Mary Lillie Cheetham1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 14135, (1890 - 1951)
FatherJohn Cheetham4,5,2 (1 Sep 1868 - 22 Jan 1952)
MotherEve Rushton6,7,2 (8 Dec 1868 - 10 Aug 1955)

Key Events:

Birth: 3 Jan 1890, New Streatsville, Perry Co., Ohio8,9,10
Marriage: 5 May 1917, Monroe Co., Michigan, Dr. William Tarvin Fenker (3 Dec 1889 - 17 Dec 1973)11,12,13
Death: 8 Oct 1951, Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio14,15
Burial: 11 Oct 1951, Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio16,17
ChartsDescendants of Hermann Hinrich Fennker

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Mary Lillie Cheetham was born on 3 Jan 1890 in New Streatsville, Perry Co., Ohio.8,9,10
     She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of New Streatsville, Perry Co., Ohio, in the household of her parents, John Cheetham and Eve Rushton.4 She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of New Straitsville, Perry Co., Ohio, in the household of her parents.5
     She was at one time a teacher in a one room school. She then became a nurse, training at White Cross Hospital in Columbus, and for a while after her marriage assisted in her husband's practice.18
     Mary married Dr. William Tarvin Fenker, son of Albert August Fenker and Mary Grant Hillebrandt, on 5 May 1917 in Monroe Co., Michigan, with Rev. F. A. Lendrum, Methodist Episcopal minister, officiating.11,12,13
     Mary and William appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio, at 408 East Monroe St., enumerated 3 Jan 1920.12
     Mary and William appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio, at 1226 Wayne St., enumerated 15 Apr 1930, reporting that the family owned a home worth $30,000, and had a radio. Their children William, Ruth and Mary were listed as living with them.19
     Mary and William appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio, at 1226 Wayne St., enumerated 16 Apr 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $20,000, and that they had lived in the same house in 1935. Their children William, Ruth and Mary were listed as living with them.20
     Mary died on 8 Oct 1951 in Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio, at age 61.14,15 She was buried on 11 Oct 1951 in Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio.16,17

Children:
     Children with Dr. William Tarvin Fenker:

Citations

  1. [S10560] John Cheattham household, 1900 U.S. Census, Perry Co., Ohio, shows name as Mary L. Cheattham.
  2. [S2785] Marriage Register, State Copy, Michigan, 1917, Monroe Co., no. 357, William T. Fenker and Mary Lillie Cheetham.
  3. [S10553] Mary Lois Mary Lois Fenker-Lindsley obituary, David F. Koch Funeral & Cremation Services, shows name as Mary Lillie (Cheetham) Fenker.
  4. [S10560] John Cheattham household, 1900 U.S. Census, Perry Co., Ohio.
  5. [S10562] John Cheetham household, 1910 U.S. Census, Perry Co., Ohio.
  6. [S10560] John Cheattham household, 1900 U.S. Census, Perry Co., Ohio, shows the girl as daughter of Eva's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S10562] John Cheetham household, 1910 U.S. Census, Perry Co., Ohio, shows the girl as daughter of Eve's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S10560] John Cheattham household, 1900 U.S. Census, Perry Co., Ohio, shows month, year, age 10, and state.
  9. [S537] Mary S. Fenker letter to author (100), 16 Mar 2003, shows date, county, and state. Provided town in telephone call 23 Mar 2003.
  10. [S1262] Mary L. Fenker, Certificate of Death, shows date and state.
  11. [S2785] Marriage Register, State Copy, Michigan, 1917, Monroe Co., no. 357, William T. Fenker and Mary Lillie Cheetham, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
  12. [S432] William T. Fenker household, 1920 U.S. Census, Erie Co., Ohio.
  13. [S735] Galbreath, History of Ohio, vol. IV, pg 300, shows date.
  14. [S1262] Mary L. Fenker, Certificate of Death, shows date, hospital, city, and county.
  15. [S537] Mary S. Fenker letter to author (100), 16 Mar 2003, shows date and city.
  16. [S1262] Mary L. Fenker, Certificate of Death.
  17. [S10559] Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio, online search, online, record for Mary L Fenker, shows date.
  18. [S490] Mary S. Fenker letter to author (100), 21 Dec 2002.
  19. [S489] William T. Fenker household, 1930 U.S. Census, Erie Co., Ohio.
  20. [S10555] Wm T. Fenker household, 1940 U.S. Census, Erie Co., Ohio.
  21. [S10555] Wm T. Fenker household, 1940 U.S. Census, Erie Co., Ohio, shows him as the son of her husband.
  22. [S735] Galbreath, History of Ohio, vol. IV, pg 300.
  23. [S10555] Wm T. Fenker household, 1940 U.S. Census, Erie Co., Ohio, shows the girl as daughter of Mary's husband.
  24. [S470] Battema letter to Edward Allen Fenker, 5 May 1983.
  25. [S10553] Mary Lois Mary Lois Fenker-Lindsley obituary, David F. Koch Funeral & Cremation Services.