚘
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She had 2 children:
🦤: Robert Downing Ames
🦤:Harold Frederick Ames
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The 1900 Census:
🗓: The census shows her as 31 years old.
🏚 : She was living at 2 Main Street Hartford Connecticut.
🩷: Showed her married for 13 years . So she would have married in 1887.
⚘: Her loving husband was was Louis M. Ames.
🦤: She gave birth 2 children.
🦤: She had 2 living children.
✔: Can read English: Y
✔: Can write English: Y
✔: Can Speak English: Y
✏: She is listed as being a Teacher - Vocal.
🪚: Her husband is a bookkeeper in a factory.
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The 1910 Census Shows:
🗓; She was 41 years old
✔: She was married.
⚘: She was married to Louis zM Ames.⚘
🩷: Years Married : 23
🩷: So if my math is correct she would have been married in 1887.
🏚: They resided at 13a Adelaide Street , Hartford Connecticut.
🏚; They rented thier home.
🦤: It showed 2 children born.
🦤: It showed 2 children living.
✔: Her native tongue was English.
✔: She was able to read.
✔: She was able to write.
🫂: Mother's name: Martha W. Downing.
✔: Her mother was born in Massachusetts.
✔: Her Father was born in New York.
✏: Her husband's occupation was a bookkeeper for an insurance company.
There 2 children lived with yhem.
🦤: Robert D. Ames, and his wife Alice Ames with thier child Robert G. Ames. Robert D. Ames was employed as an Actor at an Opera House.
🦤: Harold Ames
🫂: As well as her mom Martha W. Downing.
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So we know from the 1910 census that they where married 23 years. Leading us to believe they where married in 1887. I wonder what groceries would have cost? Keep in mind there were where no food pantries, SNAPP Programs,, or any type of help except for maybe your local church in an emergency.
🌶: Barrell Wheat Flour $7.96
🫑: Pound Corn Meal $0.02
🌶: Pound Cod Fish $0.06
🫑: Pound of Rice $0.09
🌶: Pound of Bean $0.08
🫑: Pound of Tea $0.60
🌶: Pound of Coffee $0.26
🫑: Pound of Brown Sugar $0.08
🌶: Pound of Granulated Sugar $0.08
🫑: Gallon Molasses $0.57
🌶: Pound common Soap $0.08
🫑: Pound Starch $0.10
🌶: Pound Beef Roast $0.14
🫑: Pound Beef Soup $0.05
🌶: Pound Corned Beef $0.08
🫑: Pound Veal Cutlets $0.20
🌶: Pound Mutton Chops $0.17
🫑: Pound Pork Chops $0.10
🌶: Pound Hams Cooked $0.13
🫑: Pound Sausage $0.11
🌶: Pound Lard $0.11
🫑: Pound Butter $0.21
🌶: Bushel Potatoes $0.98
🫑: Quart Milk $0.05
🌶: Dozen Eggs $0.25
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🪦: Mary Elma "May" Downing Ames passes away March 13 , 1929.
🪦: She passed away in Hartford Connecticut.
🪦: She is Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Hartford Connecticut.
🪦: Section 21. Lot 105.
🩷: She is buried with her loving husband Louis Mason Ames.
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Obituary: Hartford Courant
14 Mar 1929, Thu · Page 17
Mary Elma "May" Downing Ames was born Sept. 6 1868. She was born in Hartford Connecticut. She died March 13, 1929. She was born in Hartford. Connecticut. She was 60 years old.
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🩷: Her loving parents were John Austin Dorwning and Martha W. Mattie Nichols. 🩷
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🫂: She had 1 sibling Martha F. Downing
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The 1870 Census:
🗓: Shows her as age 1.
🫂: Shows her living with her father John A. Downing, and her mother Martha W. Downing.
🏚: She lived in Hartford Connecticut.
🪚: Her fathers occupation was a printer.
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⚘She marries the love of her life Louis Mason Ames.⚘
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She had 2 children:
🦤: Robert Downing Ames
🦤:Harold Frederick Ames
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The 1900 Census:
🗓: The census shows her as 31 years old.
🏚 : She was living at 2 Main Street Hartford Connecticut.
🩷: Showed her married for 13 years . So she would have married in 1887.
⚘: Her loving husband was was Louis M. Ames.
🦤: She gave birth 2 children.
🦤: She had 2 living children.
✔: Can read English: Y
✔: Can write English: Y
✔: Can Speak English: Y
✏: She is listed as being a Teacher - Vocal.
🪚: Her husband is a bookkeeper in a factory.
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The 1910 Census Shows:
🗓; She was 41 years old
✔: She was married.
⚘: She was married to Louis zM Ames.⚘
🩷: Years Married : 23
🩷: So if my math is correct she would have been married in 1887.
🏚: They resided at 13a Adelaide Street , Hartford Connecticut.
🏚; They rented thier home.
🦤: It showed 2 children born.
🦤: It showed 2 children living.
✔: Her native tongue was English.
✔: She was able to read.
✔: She was able to write.
🫂: Mother's name: Martha W. Downing.
✔: Her mother was born in Massachusetts.
✔: Her Father was born in New York.
✏: Her husband's occupation was a bookkeeper for an insurance company.
There 2 children lived with yhem.
🦤: Robert D. Ames, and his wife Alice Ames with thier child Robert G. Ames. Robert D. Ames was employed as an Actor at an Opera House.
🦤: Harold Ames
🫂: As well as her mom Martha W. Downing.
