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Mary Ann Hester

Mary Ann Hester

Female 1897 - 1976  (79 years)

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  • Name Mary Ann Hester  [1, 2
    Born 13 Jan 1897  Marion Co., Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Pikeville, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Enumeration District 6-68 
    Residence 1900  Pikeville, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    With parents Roland B and Mahala C (Stone) Hester, a half-sister and two sisters 
    Census 1910  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Enumeration District 6-76 
    Occupation 1910  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Farm laborer, General farm 
    Residence 1910  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    With mother Mahala C (Stone) Hester and a sister 
    Census 1920  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Enumeration District 10-57 
    Occupation 1920  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer, General Farm 
    Residence 1920  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    With mother Mahala C (Stone) Hester 
    Occupation 31 Jul 1920  Housekeeping Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 31 Jul 1920  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Census 1930  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Enumeration District 47-3 
    Occupation 1930  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Laborer 
    Residence 1930  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    With husband George M Gann and four children 
    Residence 1935  Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    In the "same house" as in 1940 
    Census 1940  Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Enumeration District 47-3 
    Occupation 1940  Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Unemployed, she was occupied full-time in the home 
    Residence 1940  Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    With husband George M Gann and eight children 
    Occupation 1960  Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Cook, Eastern Star Villa 
    Residence 1960  Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    738 S Main St 
    Residence 1951 - 1974  Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Residence 1974 - 1976  Flint, Genesee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Died 3 Dec 1976  Flint, Genesee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14
    Hester, Mary A - Obituary - 'Daily Telegram' Adrian, Lenawee, MI 1976
    Hester, Mary A - Obituary - "Daily Telegram" Adrian, Lenawee, MI 1976
    Buried Bef 11 Dec 1976  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 14
    • Fulton Bridge Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery [12]
    Mary Ann (Hester) Gann Memorial
    Mary Ann (Hester) Gann Memorial
    Created by: Therrel Turnbull
    Record added: Apr 17, 2011
    Find A Grave Memorial# 68539669
    Notes 
    • She attended school through the sixth grade [10]
    Person ID I003  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2020 

    Father Roland Benton Hester,   b. 20 May 1840, Franklin Co., Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1900, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Mahala Caroline Stone,   b. 18 Mar 1854, Bull Mountain, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1937, Marion Co., Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage License 17 Mar 1892  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Married 21 Mar 1892  Shottsville, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17, 18
    • Officiated by J D Stell, Minister of the Gospel
    • The cited newspaper, Hamilton Times, gives the license date as the marriage date
    Photos
    Hester, Roland B - Family Portrait c. 1898
    Hester, Roland B - Family Portrait c. 1898
    (left to right) Roland Benton Hester, Rachel Lucretia Hester (standing, holding a picture of Arthur McGara Hester), Lucinda Hester, Mahalia Caroline (Stone) Hester, Mary Ann Hester, Hulda Jane Hester, Margaret Caroline (Jaggers) Stone
    Family ID F013  Group Sheet

    Family George Madison Gann,   b. 17 Mar 1897, Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1943, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 31 Jul 1920  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gann, George M and Hester, Mary A - Marriage License and Return, Marion Co., Alabama, 1920
    Gann, George M and Hester, Mary A - Marriage License and Return, Marion Co., Alabama, 1920
    Mouse over names in the document image to link to people mentioned in the document
    Children 
     1. Roland Aubrey Gann,   b. 23 May 1921, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 2003, Odessa, Ector, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     2. Annie Hazel Gann,   b. 1 Jun 1923, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 2016, McComb, Pike, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +3. William Ira Gann,   b. 23 Feb 1928, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 2011, Canton, Stark, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     4. Una Evelyn Gann,   b. 13 May 1930, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 2014, Gladewater, Gregg, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     5. Yancey Burr Gann,   b. 10 Jul 1932, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1973  (Age 41 years)
     6. Therrel Sylvia Gann,   b. 21 Oct 1935, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 2020, Burton, Genesee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F012  Group Sheet

  • Photos
    Hester, Mary A - Portrait c. 1955
    Hester, Mary A - Portrait c. 1955

  • Sources 
    1. [S10090] Marion Co., AL Birth records 1920-1931, Marion County, Alabama Probate Court, (Hamilton, Alabama (1920-1931)), FHL US/CAN Film 1888622 Item 2., district 47-5001, num. 42.
      Birth Record of Roland Gann shows Mary Ann Hester, age 24, as his mother.

    2. [S10134] Marion Co., AL Marriage record v. 9 1918-1920, 441.

    3. [S01875] Cemetery Inscriptions of Marion Co., Alabama, Dorothy Shores Stalcup & William Spann Stalcup, comps., (1979), Vol 2., p. 116.

    4. [S40175] 1920 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, (National Archives, Washington, D.C.), fam. 239, p. 12B, ED 57, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 19 Feb 2010.

    5. [S34623] 1900 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), fam. 80, p. 266A, ED 6-68, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 19 Mar 2010.

    6. [S40176] 1910 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910), fam. 115, p. 6B, ED 6-76, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 05 Mar 2010.

    7. [S40176] 1910 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910), fam. 239, p. 12B, ED 57, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 19 Feb 2010.

    8. [S10090] Marion Co., AL Birth records 1920-1931, Marion County, Alabama Probate Court, (Hamilton, Alabama (1920-1931)), FHL US/CAN Film 1888622 Item 2., 441.

    9. [S40174] 1930 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930), fam. 385, p. 16A, dist. 47-3, Hamilton precinct 1, Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 11 Jan 2010.

    10. [S40214] 1940 United States Federal Census, United States, Bureau of the Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), fam. 82, p. 12A, ED 47-3, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 5 Apr 2012.

    11. [S237] Adrian City Directory, 1960, (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1960), 119 (Reliability: 2), 15 Nov 2020.

    12. [S73] Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006, index and images, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Michigan, Lenawee - Obituaries > Frost, Myron - Garcia, Mark > image 1410 of 1607 (Reliability: 2), 9 Dec 2014.

    13. [S40242] Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996, index, FamilySearch, ((https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZ15-JTV), death certificate number: 71330 (Reliability: 2), 7 Feb 2013.

    14. [S01875] Cemetery Inscriptions of Marion Co., Alabama, Dorothy Shores Stalcup & William Spann Stalcup, comps., (1979), Vol. 2, p. 116.

    15. [S01863] Early American Marriages: Alabama to 1825, Dodd, Jordan R, et. al., (Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx) (Reliability: 2), 04 Nov 2010.

    16. [S242] Hamilton Times, (J.S. Clemens), Thursday, 24 Mar 1892, pg. 4 (Reliability: 2), 27 Nov 2020.

    17. [S12597] Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research (Reliability: 3), 04 Nov 2010.

    18. [S157] Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, Ancestry.com, (Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives and History), Alabama Confederate Pension Applications, Herring, C. H. - Hicks, K. G. A., img. 632 (Reliability: 3), 30 Jan 2018.