Mary Ellen Wakefield

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Mary Ellen Wakefield (Bates)

Also Known As: "Dunn"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Macon, Macon County, Missouri, United States
Death: January 31, 1965 (75)
Bridgeton, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Peter Edelbert Bates and Nellie Frances Bates
Wife of William Martin and John William Wakefield
Ex-wife of Anderson Dunn and Theodore Ellis
Mother of John Handley Wakefield; Sarah Francis Scarbrough; Stella Fayrine Boyd Miller; Buela Florence Livengood; Lulu Ruth Wheeler Moore and 9 others
Sister of Ethel Lillian Gray; Mirtle M. Bates; Levina Bates; Myrtle May Taylor-Hay; Dellevina Bliss Evans and 1 other

Managed by: Carol Ann Wood
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About Mary Ellen Wakefield

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47581896/mary-ellen-wakefield

The daughter of Peter Elderbert Bates and Nellie Frances Mikel, Mary was married to Anderson Dunn. They were the parents of 5 daughters.

Mary was also married to Theodore Ellis and William Martin. There were no known children from these marriages.

Mary married John William Wakefield on 17 Aug 1919 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. They were the parents of 6 daughters and 2 sons.

At the time of her death, Mary was 75 years, 3 months and 6 days old. She was preceded in death by her husband, John, who passed away in 1940.

Mother of: Agnus Dunn Taylor Thorpe Nellie Dunn Della Lee Dunn Mary Ellen Dunn Wakefield Myrtle Dunn Olive Virginia Wakefield John Handley Wakefield Sarah Frances Wakefield Scaraborough Stella Fae Wakefield Miller (Living) Wakefield (Living) Wakefield Wheeler Moore Mattelene Wakefield Woodson Bonney (Living) Wakefield

Mary's siblings: Myrtle May Bates Taylor Hay Ethel Lilian Bates Gray

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Parents:
 Peter Elderbert Bates (1867 - 1927)
 Nellie Frances Mikel Kelley (1872 - 1946)

Spouse:

 John William Wakefield (1873 - 1940)

Children:

 Stella Fae Wakefield Miller (1924 - 1971)*
 Mattelene Wakefield Woodson (1928 - 1996
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Mary Ellen Wakefield's Timeline

1889
October 25, 1889
Macon, Macon County, Missouri, United States
1906
December 19, 1906
Carroll County, MO, United States
1909
October 13, 1909
Missouri, United States
1920
November 15, 1920
Buchanan County, Missouri, United States
1922
June 28, 1922
Missouri, United States