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So we know from the 1910 census that they where married 23 years. Leading us to believe they where married in 1887. I wonder what groceries would have cost? Keep in mind there were where no food pantries, SNAPP Programs,, or any type of help except for maybe your local church in an emergency.
🌶: Barrell Wheat Flour $7.96
🫑: Pound Corn Meal $0.02
🌶: Pound Cod Fish $0.06
🫑: Pound of Rice $0.09
🌶: Pound of Bean $0.08
🫑: Pound of Tea $0.60
🌶: Pound of Coffee $0.26
🫑: Pound of Brown Sugar $0.08
🌶: Pound of Granulated Sugar $0.08
🫑: Gallon Molasses $0.57
🌶: Pound common Soap $0.08
🫑: Pound Starch $0.10
🌶: Pound Beef Roast $0.14
🫑: Pound Beef Soup $0.05
🌶: Pound Corned Beef $0.08
🫑: Pound Veal Cutlets $0.20
🌶: Pound Mutton Chops $0.17
🫑: Pound Pork Chops $0.10
🌶: Pound Hams Cooked $0.13
🫑: Pound Sausage $0.11
🌶: Pound Lard $0.11
🫑: Pound Butter $0.21
🌶: Bushel Potatoes $0.98
🫑: Quart Milk $0.05
🌶: Dozen Eggs $0.25
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🪦: Mary Elma "May" Downing Ames passes away March 13 , 1929.
🪦: She passed away in Hartford Connecticut.
🪦: She is Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Hartford Connecticut.
🪦: Section 21. Lot 105.
🩷: She is buried with her loving husband Louis Mason Ames.
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Obituary: Hartford Courant
14 Mar 1929, Thu · Page 17
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🩷: Her loving parents were John Austin Dorwning and Martha W. Mattie Nichols. 🩷
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🫂: She had 1 sibling Martha F. Downing
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The 1870 Census:
🗓: Shows her as age 1.
🫂: Shows her living with her father John A. Downing, and her mother Martha W. Downing.
🏚: She lived in Hartford Connecticut.
🪚: Her fathers occupation was a printer.
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⚘She marries the love of her life Louis Mason Ames.⚘
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She had 2 children:
🦤: Robert Downing Ames
🦤:Harold Frederick Ames
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The 1900 Census:
🗓: The census shows her as 31 years old.
🏚 : She was living at 2 Main Street Hartford Connecticut.
🩷: Showed her married for 13 years . So she would have married in 1887.
⚘: Her loving husband was was Louis M. Ames.
🦤: She gave birth 2 children.
🦤: She had 2 living children.
✔: Can read English: Y
✔: Can write English: Y
✔: Can Speak English: Y
✏: She is listed as being a Teacher - Vocal.
🪚: Her husband is a bookkeeper in a factory.
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The 1910 Census Shows:
🗓; She was 41 years old
✔: She was married.
⚘: She was married to Louis zM Ames.⚘
🩷: Years Married : 23
🩷: So if my math is correct she would have been married in 1887.
🏚: They resided at 13a Adelaide Street , Hartford Connecticut.
🏚; They rented thier home.
🦤: It showed 2 children born.
🦤: It showed 2 children living.
✔: Her native tongue was English.
✔: She was able to read.
✔: She was able to write.
🫂: Mother's name: Martha W. Downing.
✔: Her mother was born in Massachusetts.
✔: Her Father was born in New York.
✏: Her husband's occupation was a bookkeeper for an insurance company.
There 2 children lived with yhem.
🦤: Robert D. Ames, and his wife Alice Ames with thier child Robert G. Ames. Robert D. Ames was employed as an Actor at an Opera House.
🦤: Harold Ames
🫂: As well as her mom Martha W. Downing.
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So we know from the 1910 census that they where married 23 years. Leading us to believe they where married in 1887. I wonder what groceries would have cost? Keep in mind there were where no food pantries, SNAPP Programs,, or any type of help except for maybe your local church in an emergency.
🌶: Barrell Wheat Flour $7.96
🫑: Pound Corn Meal $0.02
🌶: Pound Cod Fish $0.06
🫑: Pound of Rice $0.09
🌶: Pound of Bean $0.08
🫑: Pound of Tea $0.60
🌶: Pound of Coffee $0.26
🫑: Pound of Brown Sugar $0.08
🌶: Pound of Granulated Sugar $0.08
🫑: Gallon Molasses $0.57
🌶: Pound common Soap $0.08
🫑: Pound Starch $0.10
🌶: Pound Beef Roast $0.14
🫑: Pound Beef Soup $0.05
🌶: Pound Corned Beef $0.08
🫑: Pound Veal Cutlets $0.20
🌶: Pound Mutton Chops $0.17
🫑: Pound Pork Chops $0.10
🌶: Pound Hams Cooked $0.13
🫑: Pound Sausage $0.11
🌶: Pound Lard $0.11
🫑: Pound Butter $0.21
🌶: Bushel Potatoes $0.98
🫑: Quart Milk $0.05
🌶: Dozen Eggs $0.25
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🪦: Mary Elma "May" Downing Ames passes away March 13 , 1929.
🪦: She passed away in Hartford Connecticut.
🪦: She is Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Hartford Connecticut.
🪦: Section 21. Lot 105.
🩷: She is buried with her loving husband Louis Mason Ames.
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Obituary: Hartford Courant
14 Mar 1929, Thu · Page 17
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wife of Louis M. Ames
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Removed from Zion Hill Cemetery - listed on Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions for that cemetery as May D. Ames, age 60 yrs 6 mos 7 das
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